This is a list of notable people who have participated in masters athletics. Most have achieved their primary notability through athletic endeavors except when noted.
- Luciano Acquarone
Italy
- Aimo Aho
Finland
- Gabriela Andersen-Schiess
Switzerland
- Henry Andrade
United States
Cape Verde
- Birger Asplund
Sweden
- Doris Auer
Austria
- Charles Austin
United States
- Rink Babka
United States
- Lee Baca
United States Los Angeles County Sheriff
- Bob Backus
United States
- Lawrence Baird
United Kingdom
- Thane Baker
United States
- Willie Banks[1]
United States
- Arthur Barnard
United States
- James Barrineau
United States
- Jack Bacheler
United States
- Dieter Baumann
Germany
- Tim Berrett
Canada
- Nataša Bezjak
Slovenia
- Laurie Binder
United States
- Chris Black
United Kingdom
- Peter Blank
Germany
- Meeri Bodelid
Sweden
- Viktor Bolshov
Russia
Soviet Union
- Charlie Booth
Australia inventor of Starting Blocks
- Lamberto Boranga
Italy
- Christa Bortignon
Canada
- Mary Bowermaster
United States
- Roald Bradstock
United States
United Kingdom Artist
- Norman Bright
United States
- Debbie Brill
Canada
- Benny Brown
United States
- Arto Bryggare
Finland
- Zola Budd
South Africa
- Ed Burke
United States
- Billie Ann Burrill
United States
- Rich Busa
United States
- Arild Busterud
Norway
- Tom Byers
United States
- John Carlos
United States
- Gary Carlsen
United States
- Angelo Carosi
Italy
- David Carr
Australia
- Ed Caruthers
United States
- Dwain Chambers
United Kingdom
- Harold Chapson
United States
- Yelizaveta Chernyshova
Russia
Soviet Union
- Lydia Cheromei
Kenya
- Rosemary Chrimes
United Kingdom
- Todd Christensen
United States[2] American Football
- Dick Cochran
United States
- Eamonn Coghlan
Ireland
- Leon Coleman
United States
- Bill Collins
United States
- Phil Conley
United States
- Harold Connolly
United States
- Ted Corbitt
United States
- Bill Cosby
United States Comedian
- Alan Cranston
United States U.S. Senator
- Josh Culbreath
United States
- Toshiko D'Elia
United States
- Maria Pia D'Orlando
Italy
- Tamara Danilova
Russia
Soviet Union
- Jeanne Daprano
United States
- Willie Davenport
United States
- Gerry Davidson
United States
- Mary Decker-Slaney
United States
- Colleen De Reuck
United States
South Africa
- Maureen de St. Croix
Canada
- Elliott Denman
United States
- Ken Dennis
United States
- Ángel Díaz
Guatemala
- Grace-Ann Dinkins
Liberia
United States also Trauma Surgeon
- Rod Dixon
New Zealand
- Walter Dix
United States
- Fabrizio Donato
Italy
- Anthony Dorsett
United States American Football
- Aleksandr Dryhol
Ukraine
Soviet Union
- Charles Dumas
United States[3]
- Ludmila Engquist
Sweden
Russia
Soviet Union
- Andrés Espinosa
Mexico
- Saskia Estupinan
Ecuador Public Health Doctor
- Laverne Eve
Bahamas
- Lee Evans (sprinter)
United States
- Mohamed Ezzher
France
- Earl Fee
Canada
- Nuria Fernández
Spain
- Maria Magnólia Figueiredo
Brazil
- Frederico Fischer
Brazil
- Dick Fosbury
United States
- Jack Foster
New Zealand
- Ruth Frith
Australia Centenarian, world's oldest female athlete
- Gabre Gabric
Italy Centenarian
- Tom Gage
United States
- Willie Gault
United States[4] also American Football Player
- Fortune Gordien
United States
- Miki Gorman
United States
- Ivy Granstrom
Canada
- Dalton Grant
United Kingdom
- Johnny Gray
United States Oct 2000 Ran Masters Mile (Run For Children) as a M40. Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[5]
- Norm Green
United States
- Jack Greenwood
United States
- Jim Grelle
United States
- Viktor Gruzenkin
Russia
- Albert Hall (athlete)
United States
- Kozo Haraguchi
Japan
- Eddie Hart[4]
United States
- Alisa Harvey-Hill
United States
- Larry Hart (athlete)
United States
- Dawn Hartigan
Australia
- Rex Harvey
United States also Official and Administrator
- Ray Hatton
United States Born in
United Kingdom
- Robert Hecker
United States Musician
- Bud Held
United States also Inventor and Entrepreneur
- James Chico Hernandez
United States Wrestler
- Hal Higdon
United States also Sports Writer
- Ron Hill
United Kingdom
- Jim Hines
United States
- Russ Hodge
United States
- Maurice Houvion
France
- Bob Humphreys
United States
- Guy Husson
France
- Ayanna Hutchinson
Trinidad and Tobago
- Hubert Indra
Italy
- Rıza Maksut İşman
Turkey
- Ivan Ivančić
Yugoslavia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Croatia
- April Jace
United States Celebrity murder victim
- Regina Jacobs
United States
- Kip Janvrin
United States
- Erwin Jaskulski
Austria Centenarian
- Billy Johnson
United States American Football player
- Tebbs Lloyd Johnson
United Kingdom
- Payton Jordan[4]
United States
- Monica Joyce
United States
Ireland
United Kingdom
- Regina Joyce
United States Olympian for
Ireland
United Kingdom
- Al Joyner
United States
- Gitte Karlshøj
Denmark
- Dimitrios Kattis
Greece
- Ryszard Katus
Poland
- Ida Keeling
United States Centenarian
- Johnny Kelley
United States
- Patrick C. Kennell
United States Academic
- John Keston
United States British actor
- Ray Kimble
United States
- James King
United States
- Roger Kingdom
United States
- Mark Kiptoo
Kenya
- Herb Kirk
United States World's oldest runner
- Wolfgang Knabe
Germany
- Peter Koech
Kenya
- Mariya Konovalova
Russia
- Olga Kotelko
Canada
- Galina Kovalenskaya
Russia
- Stanisław Kowalski
Poland Centenarian, world's oldest athlete
- June Krauser
United States "Mother of Masters swimming"
- Marty Krulee[4]
United States
- Shaul Ladany
Israel
- Ron Laird
United States
- Francie Larrieu-Smith
United States
- Bev LaVeck
United States
- Evelyn Lawler
United States Mother of Carl Lewis and Carol Lewis
- Fred Lebow
United States New York Marathon event director
- Nicole Lévêque
France
- Gerry Lindgren
United States
- James Lofton
United States also Hall of Fame American Football player
- Jud Logan
United States
- Mihaela Loghin
Romania
- Mario Longo
Italy
- Arne Lothe
Norway
- Horst Mandl
Austria
- Mike Manley
United States[6]
- Pat Manson
United States
- José Marín
Spain
- Marsha Mark-Baird
Trinidad and Tobago
- Peter Marsh
United Kingdom Academic, sociologist
- John Martel
United States Lawyer and novelist
- Marie Mathieu
Puerto Rico
- Ralph Maxwell
United States Judge
- Bill McChesney
United States
- Phil McConkey
United States American Football player
- Anne McKenzie
South Africa
- James McNamara
Ireland
- Leland McPhie
United States Centenarian
- Delano Meriwether
United States[4] also physician
- E. Gerald Meyer
United States Centenarian
- Marie-Louise Michelsohn
United States Mathematician
- Alain Mimoun
France
- Victoria Mitchell
Australia
- Hidekichi Miyazaki
Japan Centenarian
- Felicia Țilea-Moldovan
Romania
Spain
- Martín Mondragón
Mexico
- David Moorcroft
United Kingdom
- Boo Morcom
United States
- Carol Moseke (Frost) USA
- Sylvia Mosqueda
United States
- Phil Mulkey
United States
- Kenneth Mungara
Kenya
- Fabiana Murer
Brazil
- Sandra Myers
Spain
- Iryna Mykhalchenko
Ukraine
- Larry Myricks
United States
- Fidelis Ndyabagye
Uganda
- Nick Newton
United States[4] Inventor
- Jamie Nieto
United States
- Doug Nordquist
United States
- Gary Null
United States Author/Pundit
- Nadine O'Connor
United States
- Irene Obera
United States
- Al Oerter
United States
- Vera Olenchenko
Russia
Uzbekistan
Soviet Union
- Brian Oldfield
United States Competed at a June 1978 Masters Meet. Holds two Masters World Records[5]
- Marcus O'Sullivan
Ireland
- Giuseppe Ottaviani (athlete) Italian
- Evy Palm
Sweden
- Ladislav Pataki
United States
- Dodyu Patarinski
Bulgaria
- Tom Patsalis
United States
- Donald Pellmann
United States Centenarian
- Elisabetta Perrone
Italy
- Steve Peters
United Kingdom Sports psychiatrist
- Lyudmila Petrova
Russia
- Florence Picaut
France
- Dmitry Pietrman
United States
Ukraine Futbol/Soccer club owner
- Simon Poelman
New Zealand
- Valbjörn Þorláksson
Iceland
- Bernardine Portenski
New Zealand
- Patricia Porter
United States
- Caroline Powell
United Kingdom
- Tatyana Pozdnyakova
Soviet Union
Ukraine
- Alfred Proksch
Austria
- Philip Rabinowitz
South Africa Centenarian
- Carmelo Rado
Italy
- Philipa Raschker
United States
- Lucien Rault
France
- Pam Reed
United States
- Marian Shields Robinson
United States Mother of current U.S. First Lady
- Bill Rodgers
United States
- Gaston Roelants
Belgium
- Orville Rogers
United States Centenarian
- Henry Rono
Kenya
- Nick Rose
United Kingdom
- Anne Chatrine Rühlow
Germany
- Jim Ryun
United States[6] also U.S. Congressman
- Joan Benoit Samuelson
United States
- Ugo Sansonetti
Italy
- Enrico Saraceni
Italy
- Willi Sawall
Australia
- Silke Schmidt
Germany
- Bob Schul
United States
- Steve Scott
United States
- Helen Searle
Australia
- Yuriy Sedykh
Russia
- Marco Segatel
Italy
- Iryna Sekachova
Ukraine
- Vyacheslav Shabunin
Russia
- Nolan Shaheed
United States Jazz trumpeter
- George A. Sheehan
United States Running writer
- Frank Shorter
United States[6]
- Zdeňka Šilhavá
Czech Republic
- Jay Silvester
United States
- Fauja Singh
United Kingdom
India
- Chuck Smead
United States
- Joyce Smith
United Kingdom
- Karl Smith
Jamaica
- Marjorie Parker Smith
United States Dancer/Figure skater
- Peter Snell
New Zealand[6]
- Jim Sorensen
United States
- Fred Sowerby
United States
Netherlands Antilles
- Mattias Sunneborn
Sweden
- Paul Spangler
United States
- Sasha Springer-Jones
Trinidad and Tobago
- Walt Stack
United States
- Kjell-Erik Ståhl
Sweden
- Brian Stanton
United States
- Rudolf Steiner
Switzerland
- Gary Stenlund
United States
- Dwight Stones
United States
- Ed Stotsenberg
United States Philanthropist
- Larry Stuart
United States
- Jüri Tamm
Estonia
- Tatyana Ter-Mesrobyan
Russia
- Valbjörn Þorláksson
Iceland
- Domingo Tibaduiza
Colombia
- Milan Tiff
United States
- Felicia Țilea-Moldovan
Romania
- Bogdan Tudor
Romania
- Derek Turnbull
New Zealand
- Gary Tuttle
United States
- Teresa Vaill
United States
- Martti Vainio
Finland
- Venelina Veneva-Mateeva
Bulgaria
- Sandro Viana
Brazil
- Sean Wade
United States
New Zealand
- Bill Wambach
United States
- Cornelius "Dutch" Warmerdam
United States
- Sylvia Weiner
Canada
Poland
- Priscilla Welch
United Kingdom
- Georg Werthner
Austria
- Anthony Whiteman
United Kingdom
- Ed Whitlock
Canada
- Ron Whitney
United States
- John Whittemore
United States World's oldest athlete
- Novlene Williams-Mills
Jamaica
- Gerhard Windolf
Germany
- Ruth Wysocki
United States
- Iryna Yatchenko
Belarus
- Dimitrion Yordanidis
Greece
- Emmerich Zensch
Austria
Open Athletes
editThese are athletes who have not competed as a Masters athlete, but by age qualify for and hold Masters records set in elite open level competition.
- Yamilé Aldama Cuba Sudan United Kingdom Holds Masters W35 and W40 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7]
- Virgilijus Alekna Lithuania Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[5]
- Igor Astapkovich Belarus has not competed in a Masters event but holds two Masters World Records[5]
- Inha Babakova Ukraine Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7]
- Abdellah Béhar France Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[5]
- Mike Boit Kenya Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[5]
- Sabine Braun Germany Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7]
- Chris Brown Bahamas Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[5]
- Amber Campbell United States Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7]
- Linford Christie United Kingdom Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[5]
- Jearl Miles Clark United States Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7]
- Kim Collins Saint Kitts and Nevis Holds pending Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[5]
- Maurizio Damilano Italy Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[8]
- Yohann Diniz France Has multiple pending Masters records
- Troy Douglas Netherlands has not competed in a Masters event but holds two Masters World Records[5]
- Joanne Dow United States Holds Masters W40 and W45 Records achieved as an Open competitor[9]
- Stacy Dragila United States Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7]
- Heike Drechsler Germany Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7]
- Jonathan Edwards United Kingdom Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[5]
- Ludmila Engquist Sweden Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7]
- Haile Gebrselassie Ethiopia Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[5]
- Lyubov Gurina Russia Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7]
- Alvin Harrison United States Dominican Republic Holds a pending Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[5]
- Jeff Hartwig United States Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[5]
- Colin Jackson United Kingdom Held Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[5]
- Allen Johnson United States Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor, set while winning IAAF World Cup
- Meb Keflezighi United States American M40 Marathon record holder, ran in 2016 Olympics at age 41
- Mary Jepkosgei Keitany Kenya Pending marathon record set as open competitor
- Robert Korzeniowski Poland Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[8]
- Inessa Kravets Ukraine Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7]
- Olga Kuzenkova Russia Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7]
- A. G. Kruger United States Holds Masters M35 Record in Throws Pentathlon as Open competitor
- Bernard Lagat United States Holds multiple Masters M35 Records achieved as an Open competitor[5]
- Carl Lewis United States Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[5]
- Lev Lobodin Russia Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[5]
- Carlos Lopes Portugal Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[5]
- Edith Masai Kenya Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7]
- Josef Matoušek Czech Republic Czechoslovakia Set M35 Javelin record en route to 1960 Olympics
- Danny McFarlane Jamaica Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[5]
- Faina Melnik Soviet Union Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7]
- Irina Mikitenko Germany Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[5]
- Kathryn Mitchell Australia Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7]
- Steffi Nerius Germany Held Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7]
- Merlene Ottey Slovenia has not competed in a Masters event but holds several Masters World Records[7]
- Björn Otto Germany Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[5]
- Joanne Pavey United Kingdom Holds multiple Masters Records achieved as an Open competitor[7]
- Larisa Peleshenko Russia Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7]
- Aurelia Pentón Cuba Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7]
- Elisabetta Perrone Italy Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[10]
- Yekaterina Podkopayeva Russia has not competed in a Masters event but holds several Masters World Records[7]
- Maricica Puică Romania has not competed in a Masters event but holds several Masters World Records[7]
- Félix Sánchez Dominican Republic ran a superior time to M35 World record in the World Championships
- Kerry Saxby-Junna Australia Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[10]
- Marina Stepanova Soviet Union Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7]
- Jenn Suhr United States Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7]
- William Tanui Kenya Ran a 1500m superior to the M35 record in Open competition
- Dragutin Topić Serbia Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[5]
- Kevin Toth Threw shot put further than M35 World Record just before being banned for doping
- Simon Vroemen Netherlands Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[5]
- Ibrahima Wade France Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[5]
- John Walker New Zealand Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[5]
- Jan Železný Czech Republic has not competed in a Masters event but holds two Masters World Records[5]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ http://www.trackinfo.org/scaresults2005.html 2005 Southern California Championships
- ^ http://www.trackinfo.org/scaresults2001.html 2001 Southern California Championships
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-10-12. Retrieved 2010-08-16.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ a b c d e f "All Time World Rankings – 100 metres Dash". Mastersathletics.net. Retrieved 2009-03-06.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa "Records Outdoor Men". Archived from the original on 2012-08-03. Retrieved 2012-08-03. WMA World Records
- ^ a b c d https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YysHj9iz2M Millrose Masters Mile 1988
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w "Records Outdoor Women". Archived from the original on 2010-05-27. Retrieved 2010-02-07. WMA World Records
- ^ a b "Records Racewalk Men". Archived from the original on 2009-10-16. Retrieved 2010-01-21. WMA World Records
- ^ "5000 meter Race Walk ALL-TIME Rankings".
- ^ a b "Records Racewalk Women". Archived from the original on 2010-01-12. Retrieved 2010-01-21. WMA World Records