Today on Oldest Olympians, we are following up on an earlier post by looking into those Olympians who may still be alive and were born between the recently deceased Félix Sienra, the longest-lived Olympian, and the current oldest living Olympian, Yvonne Chabot-Curtet. As a reminder, noting these individuals does not represent any belief on the part of Oldest Olympians that these athletes are still alive; we simply cannot confirm that they are deceased. It remains, however, an important caveat and is always a possibility: language barriers, poor media coverage of older athletes, and desire for privacy from a generation when the Games were not as big as they are now all contribute to the chance that someone may have eluded our radar. In the past, several Olympic centenarians have reached that milestone with little public fanfare, sometimes not being revealed until their death and sometimes being older than Chabot-Curtet’s current age. We feel, therefore, that it is important to share this list to make our research methods a little more public and subject to scrutiny, perhaps solving a case or two along the way.

Hernando Navarrete represented Colombia in the 5000 metres track event at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.

1916

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Name,Nation,Sport,Birthday

Emilio Ballado,Mexico,Boxing,May 2 1916

Raoul Barouch,Tunisia,Fencing,May 12 1916

Eliška Boubelová,Czechoslovakia,Swimming,April 8 1916

Ricardo Bralo,Argentina,Athletics,August 28 1916

Lorenzo Delgado,Mexico,Boxing,August 10 1916

Yoichi Endo,Japan,Rowing,March 9 1916

Tatsuo Ichikawa,Japan,Ice hockey,February 11 1916

Masatatsu Kitazawa,Japan,Ice hockey,April 29 1916

Fusako Kono,Japan,Diving,January 22 1916

Aziz Malik,Pakistan,Field hockey,April 16 1916

Franziska Mally,Austria,Swmmingg,October 31 1916

Konstantinos Metaxas,Greece,Swimming,May 21 1916

Hernando Navarrete,Colombia,Athletics,April 28 1916

Daniel Sande,Argentina,Fencing,August 26 1916

Saw Hardy,Myanmar,Boxing,1916

Saleh Mohamed,Egypt,Weightlifting,June 24 1916

Borbála Sóthy,Hungary,Swimming,December 21 1916

Hugo Vallarino,Argentina,Weightlifting,March 27 1916

Koichi Wada,Japan,Water polo,July 25 1916

Takehiko Yanagi,Japan,Field hockey,March 28 1916

Kenshichi Yokoyama,Japan,Basketball,September 22 1916

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Scylla Venâncio represented Brazil in two swimming events at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.

1917

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Name,Nation,Sport,Birthday

Jehangoo Amin,India,Cycling,1917

Petre Andreanu,Romania,Equestrian,March 1 1917

Richardos Brousalis,Greece,Swimming/Water polo,1917

Horacio Campi,Argentina,Sailing,November 26 1917

Alfredo Carlomagno,Argentina,Boxing,October 5 1917

Helio Castro,El Salvador,Sport shooting,October 10 1917

Chang Ri-Jin,Japan/South Korea,Basketball,October 28 1917

Marin Gașpar,Romania,Boxing,August 15 1917

Gin Gang-Hwan,South Korea,Athletics,January 7 1917

Kosta Hakim,Egypt,Boxing,April 17 1917

Rudolf Kloeckner,Romania,Alpine skiing/Cross-country skiing/Nordic combined,June 10 1917

Karl Kögel,Germany,Ice hockey,October 26 1917

Vangelis Kouvelis,Greece,Cycling,1917

Lie Eng Soei,Indonesia,Sailing,May 15 1917

Qadri Mahmud,Egypt,Swimming,October 8 1917

Sajiro Miyama,Japan,Boxing,January 20 1917

Pavão,Brazil,Basketball,September 6 1917

Ricardo Roberts,Bolivia,Sport shooting,July 24 1917

Tsuneo Shibahara,Japan,Diving,January 1 1917

Gurnam Singh,India,Athletics,1917

Catherine Stevens,Belgium,Athletics,August 7 1917

Noboru Ueno,Japan,Athletics,January 8 1917

Scylla Venâncio,Brazil,Swimming,May 9 1917

Jorge Vidal,Argentina,Gymnastics,c. 1917

Taichi Yamada,Japan,Rowing,February 20 1917

Misao Yokota,Japan,Swimming,February 3 1917

Bouchaib Zeroual,Morocco,Rowing, 1917

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Ilona Szikora represented Hungary in the discus throw at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics.

1918

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Name,Nation,Sport,Birthday

Leopoldo Briola,Argentina,Weightlifting,December 23 1918

Guillermo Canciani,Argentina,Sport shooting,November 18 1918

Souren Chowdhury,India,Sport shooting,July 27 1918

Jan Cools,Belgium,Wrestling,October 1 1918

Felix Erbert,Czechoslovakia,Swimming,June 9 1918

Oskar Holinger,Switzerland,Wrestling,July 22 1918

Kim Won-Gwon,South Korea,Athletics,December 13 1918

Guillaume Merckx,Belgium,Basketball,April 21 1918

Giuseppe Molinari,Italy,Equestrian,1918

Oskar Neuenschwander,Switzerland,Rowing,May 3 1918

Alfredo Petrone,Uruguay,Boxing,November 26 1918

Chhota Singh,India,Athletics,1918

Ilona Szikora,Hungary,Athletics,Janaury 17 1918

Khawaja Muhammad Taqi,Pakistan,Field hockey,1918

Daniel Trujillo,Venezuela,Sailing,May 24 1918

Carlos Villanueva,Argentina,Equestrian,July 30 1918

Yap Pow Thong,Malaysia,Sport shooting,November 11 1918

Ahmed Zahur Khan,Pakistan,Athletics,1918

Bram Zanella,Venezuela,Sport shooting,September 27 1918

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1919

Gudrun Grömer represented Austria in the diving tournament at the 1948 London Olympics.

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Name,Nation,Sport,Birthday

Roger Anciaux,Belgium,Sailing,October 30 1919

Angela Anderes,Switzerland,Figure skating,July 10 1919

Fernand Bourgaux,Belgium,Athletics,December 25 1919

Germán Briceño,Venezuela,Sport shooting,August 13 1919

Mahmoud Fawzy,Egypt,Wrestling,October 10 1919

Oskar Gerber,Switzerland,Athletics,1919

Gudrun Grömer,Austria,Diving,November 7 1919

Günter Heine,Germany,Water polo,September 8 1919

Henri Hermans,Belgium,Basketball,March 3 1919

Mauricio de la Lama,Mexico,Sailing,December 11 1919

Georges Leenheere,Belgium,Water polo,November 21 1919

Min Byeong-Seon,South Korea,Equestrian,1919

Vasile Panait,Romania,Bobsleigh,July 11 1919

Pavel Parshin,Soviet Union,Sailing,December 22 1919

Antoine Raeymaeckers,Belgium,Wrestling,April 4 1919

Ítalo Sartori,Argentina,Rowing,November 29 1919

Manoel da Silva,Portugal,Sport shooting,June 1 1919

Rei Takemura,Japan,Swimming,April 29 1919

Gavrila Törok,Romania,Water polo,May 7 1919

José María Vallsera,Colombia,Sport shooting,June 24 1919

Frans Van Den Berghen,Belgium,Canoeing,September 25 1919

João Vieira,Portugal,Athletics,March 6 1919

Alexandros Vouxinos,Greece,Alpine skiing,November 23 1919

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Yukio Inokuma represented Japan in four rifle shooting events across three editions of the Games: 1952, 1956, and 1960.

1920

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Name,Nation,Sport,Birthday

Minna Blüml,Germany,Luge,May 17 1920

Sayed Bulbul,Egypt,Football,March 23 1920

Yukio Inokuma,Japan,Sport shooting,Janaury 2 1920

Muhammad Khurram,Pakistan,Field hockey,March 1920

Manuel Solís,Mexico,Cycling,May 10 1920

John Stuart,Canada,Weightlifting,January 24 1920

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Next time on Oldest Olympians, we will take a look at the non-starters and demonstration event competitors that meet the criteria for this list. We hope that you will join us!