With 2025 upon us, it is time for our yearly fast facts about the Oldest Olympians in the world, partially to continue our commitment to transparency in our research but mostly just for fun and to share some statistics!

(The oldest living Olympian, Yvonne Chabot-Curtet, born May 28, 1920)

As of today, our full list contains 2409 participants, non-starters, demonstration athletes, and art competitors born between 1915 and 1934 that could be living, 846 of which we believe to be living for certain. The former number is up from 2254 and the latter is up from 830 from April of last year.

We also have 215 Olympians (down from 242 last year) who competed in the 1928, 1932, or 1936 Games, Winter and Summer, who have no date of birth but could be still living. It is worth reminding everyone that the vast majority of athletes that could be living are likely deceased and, following the death of the last-known pre-World War II Olympian in January, we will be taking a closer look at this in a future blog post.

(Gertrude Gries)

As of today, we have 12 living Olympic centenarians, as four died in 2024 and three thus far in 2025. The list of the living includes one newly-discovered centenarian that we have yet to feature, Austrian gymnast Gertrude Gries, born October 16, 1924. If you have any suggestions of statistics or information that you would like to see added, please send us a message and we will be happy to include it in the next round!