Today on Oldest Olympians we have the same two milestone birthdays as last year, so we have decided to cover both in a single blog post again!

The first is Birte Christoffersen-Hanson, who is turning 101 today! Christoffersen-Hanson represented Denmark in diving as Brite Christoffersen until 1953, including at the 1948 London Olympics, where she won a bronze medal in the platform event. She also took two bronze medals at the 1950 European Championships. From 1954 until her retirement in the 1960s, she represented Sweden as Birte Hanson, appearing twice more at the Olympics (1956 and 1960) and capturing one bronze (1958) and two silver medals (1954) at the European Championships. By career, she worked as a physical education instructor and now resides in Limhamn, Malmö as the oldest living Danish and Swedish Olympian, diving Olympian, and survivor of the 1960 Rome Games!

(Stoyanka Angelova, pictured at Canal Catorce)

Next is gymnast Stoyanka Angelova, who is turning 97 and is the oldest living Bulgarian Olympian! Angelova represented her country in the tournament at the 1952 Helsinki Games, where she had a best individual finish of 34th in the balance beam. After coaching the Bulgarian national team, she emigrated to Mexico in 1971, where she spent a half century involved with Mexican Olympian Committee.

Finally, while we are posting a blog entry, we wanted to thank Hernán Macchiavello, who provided us with additional biographical information on Jorge Pessoa, a reserve with the 1932 Brazilian water polo delegation. We now know that Pessoa was born September 6, 1906 and died May 3, 1979 at the age of 72.