Last year on this day, we celebrated the 100^th birthday of Tong Suet-Fong, who represented Chinese Taipei in the basketball tournament at the 1956 Melbourne Games, as the oldest living Taiwanese Olympian. Having done additional research, however, and having not seen any 100^th birthday announcements, we have concluded that he was most likely born in 1932 and is thus “only” 93 today. As such, we have updated our tables and this makes him no longer the oldest living Taiwanese Olympian.

(Cheng Chi-Sen)

That distinction possibly goes to Chen An-hu, born December 31, 1924, who was already the oldest living Olympic sport shooter. As we have not seen a 100^th birthday notification for him, however, we are applying our policy a little early and removing him from our tables until and unless we find confirmation that he is still alive. That leaves us with Cheng Chi-Sen, born July 13, 1926, as both the oldest living competitor from Chinese Taipei and the oldest living Olympic sport shooter. Cheng represented his country in the free pistol, 50 metres event at the 1968 Mexico City Games, where he placed 56^th. A police officer by career, he competed at the 1966 Asian Games and later moved to San Francisco, where he ran a catering business. He is also the oldest survivor of the 1968 Summer Olympics.

(Rosemarie Sparrow)

Finally, in other Olympic centenarian news, we are saddened to learn that British alpine skier Rosemarie Sparrow, born July 6, 1925, died October 13 at the age of 100. Sparrow represented her country in two alpine skiing events in 1948, placing 25th in the combined and 30th in the downhill. At the time of her death, she was the oldest living British Olympian and survivor of the 1948 St. Moritz Games. The former title now goes to Tony Purssell, born July 5, 1926, who represented his country in coxed fours rowing at the 1948 London Games. The oldest living survivor of the 1948 St. Moritz Olympics, meanwhile, is Egon Schöpf, born October 16, 1925, who represented Austria in two events at those Games, as well as an additional one in 1952.