Today Oldest Olympians is celebrating the same two milestone birthdays as last year! The first is French gymnast Colette Fanara who is turning 101 as the oldest French Olympian and oldest Olympic gymnast! Fanara represented her country in the tournament at the 1952 Helsinki Games, where she had a best individual finish of 85th in the uneven bars. By career she was a physical education teacher and gymnastics instructor. Her grandson Thomas Fanara was a three-time Olympian in alpine skiing and Colette now resides in Nice.

(Carlos Caballero, pictured at El Heraldo)

Next, we are wishing a happy 99th birthday to Carlos Caballero, the oldest living Olympic weightlifter! Cabaellero represented Colombia in the middleweight division at the 1956 and 1960 Summer Games, but did not win a medal. He was also selected for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, but did not make the trip after budget cuts. Following his 1970 retirement, he turned to coaching.

Finally, thanks again to Connor Mah, we have an update on another Olympic mystery. Gymnast Carol Bedö, born December 13, 1930, was potentially the oldest living Romanian Olympian, but we had not seen an update for him since 2013, and thus we removed him from our tables. It turns out that Bedö died February 3, 2020, at the age of 89.