Today on Oldest Olympians we want to cover two recent Olympic medal mysteries. As a reminder, these are Olympians who won an Olympic medal during their careers, but for whom we have no indication of whether they are alive or deceased as of their 90^th birthday.

First we want to mention East German discus thrower Lothar Milde, born November 8, 1934, who represented his country at three editions of the Olympic Games. In 1960 he was 12^th, while in 1964 he was 14^th and therefore eliminated in the qualifying round. In 1968, however, he was the silver medallist behind four-time Olympic champion Al Oerter of the United States. At the European Championships he captured four medals, while domestically he was a six-time East German champion. After being sentenced to prison for financial issues relating to a university sports post, he seems to have disappeared from the radar, and we have been unable to ascertain whether he is still alive.

Next we have French cyclist Jean-Claude Lecante, born November 12, 1934. Lecante represented his country in the team pursuit, 4,000 metres event at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, where France won the silver medal. His career was relatively brief, ending after 1958, and thus we have not been able to locate confirmation that he is still alive, although he does not appear in the French death index, which is relatively comprehensive.

(Baumann on the podium, in the center of the photograph)

Finally, we have an update to a previous Olympic medal mystery. Long ago, we covered Swiss wrestler Hermann Baumann, born January 23, 1921, who represented his country in the lightweight, freestyle event at the 1948 London Games and earned the bronze medal. Research by Connor Mah has uncovered that Baumann died February 19, 1999, at the age of 78.