Today on Oldest Olympians we are covering our final updates to Olympic mysteries for 2024! Most of this new information was discovered by Connor Mah and comes from our coverage of the 1928 and 1948 Summer Games. One exception, however, is Ferdinand “Fred” Langer, a bobsledder from the 1928 Winter Games, who we have now learned was born April 27, 1884.

(Fred Langer)

From the summer edition, we have learned that Romanian high jumper Irina Orendi was born November 28, 1908, although we have yet to locate a date of death. It was also confirmed that the Kamil Gampe born in 1903 was the Czechoslovakian modern pentathlete, although he died on November 18, 1967 rather than in 1968 as speculated previously.

(Ronald Turian)

Three of the 1948 competitors are Austrians, including two from the same event: Star class sailing. From the crew, we learned that Horst Obermüller was born July 28, 1921 and died December 1979, while Hans Schachinger died in 1978 and was also born in the early 1920s. Mah also confirmed that flyweight boxer Robert Gausterer did die in 1983, on September 27 to be exact. We also now know that Swiss sabre fencer Roland Turian was Roland Gaston Turian, and that he was born October 21, 1919 and died November 7, 2012.

Finally, Mah found information confirming that Swiss rower Otto Vonlaufen was born November 21, 1928. Since he later emigrated to Finland, we have been unable to ascertain whether or not he is still alive, and thus he joins our list of the “possibly living” among the oldest Olympians.