Historical List of the Oldest Living Olympic Champions

Historical List of the Oldest Living Olympic Champions

Below is a historical list of individuals who have held the title of "Oldest Living Olympic Champions", organized from earliest to most recent. This table is not sortable currently.

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Last update: December 5, 2024.

Olympian	Oldest from...	Oldest to...	Country	Sport	Olympic year(s)	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Date of birth	Date of death	Age at death
Georgios Orfanidis	No earlier than May 11, 1938*	1942	Greece	Sport shooting	1896 Athens, 1906 Athens, 1908 London	2	1	0	3	1859	1942	82 years, 1 day to 83 years, 364 days
Alfred Larsen	1942	September 10, 1950	Norway	Sailing	1912 Stockholm	1	0	0	1	November 24, 1863	September 10, 1950	86 years, 290 days
Gustaf Boivie	September 10, 1950	January 12, 1951	Sweden	Sport shooting	1912 Stockholm	1	0	0	1	November 27, 1864	January 12, 1951	86 years, 46 days
William Pimm and Carl Hellström	January 12, 1951	July 18, 1952	Great Britain and Sweden	Sport shooting and sailing	1908 London, 1912 Stockholm	2 and 1	1	0	3 and 2	December 10, 1864	July 18, 1952	87 years, 221 days
Carl Hellström	July 18, 1952	July 4, 1962	Sweden	Sailing	1908 London, 1912 Stockholm	1	1	0	2	December 10, 1864	July 4, 1962	97 years, 206 days
Charlotte Cooper	July 4, 1962	October 10, 1966	Great Britain	Tennis	1900 Paris	2	0	0	2	September 22, 1870	October 10, 1966	96 years, 18 days
Charles Burnell	October 10, 1966	October 3, 1969	Great Britain	Rowing	1908 London	1	0	0	1	January 13, 1876	October 3, 1969	93 years, 263 days
Gaston Thubé	October 3, 1969	June 22, 1974	France	Sailing	1912 Stockholm	1	0	0	1	October 16, 1876	June 22, 1974	97 years, 249 days
Birger Sörvik	June 22, 1974	May 23, 1978	Sweden	Gymnastics	1908 London	1	0	0	1	December 4, 1879	May 23, 1978	98 years, 170 days
Paul Anspach	May 23, 1978	August 28, 1981	Belgium	Fencing	1908 London, 1912 Stockholm, 1920 Antwerp, 1924 Paris	2	2	1	5	April 1, 1882	August 28, 1981	99 years, 149 days
Hjalmar Levin	August 28, 1981**	March 8, 1983	Sweden	Cycling	1912 Stockholm	1	0	0	1	June 14, 1884	March 8, 1983	98 years, 267 days
John Noel	March 8, 1983	March 12, 1989	Great Britain	Alpinism	1924 Chamonix	1	0	0	1	February 26, 1890	March 12, 1989	99 years, 14 days
Georges Monier	March 12, 1989	October 5, 1989	Belgium	Art competitions	1920 Antwerp	1	0	0	1	February 18, 1892	October 5, 1989	97 years, 229 days
Abel Kiviat	October 5, 1989	August 24, 1991	United States	Athletics	1912 Stockholm	1	1	0	2	June 23, 1892	August 24, 1991	99 years, 62 days
Erik Herseth	August 24, 1991	January 28, 1993	Norway	Sailing	1920 Antwerp	1	0	0	1	July 9, 1892	January 28, 1993	100 years, 203 days
José Álvarez	January 28, 1993	December 27, 1993	Spain	Equestrian	1924 Paris, 1928 Amsterdam	1	0	0	1	March 23, 1895	December 27, 1993	98 years, 279 days
André Derrien	December 27, 1993	April 4, 1994	France	Sailing	1928 Amsterdam	1	0	0	1	July 31, 1895	April 4, 1994	98 years, 247 days
Walter Stokes	April 4, 1994	June 9, 1996	United States	Sport shooting	1924 Paris	1	0	1	2	May 23, 1898	June 9, 1996	98 years, 17 days
Leon Štukelj	June 9, 1996	November 8, 1999	Yugoslavia	Gymnastics	1924 Paris, 1928 Amsterdam, 1936 Berlin	3	1	2	6	November 12, 1898	November 8, 1999	100 years, 361 days
Alida van den Bos	November 8, 1999	July 16, 2003	Netherlands	Gymnastics	1928 Amsterdam	1	0	0	1	January 18, 1902	July 16, 2003	101 years, 179 days
James Stillman Rockefeller	July 16, 2003	August 10, 2004	United States	Rowing	1924 Paris	1	0	0	1	June 8, 1902	August 10, 2004	102 years, 63 days
Feroze Khan	August 10, 2004	April 21, 2005	India	Field hockey	1928 Amsterdam	1	0	0	1	September 9, 1904	April 21, 2005	100 years, 223 days
Roger Beaufrand	April 21, 2005	March 17, 2007	France	Cycling	1928 Amsterdam	1	0	0	1	September 25, 1908	March 17, 2007	98 years, 173 days
Godfrey Rampling	March 17, 2007	June 20, 2009	Great Britain	Athletics	1932 Los Angeles, 1936 Berlin	1	1	0	2	May 14, 1909	June 20, 2009	100 years, 37 days
Attilio Pavesi	June 20, 2009	August 2, 2011	Italy	Cycling	1932 Los Angeles	1	0	0	1	October 1, 1910	August 2, 2011	100 years, 305 days
Sándor Tarics	August 2, 2011	May 21, 2016	Hungary	Water polo	1936 Berlin	1	0	0	1	September 23, 1913	May 21, 2016	102 years, 241 days
Durward Knowles	May 21, 2016	February 24, 2018	Bahamas, Great Britain	Sailing	1948 London, 1952 Helsinki, 1956 Melbourne, 1960 Rome, 1964 Tokyo, 1968 Mexico City, 1972 Munich, 1988 Seoul	1	0	1	2	November 2, 1917	February 24, 2018	100 years, 117 days
Lydia Wideman	February 24, 2018	April 13, 2019	Finland	Cross-country skiing	1952 Oslo	1	0	0	1	May 17, 1920	April 13, 2019	98 years, 331 days
Ágnes Keleti	April 13, 2019	Still living	Hungary	Gymnastics	1952 Helsinki, 1956 Melbourne	5	3	2	10	January 9, 1921	Still living	103 years, 331 days

*There are two candidates for Oldest Living Olympic Champion prior to Georgios Orfanidis:

1. George Lyon, who won the individual golf tournament at the 1904 St. Louis Olympics, was born July 27, 1858 and died May 11, 1938, which means that he was definitely the Oldest Living Olympic Champion at some point in his life.

2. Lida Howell, who won three gold medals in archery at the 1904 St. Louis Olympics, was born August 28, 1859 and died December 20, 1938. If Orfanidis was born August 29, 1859 or later, then Howell was the Oldest Living Olympic Champion between Lyon's death and her own.

**Esme Simiriotis, born sometime in 1884, who won the women's singles event at the 1906 Intercalated Games, died October 10, 1982. If Simiriotis was born before June 14, 1884, then she was the oldest living Olympic champion until her death, after which Levin would have succeeded her.