List of masters athletes

This is a list of notable people who have participated in masters athletics. Most have achieved their primary notability through athletic endeavors except when noted.

Luciano Acquarone Italy
Aimo Aho Finland
Gabriela Andersen-Schiess Switzerland
Henry Andrade United States Cape Verde
Birger Asplund Sweden
Doris Auer Austria
Charles Austin United States
Rink Babka United States
Lee Baca United States Los Angeles County Sheriff
Bob Backus United States
Lawrence Baird United Kingdom
Thane Baker United States
Willie Banks^[1] United States
Arthur Barnard United States
James Barrineau United States
Jack Bacheler United States
Dieter Baumann Germany
Tim Berrett Canada
Nataša Bezjak Slovenia
Laurie Binder United States
Chris Black United Kingdom
Peter Blank Germany
Meeri Bodelid Sweden
Viktor Bolshov Russia Soviet Union
Charlie Booth Australia inventor of Starting Blocks
Lamberto Boranga Italy
Christa Bortignon Canada
Mary Bowermaster United States
Roald Bradstock United States United Kingdom Artist
Norman Bright United States
Debbie Brill Canada
Benny Brown United States
Arto Bryggare Finland
Zola Budd South Africa
Ed Burke United States
Billie Ann Burrill United States
Rich Busa United States
Arild Busterud Norway
Tom Byers United States
John Carlos United States
Gary Carlsen United States
Angelo Carosi Italy
David Carr Australia
Ed Caruthers United States
Dwain Chambers United Kingdom
Harold Chapson United States
Yelizaveta Chernyshova Russia Soviet Union
Lydia Cheromei Kenya
Rosemary Chrimes United Kingdom
Todd Christensen United States^[2] American Football
Dick Cochran United States
Eamonn Coghlan Ireland
Leon Coleman United States
Bill Collins United States
Phil Conley United States
Harold Connolly United States
Ted Corbitt United States
Bill Cosby United States Comedian
Alan Cranston United States U.S. Senator
Josh Culbreath United States
Toshiko D'Elia United States
Maria Pia D'Orlando Italy
Tamara Danilova Russia Soviet Union
Jeanne Daprano United States
Willie Davenport United States
Gerry Davidson United States
Mary Decker-Slaney United States
Colleen De Reuck United States South Africa
Maureen de St. Croix Canada
Elliott Denman United States
Ken Dennis United States
Ángel Díaz Guatemala
Grace-Ann Dinkins Liberia United States also Trauma Surgeon
Rod Dixon New Zealand
Walter Dix United States
Fabrizio Donato Italy
Anthony Dorsett United States American Football
Aleksandr Dryhol Ukraine Soviet Union
Charles Dumas United States^[3]
Ludmila Engquist Sweden Russia Soviet Union
Andrés Espinosa Mexico
Saskia Estupinan Ecuador Public Health Doctor
Laverne Eve Bahamas
Lee Evans (sprinter) United States
Mohamed Ezzher France
Earl Fee Canada
Nuria Fernández Spain
Maria Magnólia Figueiredo Brazil
Frederico Fischer Brazil
Dick Fosbury United States
Jack Foster New Zealand
Ruth Frith Australia Centenarian, world's oldest female athlete
Gabre Gabric Italy Centenarian
Tom Gage United States
Willie Gault United States^[4] also American Football Player
Fortune Gordien United States
Miki Gorman United States
Ivy Granstrom Canada
Dalton Grant United Kingdom
Johnny Gray United States Oct 2000 Ran Masters Mile (Run For Children) as a M40. Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor^[5]
Norm Green United States
Jack Greenwood United States
Jim Grelle United States
Viktor Gruzenkin Russia
Albert Hall (athlete) United States
Kozo Haraguchi Japan
Eddie Hart^[4] United States
Alisa Harvey-Hill United States
Larry Hart (athlete) United States
Dawn Hartigan Australia
Rex Harvey United States also Official and Administrator
Ray Hatton United States Born in United Kingdom
Robert Hecker United States Musician
Bud Held United States also Inventor and Entrepreneur
James Chico Hernandez United States Wrestler
Hal Higdon United States also Sports Writer
Ron Hill United Kingdom
Jim Hines United States
Russ Hodge United States
Maurice Houvion France
Bob Humphreys United States
Guy Husson France
Ayanna Hutchinson Trinidad and Tobago
Hubert Indra Italy
Rıza Maksut İşman Turkey
Ivan Ivančić Yugoslavia Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia
April Jace United States Celebrity murder victim
Regina Jacobs United States
Kip Janvrin United States
Erwin Jaskulski Austria Centenarian
Billy Johnson United States American Football player
Tebbs Lloyd Johnson United Kingdom
Payton Jordan^[4] United States
Monica Joyce United States Ireland United Kingdom
Regina Joyce United States Olympian for Ireland United Kingdom
Al Joyner United States
Gitte Karlshøj Denmark
Dimitrios Kattis Greece
Ryszard Katus Poland
Ida Keeling United States Centenarian
Johnny Kelley United States
Patrick C. Kennell United States Academic
John Keston United States British actor
Ray Kimble United States
James King United States
Roger Kingdom United States
Mark Kiptoo Kenya
Herb Kirk United States World's oldest runner
Wolfgang Knabe Germany
Peter Koech Kenya
Mariya Konovalova Russia
Olga Kotelko Canada
Galina Kovalenskaya Russia
Stanisław Kowalski Poland Centenarian, world's oldest athlete
June Krauser United States "Mother of Masters swimming"
Marty Krulee^[4] United States
Shaul Ladany Israel
Ron Laird United States
Francie Larrieu-Smith United States
Bev LaVeck United States
Evelyn Lawler United States Mother of Carl Lewis and Carol Lewis
Fred Lebow United States New York Marathon event director
Nicole Lévêque France
Gerry Lindgren United States
James Lofton United States also Hall of Fame American Football player
Jud Logan United States
Mihaela Loghin Romania
Mario Longo Italy
Arne Lothe Norway
Horst Mandl Austria
Mike Manley United States^[6]
Pat Manson United States
José Marín Spain
Marsha Mark-Baird Trinidad and Tobago
Peter Marsh United Kingdom Academic, sociologist
John Martel United States Lawyer and novelist
Marie Mathieu Puerto Rico
Ralph Maxwell United States Judge
Bill McChesney United States
Phil McConkey United States American Football player
Anne McKenzie South Africa
James McNamara Ireland
Leland McPhie United States Centenarian
Delano Meriwether United States^[4] also physician
E. Gerald Meyer United States Centenarian
Marie-Louise Michelsohn United States Mathematician
Alain Mimoun France
Victoria Mitchell Australia
Hidekichi Miyazaki Japan Centenarian
Felicia Țilea-Moldovan Romania Spain
Martín Mondragón Mexico
David Moorcroft United Kingdom
Boo Morcom United States
Carol Moseke (Frost) USA
Sylvia Mosqueda United States
Phil Mulkey United States
Kenneth Mungara Kenya
Fabiana Murer Brazil
Sandra Myers Spain
Iryna Mykhalchenko Ukraine
Larry Myricks United States
Fidelis Ndyabagye Uganda
Nick Newton United States^[4] Inventor
Jamie Nieto United States
Doug Nordquist United States
Gary Null United States Author/Pundit
Nadine O'Connor United States
Irene Obera United States
Al Oerter United States
Vera Olenchenko Russia Uzbekistan Soviet Union
Brian Oldfield United States Competed at a June 1978 Masters Meet. Holds two Masters World Records^[5]
Marcus O'Sullivan Ireland
Giuseppe Ottaviani (athlete) Italian
Evy Palm Sweden
Ladislav Pataki United States
Dodyu Patarinski Bulgaria
Tom Patsalis United States
Donald Pellmann United States Centenarian
Elisabetta Perrone Italy
Steve Peters United Kingdom Sports psychiatrist
Lyudmila Petrova Russia
Florence Picaut France
Dmitry Pietrman United States Ukraine Futbol/Soccer club owner
Simon Poelman New Zealand
Valbjörn Þorláksson Iceland
Bernardine Portenski New Zealand
Patricia Porter United States
Caroline Powell United Kingdom
Tatyana Pozdnyakova Soviet Union Ukraine
Alfred Proksch Austria
Philip Rabinowitz South Africa Centenarian
Carmelo Rado Italy
Philipa Raschker United States
Lucien Rault France
Pam Reed United States
Marian Shields Robinson United States Mother of current U.S. First Lady
Bill Rodgers United States
Gaston Roelants Belgium
Orville Rogers United States Centenarian
Henry Rono Kenya
Nick Rose United Kingdom
Anne Chatrine Rühlow Germany
Jim Ryun United States^[6] also U.S. Congressman
Joan Benoit Samuelson United States
Ugo Sansonetti Italy
Enrico Saraceni Italy
Willi Sawall Australia
Silke Schmidt Germany
Bob Schul United States
Steve Scott United States
Helen Searle Australia
Yuriy Sedykh Russia
Marco Segatel Italy
Iryna Sekachova Ukraine
Vyacheslav Shabunin Russia
Nolan Shaheed United States Jazz trumpeter
George A. Sheehan United States Running writer
Frank Shorter United States^[6]
Zdeňka Šilhavá Czech Republic
Jay Silvester United States
Fauja Singh United Kingdom India
Chuck Smead United States
Joyce Smith United Kingdom
Karl Smith Jamaica
Marjorie Parker Smith United States Dancer/Figure skater
Peter Snell New Zealand^[6]
Jim Sorensen United States
Fred Sowerby United States Netherlands Antilles
Mattias Sunneborn Sweden
Paul Spangler United States
Sasha Springer-Jones Trinidad and Tobago
Walt Stack United States
Kjell-Erik Ståhl Sweden
Brian Stanton United States
Rudolf Steiner Switzerland
Gary Stenlund United States
Dwight Stones United States
Ed Stotsenberg United States Philanthropist
Larry Stuart United States
Jüri Tamm Estonia
Tatyana Ter-Mesrobyan Russia
Valbjörn Þorláksson Iceland
Domingo Tibaduiza Colombia
Milan Tiff United States
Felicia Țilea-Moldovan Romania
Bogdan Tudor Romania
Derek Turnbull New Zealand
Gary Tuttle United States
Teresa Vaill United States
Martti Vainio Finland
Venelina Veneva-Mateeva Bulgaria
Sandro Viana Brazil
Sean Wade United States New Zealand
Bill Wambach United States
Cornelius "Dutch" Warmerdam United States
Sylvia Weiner Canada Poland
Priscilla Welch United Kingdom
Georg Werthner Austria
Anthony Whiteman United Kingdom
Ed Whitlock Canada
Ron Whitney United States
John Whittemore United States World's oldest athlete
Novlene Williams-Mills Jamaica
Gerhard Windolf Germany
Ruth Wysocki United States
Iryna Yatchenko Belarus
Dimitrion Yordanidis Greece
Emmerich Zensch Austria

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List of masters athletes

Open Athletes

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