List of masters athletes
This is a list of notable people who have participated in Masters Athletics. Most have achieved their primary notoriety through athletic endeavors except when noted.
- Gabriela Andersen-Schiess
Switzerland - Henry Andrade
United States 
Cape Verde - Lee Baca United States Los Angeles County Sheriff
- Willie Banks[1] United States
- James Barrineau United States
- Dieter Baumann
Germany - Laurie Binder United States
- Chris Black
United Kingdom - Peter Blank Germany
- Charlie Booth
Australia inventor of Starting Blocks - Mary Bowermaster United States
- Roald Bradstock United States United Kingdom
- Norman Bright United States
- Debbie Brill
Canada - Benny Brown United States
- Arto Bryggare
Finland - Zola Budd
South Africa - Ed Burke United States
- Rich Busa United States
- Tom Byers United States
- Todd Christensen United States[2] American Football
- Eamonn Coghlan
Ireland - Harold Connolly United States
- Ted Corbitt United States
- Bill Cosby United States Comedian
- Alan Cranston United States U.S. Senator
- Josh Culbreath United States
- Gerry Davidson United States
- Mary Decker-Slaney United States
- Colleen De Reuck United States South Africa
- Grace-Ann Dinkins
Liberia United States also Trauma Surgeon - Rod Dixon
New Zealand - Anthony Dorsett United States American Football
- Charles Dumas United States[3]
- Andrés Espinosa
Mexico - Saskia Estupinan
Ecuador Public Health Doctor - Earl Fee Canada
- Dick Fosbury United States
- Jack Foster New Zealand
- Gabre Gabric
Italy - Tom Gage United States
- Willie Gault United States[4] also American Football Player
- Miki Gorman United States
- Dalton Grant United Kingdom
- Jim Grelle United States
- Kozo Haraguchi
Japan - Eddie Hart[4] United States
- Alisa Harvey-Hill United States
- 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
- Bob Humphreys United States
- Rıza Maksut İşman
Turkey - 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
- Regina Joyce United States Olympian for Ireland
- Al Joyner United States
- Gitte Karlshøj
Denmark - Ryszard Katus
Poland - Johnny Kelley United States
- Patrick C. Kennell United States Academic
- John Keston United States British Actor
- James King United States
- Roger Kingdom United States
- Herb Kirk United States World's oldest runner
- Wolfgang Knabe Germany
- Peter Koech
Kenya - 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
- Evelyn Lawler United States Mother of Carl Lewis and Carol Lewis
- Fred Lebow United States New York Marathon event director
- Gerry Lindgren United States
- James Lofton United States also Hall of Fame American Football Player
- Jud Logan United States
- Mike Manley United States[5]
- Pat Manson United States
- José Marín
Spain - Peter Marsh United Kingdom Academic, Sociologist
- John Martel United States Lawyer and Novelist
- Bill McChesney United States
- Phil McConkey United States American Football Player
- Delano Meriwether United States[4] also Physician
- Alain Mimoun
France - Martín Mondragón Mexico
- David Moorcroft United Kingdom
- Boo Morcom United States
- Carol Moseke (Frost) USA
- Sylvia Mosqueda United States
- Phil Mulkey United States
- Sandra Myers Spain
- Larry Myricks United States
- Nick Newton United States[4] Inventor
- Gary Null United States Author/Pundit
- Nadine O'Connor United States
- Al Oerter United States
- Marcus O'Sullivan Ireland
- Evy Palm
Sweden - Ladislav Pataki United States
- Lyudmila Petrova
Russia - Dmitry Pietrman United States
Ukraine Futbol/Soccer club owner - Simon Poelman New Zealand
- Valbjörn Þorláksson
Iceland - Tatyana Pozdnyakova
Soviet Union Ukraine - Alfred Proksch Austria
- Philip Rabinowitz South Africa Centenarian
- Philipa Raschker United States
- Pam Reed United States
- Marian Shields Robinson United States Mother of current U.S. First Lady
- Bill Rodgers United States
- Gaston Roelants
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Belgium - Henry Rono Kenya
- Nick Rose United Kingdom
- Jim Ryun United States[5] also U.S. Congressman
- Joan Benoit Samuelson United States
- Willi Sawall Australia
- Silke Schmidt Germany
- Bob Schul United States
- Steve Scott United States
- Yuriy Sedykh Russia
- Nolan Shaheed United States Jazz trumpeter
- George A. Sheehan United States Running Writer
- Frank Shorter United States[5]
- Zdeňka Šilhavá
Czech Republic - Jay Silvester United States
- Chuck Smead United States
- Joyce Smith United Kingdom
- Marjorie Parker Smith United States Dancer/Figure Skater
- Peter Snell New Zealand[5]
- Mattias Sunneborn Sweden
- Paul Spangler United States
- Walt Stack United States
- Kjell-Erik Ståhl Sweden
- Dwight Stones United States
- Ed Stotsenberg United States Philanthropist
- Jüri Tamm
Estonia - Tatyana Ter-Mesrobyan Russia
- Valbjörn Þorláksson Iceland
- Domingo Tibaduiza
Colombia - Milan Tiff United States
- Felicia Ţilea-Moldovan
Romania - Bogdan Tudor Romania
- Martti Vainio Finland
- Bill Wambach United States
- Cornelius "Dutch" Warmerdam United States
- Priscilla Welch United Kingdom
- Georg Werthner Austria
- Ed Whitlock Canada
- Ron Whitney United States
- John Whittemore United States World's Oldest Athlete
- Ruth Wysocki United States
- Iryna Yatchenko
Belarus - Dimitrion Yordanidis
Greece
Open Athletes
These are athletes who have not competed as a Masters athlete, but by age qualify for and hold Masters records set in elite open level competition.
- Yamilé Aldama
Cuba 
Sudan United Kingdom Holds Masters W35 and W40 Record achieved as an Open competitor[6] - Virgilijus Alekna
Lithuania Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7] - Igor Astapkovich Belarus has not competed in a Masters event but holds two Masters World Records[7]
- Inha Babakova Ukraine Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[6]
- Abdellah Béhar France Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7]
- Mike Boit Kenya Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7]
- Sabine Braun Germany Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[6]
- Chris Brown
Bahamas Holds a pending Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7] - Linford Christie United Kingdom Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7]
- Kim Collins
Saint Kitts and Nevis Holds pending Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7] - Maurizio Damilano Italy Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[8]
- Troy Douglas
Netherlands has not competed in a Masters event but holds two Masters World Records[7] - Joanne Dow United States Holds Masters W40 and W45 Records achieved as an Open competitor[9]
- Stacy Dragila United States Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[6]
- Heike Drechsler Germany Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[6]
- Jonathan Edwards United Kingdom Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7]
- Ludmila Engquist Sweden Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[6]
- Haile Gebrselassie
Ethiopia Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7] - Johnny Gray United States Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7]
- Lyubov Gurina Russia Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[6]
- Alvin Harrison United States
Dominican Republic Holds a pending Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7] - Jeff Hartwig United States Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7]
- Colin Jackson United Kingdom Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7]
- Robert Korzeniowski Poland Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[8]
- Inessa Kravets Ukraine Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[6]
- Olga Kuzenkova Russia Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[6]
- Bernard Lagat United States Holds multiple Masters M35 Records achieved as an Open competitor[7]
- Carl Lewis United States Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7]
- Lev Lobodin Russia Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7]
- Carlos Lopes
Portugal Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7] - Edith Masai Kenya Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[6]
- Danny McFarlane
Jamaica Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7] - Faina Melnyk Soviet Union Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[6]
- Steffi Nerius Germany Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[6]
- Brian Oldfield United States has not competed in a Masters event but holds two Masters World Records[7]
- Merlene Ottey
Slovenia has not competed in a Masters event but holds several Masters World Records[6] - Larisa Peleshenko Russia Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[6]
- Aurelia Pentón Cuba Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[6]
- Elisabetta Perrone Italy Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[10]
- Yekaterina Podkopayeva Russia has not competed in a Masters event but holds several Masters World Records[6]
- Maricica Puică Romania has not competed in a Masters event but holds several Masters World Records[6]
- Kerry Saxby-Junna Australia Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[10]
- Marina Stepanova Soviet Union Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[6]
- Dragutin Topic
Serbia Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7] - Simon Vroemen Netherlands Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7]
- Ibrahima Wade France Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7]
- John Walker New Zealand Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7]
- Jan Železný Czech Republic has not competed in a Masters event but holds two Masters World Records[7]
References
- ↑ http://www.trackinfo.org/scaresults2005.html 2005 Southern California Championships
- ↑ http://www.trackinfo.org/scaresults2001.html 2001 Southern California Championships
- ↑ http://www.mastershistory.org/Veteris/1976-08-Veteris.pdf
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "All Time World Rankings – 100 metres Dash". Mastersathletics.net. Retrieved 2009-03-06.
- 1 2 3 4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YysHj9iz2M Millrose Masters Mile 1988
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 http://world-masters-athletics.org/records/outdoor-women WMA World Records
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 http://world-masters-athletics.org/records/outdoor-men WMA World Records
- 1 2 http://world-masters-athletics.org/records/racewalk-men WMA World Records
- ↑ http://www.mastersathletics.net/fileadmin/html/Rankings/All_Time/5000walkwomen.htm
- 1 2 http://world-masters-athletics.org/records/racewalk-women WMA World Records
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