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 aAthlete - 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 
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[7] - Virgilijus Alekna 
 Lithuania Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[5] - Igor Astapkovich 
 Belarus has not competed in a Masters event but holds two Masters World Records[5] - Inha Babakova 
 Ukraine Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7] - Abdellah Béhar 
 France Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[5] - Mike Boit 
 Kenya Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[5] - Sabine Braun 
 Germany Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7] - Chris Brown 
 Bahamas  Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[5] - Amber Campbell 
 United States Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7] - Linford Christie 
 United Kingdom Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[5] - Jearl Miles Clark 
 United States Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7] - Kim Collins 
 Saint Kitts and Nevis Holds pending Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[5] - Maurizio Damilano 
 Italy Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[8] - Yohann Diniz 
 France Has multiple pending Masters records - Troy Douglas 
 Netherlands has not competed in a Masters event but holds two Masters World Records[5] - 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[7] - Heike Drechsler 
 Germany Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7] - Jonathan Edwards 
 United Kingdom Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[5] - Ludmila Engquist 
 Sweden Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7] - Haile Gebrselassie 
 Ethiopia Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[5] - Lyubov Gurina 
 Russia Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7] - Alvin Harrison 
 United States 
 Dominican Republic  Holds a pending Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[5] - Jeff Hartwig  
 United States Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[5] - Colin Jackson 
 United Kingdom Held Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[5] - Allen Johnson 
 United States Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor, set while winning IAAF World Cup - Meb Keflezighi 
 United States American M40 Marathon record holder, ran in 2016 Olympics at age 41 - Mary Jepkosgei Keitany 
 Kenya Pending marathon record set as open competitor - 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[7] - Olga Kuzenkova 
 Russia  Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7] - A. G. Kruger 
 United States  Holds Masters M35 Record in Throws Pentathlon as Open competitor - Bernard Lagat   
 United States Holds multiple Masters M35 Records achieved as an Open competitor[5] - Carl Lewis  
 United States Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[5] - Lev Lobodin 
 Russia Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[5] - Carlos Lopes 
 Portugal Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[5] - Edith Masai 
 Kenya Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7] - Josef Matoušek 
 Czech Republic 
 Czechoslovakia Set M35 Javelin record en route to 1960 Olympics - Danny McFarlane 
 Jamaica Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[5] - Faina Melnik 
 Soviet Union Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7] - Irina Mikitenko 
 Germany Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[5] - Kathryn Mitchell 
 Australia Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7] - Steffi Nerius 
 Germany Held Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7] - Merlene Ottey 
 Slovenia has not competed in a Masters event but holds several Masters World Records[7] - Björn Otto 
 Germany Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[5] - Joanne Pavey 
 United Kingdom Holds multiple Masters Records achieved as an Open competitor[7] - Larisa Peleshenko 
 Russia Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7] - Aurelia Pentón 
 Cuba Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7] - 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[7] - Maricica Puică 
 Romania has not competed in a Masters event but holds several Masters World Records[7] - Félix Sánchez 
 Dominican Republic ran a superior time to M35 World record in the World Championships - 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[7] - Jenn Suhr 
 United States Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7] - William Tanui 
 Kenya  Ran a 1500m superior to the M35 record in Open competition - Dragutin Topić 
 Serbia Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[5] - Kevin Toth Threw shot put further than M35 World Record just before being banned for doping
 - Simon Vroemen  
 Netherlands Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[5] - Ibrahima Wade 
 France Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[5] - John Walker 
 New Zealand Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[5] - Jan Železný 
 Czech Republic has not competed in a Masters event but holds two Masters World Records[5] 
See also
References
- ↑ http://www.trackinfo.org/scaresults2005.html 2005 Southern California Championships
 - ↑ http://www.trackinfo.org/scaresults2001.html 2001 Southern California Championships
 - ↑  "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-10-12. Retrieved 2010-08-16.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - 1 2 3 4 5 6 "All Time World Rankings – 100 metres Dash". Mastersathletics.net. Retrieved 2009-03-06.
 - 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 26 27 "Records Outdoor Men". Archived from the original on 2012-08-03. Retrieved 2012-08-03. WMA World Records
 - 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 19 20 21 22 23 "Records Outdoor Women". Archived from the original on 2010-05-27. Retrieved 2010-02-07. WMA World Records
 - 1 2 "Records Racewalk Men". Archived from the original on 2009-10-16. Retrieved 2010-01-21. WMA World Records
 - ↑ "5000 meter Race Walk ALL-TIME Rankings".
 - 1 2 "Records Racewalk Women". Archived from the original on 2010-01-12. Retrieved 2010-01-21. WMA World Records
 
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