List of masters athletes

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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.

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 Topic  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[]

  1. ^ http://www.trackinfo.org/scaresults2005.html 2005 Southern California Championships
  2. ^ http://www.trackinfo.org/scaresults2001.html 2001 Southern California Championships
  3. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-10-12. Retrieved 2010-08-16.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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  6. ^ a b c d https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YysHj9iz2M Millrose Masters Mile 1988
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-05-27. Retrieved 2010-02-07.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) WMA World Records
  8. ^ a b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-10-16. Retrieved 2010-01-21.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) WMA World Records
  9. ^ "5000 meter Race Walk ALL-TIME Rankings".
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