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Topic: Aged sailors
Posted By: iiitick
Subject: Aged sailors
Date Posted: 07 Aug 14 at 9:57am
I was just looking at the results from this international event in Rio. There are so many names there that I recognise, names that seem to have been around for years. How old is Robert Schiedt? (or however it is spelt) and Nick Thompson must be steaming on a bit? It seems to me that Olympic sailors can survive three Olympics....that is 12 years at the top. If I was a 15 year old Olympic hopeful looking ahead I might  give up and go swimming.


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Posted By: JimC
Date Posted: 07 Aug 14 at 11:19am
Paul Elvstrøm competed in 8 Olympics between 1948 & 1988.

Posted By: PeterG
Date Posted: 07 Aug 14 at 11:30am
Originally posted by JimC

Paul Elvstrøm competed in 8 Olympics between 1948 & 1988.

And was 60 at the 88 Olympics.

So that's alright then - I'm officially too old to have to worry about trying to qualify for 2016


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Peter
Ex Cont 707
Ex Laser 189635
DY 59


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