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 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]