List of masters athletes

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
 * Aimo Aho 🇫🇮
 * Gabriela Andersen-Schiess
 * Henry Andrade 🇨🇻
 * Birger Asplund
 * Doris Auer 🇦🇹
 * Charles Austin
 * Rink Babka
 * Lee Baca Los Angeles County Sheriff
 * Bob Backus
 * Lawrence Baird
 * Thane Baker
 * Willie Banks
 * Arthur Barnard
 * James Barrineau
 * Jack Bacheler
 * Dieter Baumann
 * Tim Berrett
 * Nataša Bezjak
 * Laurie Binder
 * Chris Black
 * Peter Blank
 * Meeri Bodelid
 * Viktor Bolshov
 * Charlie Booth inventor of Starting Blocks
 * Lamberto Boranga
 * Christa Bortignon
 * Mary Bowermaster
 * Roald Bradstock  Artist
 * Norman Bright
 * Debbie Brill
 * Benny Brown
 * Arto Bryggare 🇫🇮
 * Zola Budd
 * Ed Burke
 * Billie Ann Burrill
 * Rich Busa
 * Arild Busterud 🇳🇴
 * Tom Byers
 * John Carlos
 * Gary Carlsen
 * Angelo Carosi
 * David Carr
 * Ed Caruthers
 * Dwain Chambers
 * Harold Chapson
 * Yelizaveta Chernyshova
 * Lydia Cheromei 🇰🇪
 * Rosemary Chrimes
 * Todd Christensen American Football
 * Dick Cochran
 * Eamonn Coghlan 🇮🇪
 * Leon Coleman
 * Bill Collins
 * Phil Conley
 * Harold Connolly
 * Ted Corbitt
 * Bill Cosby Comedian
 * Alan Cranston U.S. Senator
 * Josh Culbreath
 * Toshiko D'Elia
 * Maria Pia D'Orlando
 * Tamara Danilova
 * Jeanne Daprano
 * Willie Davenport
 * Gerry Davidson
 * Mary Decker-Slaney
 * Colleen De Reuck
 * Maureen de St. Croix
 * Elliott Denman
 * Ken Dennis
 * Ángel Díaz
 * Grace-Ann Dinkins 🇱🇷  also Trauma Surgeon
 * Rod Dixon
 * Walter Dix
 * Fabrizio Donato
 * Anthony Dorsett American Football
 * Aleksandr Dryhol 🇺🇦
 * Charles Dumas
 * Ludmila Engquist
 * Andrés Espinosa
 * Saskia Estupinan 🇪🇨 Public Health Doctor
 * Laverne Eve
 * Lee Evans (sprinter)
 * Mohamed Ezzher
 * Earl Fee
 * Nuria Fernández
 * Maria Magnólia Figueiredo
 * Frederico Fischer
 * Dick Fosbury
 * Jack Foster
 * Ruth Frith Centenarian, world's oldest female athlete
 * Gabre Gabric Centenarian
 * Tom Gage
 * Willie Gault  also American Football Player
 * Fortune Gordien
 * Miki Gorman
 * Ivy Granstrom
 * Dalton Grant
 * Johnny Gray  Oct 2000 Ran Masters Mile (Run For Children) as a M40. Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor
 * Norm Green
 * Jack Greenwood
 * Jim Grelle
 * Viktor Gruzenkin
 * Albert Hall (athlete)
 * Kozo Haraguchi
 * Eddie Hart
 * Alisa Harvey-Hill
 * Larry Hart (athlete)
 * Dawn Hartigan
 * Rex Harvey also Official and Administrator
 * Ray Hatton Born in
 * Robert Hecker Musician
 * Bud Held also Inventor and Entrepreneur
 * James Chico Hernandez Wrestler
 * Hal Higdon also Sports Writer
 * Ron Hill
 * Jim Hines
 * Russ Hodge
 * Maurice Houvion
 * Bob Humphreys
 * Guy Husson
 * Ayanna Hutchinson 🇹🇹
 * Hubert Indra
 * Rıza Maksut İşman 🇹🇷
 * Ivan Ivančić 🇧🇦
 * April Jace Celebrity murder victim
 * Regina Jacobs
 * Kip Janvrin
 * Erwin Jaskulski 🇦🇹 Centenarian
 * Billy Johnson American Football player
 * Tebbs Lloyd Johnson
 * Payton Jordan
 * Monica Joyce 🇮🇪
 * Regina Joyce Olympian for 🇮🇪
 * Al Joyner
 * Gitte Karlshøj
 * Dimitrios Kattis
 * Ryszard Katus
 * Ida Keeling Centenarian
 * Johnny Kelley
 * Patrick C. Kennell  Academic
 * John Keston British actor
 * Ray Kimble
 * James King
 * Roger Kingdom
 * Mark Kiptoo 🇰🇪
 * Herb Kirk World's oldest runner
 * Wolfgang Knabe
 * Peter Koech 🇰🇪
 * Mariya Konovalova
 * Olga Kotelko
 * Galina Kovalenskaya
 * Stanisław Kowalski Centenarian, world's oldest aAthlete
 * June Krauser "Mother of Masters swimming"
 * Marty Krulee
 * Shaul Ladany 🇮🇱
 * Ron Laird
 * Francie Larrieu-Smith
 * Bev LaVeck
 * Evelyn Lawler  Mother of Carl Lewis and Carol Lewis
 * Fred Lebow  New York Marathon event director
 * Nicole Lévêque
 * Gerry Lindgren
 * James Lofton  also Hall of Fame American Football player
 * Jud Logan
 * Mihaela Loghin
 * Mario Longo
 * Arne Lothe 🇳🇴
 * Horst Mandl 🇦🇹
 * Mike Manley
 * Pat Manson
 * José Marín
 * Marsha Mark-Baird 🇹🇹
 * Peter Marsh Academic, sociologist
 * John Martel Lawyer and novelist
 * Marie Mathieu
 * Ralph Maxwell Judge
 * Bill McChesney
 * Phil McConkey  American Football player
 * Anne McKenzie
 * James McNamara 🇮🇪
 * Leland McPhie Centenarian
 * Delano Meriwether also physician
 * E. Gerald Meyer Centenarian
 * Marie-Louise Michelsohn Mathematician
 * Alain Mimoun
 * Victoria Mitchell
 * Hidekichi Miyazaki Centenarian
 * Felicia Țilea-Moldovan
 * Martín Mondragón
 * David Moorcroft
 * Boo Morcom
 * Carol Moseke (Frost) USA
 * Sylvia Mosqueda
 * Phil Mulkey
 * Kenneth Mungara 🇰🇪
 * Fabiana Murer
 * Sandra Myers
 * Iryna Mykhalchenko 🇺🇦
 * Larry Myricks
 * Fidelis Ndyabagye 🇺🇬
 * Nick Newton Inventor
 * Jamie Nieto
 * Doug Nordquist
 * Gary Null Author/Pundit
 * Nadine O'Connor
 * Irene Obera
 * Al Oerter
 * Vera Olenchenko 🇺🇿
 * Brian Oldfield Competed at a June 1978 Masters Meet. Holds two Masters World Records
 * Marcus O'Sullivan 🇮🇪
 * Giuseppe Ottaviani (athlete) Italian
 * Evy Palm
 * Ladislav Pataki
 * Dodyu Patarinski 🇧🇬
 * Tom Patsalis
 * Donald Pellmann Centenarian
 * Elisabetta Perrone
 * Steve Peters Sports psychiatrist
 * Lyudmila Petrova
 * Florence Picaut
 * Dmitry Pietrman 🇺🇦 Futbol/Soccer club owner
 * Simon Poelman
 * Valbjörn Þorláksson 🇮🇸
 * Bernardine Portenski
 * Patricia Porter
 * Caroline Powell
 * Tatyana Pozdnyakova 🇺🇦
 * Alfred Proksch 🇦🇹
 * Philip Rabinowitz Centenarian
 * Carmelo Rado
 * Philipa Raschker
 * Lucien Rault
 * Pam Reed
 * Marian Shields Robinson Mother of current U.S. First Lady
 * Bill Rodgers
 * Gaston Roelants
 * Orville Rogers Centenarian
 * Henry Rono 🇰🇪
 * Nick Rose
 * Anne Chatrine Rühlow
 * Jim Ryun also U.S. Congressman
 * Joan Benoit Samuelson
 * Ugo Sansonetti
 * Enrico Saraceni
 * Willi Sawall
 * Silke Schmidt
 * Bob Schul
 * Steve Scott
 * Helen Searle
 * Yuriy Sedykh
 * Marco Segatel
 * Iryna Sekachova 🇺🇦
 * Vyacheslav Shabunin
 * Nolan Shaheed Jazz trumpeter
 * George A. Sheehan Running writer
 * Frank Shorter
 * Zdeňka Šilhavá 🇨🇿
 * Jay Silvester
 * Fauja Singh
 * Chuck Smead
 * Joyce Smith
 * Karl Smith 🇯🇲
 * Marjorie Parker Smith Dancer/Figure skater
 * Peter Snell
 * Jim Sorensen
 * Fred Sowerby
 * Mattias Sunneborn
 * Paul Spangler
 * Sasha Springer-Jones 🇹🇹
 * Walt Stack
 * Kjell-Erik Ståhl
 * Brian Stanton
 * Rudolf Steiner
 * Gary Stenlund
 * Dwight Stones
 * Ed Stotsenberg Philanthropist
 * Larry Stuart
 * Jüri Tamm 🇪🇪
 * Tatyana Ter-Mesrobyan
 * Valbjörn Þorláksson 🇮🇸
 * Domingo Tibaduiza 🇨🇴
 * Milan Tiff
 * Felicia Țilea-Moldovan
 * Bogdan Tudor
 * Derek Turnbull
 * Gary Tuttle
 * Teresa Vaill
 * Martti Vainio 🇫🇮
 * Venelina Veneva-Mateeva 🇧🇬
 * Sandro Viana
 * Sean Wade
 * Bill Wambach
 * Cornelius "Dutch" Warmerdam
 * Sylvia Weiner
 * Priscilla Welch
 * Georg Werthner 🇦🇹
 * Anthony Whiteman
 * Ed Whitlock
 * Ron Whitney
 * John Whittemore World's oldest athlete
 * Novlene Williams-Mills 🇯🇲
 * Gerhard Windolf
 * Ruth Wysocki
 * Iryna Yatchenko 🇧🇾
 * Dimitrion Yordanidis
 * Emmerich Zensch 🇦🇹

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 🇨🇺  Holds Masters W35 and W40 Record achieved as an Open competitor
 * Virgilijus Alekna 🇱🇹 Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor
 * Igor Astapkovich 🇧🇾 has not competed in a Masters event but holds two Masters World Records
 * Inha Babakova 🇺🇦 Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor
 * Abdellah Béhar Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor
 * Mike Boit 🇰🇪 Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor
 * Sabine Braun Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor
 * Chris Brown  Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor
 * Amber Campbell Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor
 * Linford Christie Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor
 * Jearl Miles Clark Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor
 * Kim Collins Holds pending Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor
 * Maurizio Damilano Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor
 * Yohann Diniz Has multiple pending Masters records
 * Troy Douglas has not competed in a Masters event but holds two Masters World Records
 * Joanne Dow Holds Masters W40 and W45 Records achieved as an Open competitor
 * Stacy Dragila Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor
 * Heike Drechsler Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor
 * Jonathan Edwards Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor
 * Ludmila Engquist Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor
 * Haile Gebrselassie 🇪🇹 Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor
 * Lyubov Gurina Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor
 * Alvin Harrison 🇩🇴  Holds a pending Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor
 * Jeff Hartwig  Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor
 * Colin Jackson Held Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor
 * Allen Johnson Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor, set while winning IAAF World Cup
 * Meb Keflezighi American M40 Marathon record holder, ran in 2016 Olympics at age 41
 * Mary Jepkosgei Keitany 🇰🇪 Pending marathon record set as open competitor
 * Robert Korzeniowski Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor
 * Inessa Kravets 🇺🇦 Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor
 * Olga Kuzenkova  Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor
 * A. G. Kruger  Holds Masters M35 Record in Throws Pentathlon as Open competitor
 * Bernard Lagat   Holds multiple Masters M35 Records achieved as an Open competitor
 * Carl Lewis  Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor
 * Lev Lobodin Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor
 * Carlos Lopes Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor
 * Edith Masai 🇰🇪 Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor
 * Josef Matoušek 🇨🇿 Set M35 Javelin record en route to 1960 Olympics
 * Danny McFarlane 🇯🇲 Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor
 * Faina Melnik Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor
 * Irina Mikitenko Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor
 * Kathryn Mitchell Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor
 * Steffi Nerius Held Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor
 * Merlene Ottey has not competed in a Masters event but holds several Masters World Records
 * Björn Otto Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor
 * Joanne Pavey Holds multiple Masters Records achieved as an Open competitor
 * Larisa Peleshenko Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor
 * Aurelia Pentón 🇨🇺 Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor
 * Elisabetta Perrone Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor
 * Yekaterina Podkopayeva has not competed in a Masters event but holds several Masters World Records
 * Maricica Puică has not competed in a Masters event but holds several Masters World Records
 * Félix Sánchez 🇩🇴 ran a superior time to M35 World record in the World Championships
 * Kerry Saxby-Junna Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor
 * Marina Stepanova Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor
 * Jenn Suhr Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor
 * William Tanui 🇰🇪 Ran a 1500m superior to the M35 record in Open competition
 * Dragutin Topić 🇷🇸 Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor
 * Kevin Toth Threw shot put further than M35 World Record just before being banned for doping
 * Simon Vroemen  Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor
 * Ibrahima Wade Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor
 * John Walker Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor
 * Jan Železný 🇨🇿 has not competed in a Masters event but holds two Masters World Records