Template:Did you know nominations/Robert Pitcairn (athlete)


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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 22:17, 3 May 2018 (UTC)

Robert Pitcairn (athlete)

 * ... Robert Pitcairn foiled a hijack attempt on the plane he was flying and is the oldest athlete to debut in a Commonwealth Games event? Source: "In 1974, he foiled a hijacker", "Oldest athlete in the history of the Games"
 * ALT1:... that Robert Pitcairn, who once foiled a hijack attempt on the plane he was flying, became the oldest athlete to debut in a Commonwealth Games event? Source:
 * ALT2:... that at the age of 79 years nine months, Robert Pitcairn became the oldest athlete to debut in a Commonwealth Games event?
 * Reviewed: Membartsho

Created by Violetriga (talk). Self-nominated at 23:55, 10 April 2018 (UTC).


 * Symbol confirmed.svg This article is new enough and long enough. Approving ALT2 as being cited inline although, according to the source, he was the oldest athlete to ever take part, rather than the oldest to debut at a Commonwealth Games event. The other two hooks are interesting, but it is difficult to fit the two completely different claims to fame into one coherent hook. The article is neutral and free from copyright issues. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:48, 23 April 2018 (UTC)
 * The BBC News source says it was his debut. Yoninah (talk) 22:17, 3 May 2018 (UTC)