It's never too late: 10 oldest record holders in the world (11 photos)

Age is just numbers. Some people's examples stop proving it, and of course they inspire. Let's look at the oldest record holders in history and today - from marathon runners to the most old graduates and porn actresses. Yes, you heard right.





1. The world's oldest marathon finisher



Indian Fauja Singh ran his first marathon in 2001. year, although he had started running only a few years earlier. To him was 93 years old. He ran the distance in 6 hours 54 minutes - almost an hour faster than the record for the 90+ age group. He even accepted participation in an advertising campaign with David Beckham and Muhammad Ali. Ever since Since then, Singh has held numerous world records in his age group. When he was 100 years old, he took part in the race in Toronto and broke eight records in one day. Singh is still alive of all living - he is 112 years old, and a few years ago he left the sport.

2 Oldest College Graduate



In 2007, American Nola Oks became the oldest college graduate in the world, and got into the Guinness Book of Records. She graduated at the age of 95, already having 13 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. It was the same college Ox went to but didn't graduate from. him back in 1930. The woman lived 105 years. She passed away in December 2016, and in the same year, 96-year-old Shigemi Hirata broke her record. He Graduated from the University of Arts and Design with a degree in ceramics art" in Kyoto, Japan.

3. The oldest prisoner in the world



They became the Indian clergyman Bridge Bihari Pandey. IN In 1987, he, along with a group of his distant relatives, killed another a priest who applied for his position in a Hindu temple. Pandey, 84, was immediately arrested - and his trial took over 20 years. In 2009, the priest was formally convicted of murder. At that time he was 106 years old. Pandey served two years, and then released from prison due to poor health. Then a 108 year old man recognized as the oldest prisoner in the world.

4. The oldest woman in labor



In September 2019, 74-year-old Mangayamma Yaramati gave birth twins, becoming the oldest woman in labor in the world. However, a woman used in vitro fertilization (the union of the egg and sperm in vitro). Her title of "the oldest mother in the world" is many considered controversial due to the use of IVF. A separate record is provided for women who become pregnant naturally. This record was broken by Dawn Brooke, who gave birth to a son in 1997 at the age of 59.

5. The oldest bodybuilder



American Jim Arrington recognized by the Guinness Book of Records the oldest bodybuilder in the world. Now he is 90 years old, he is already a great-grandfather, but is in great shape. As the man said in an interview, at the age of 40 he almost quit the sport, if not for the advice of Ken Waller, the famous American bodybuilder: "He told me, "Do what suits you the most," Arrington said. In 2022, the athlete posed nude for Men's Health magazine.

6. The oldest woman to skydive



In May 2022, a 103-year-old Swede named Ruth Linnea Ingegard Larsson jumped with a parachute and got into the Book of Records Guinness. She was three months older than Alfred Blaschke, who set that record two years earlier. Before his record Larsson skydiving only once, in 2020. Formerly grandmother since 19 grandchildren and 30 great-grandchildren was engaged only in paragliding.

7. The oldest boxer



November 5, 1994 45-year-old George Foreman became the most an age-old boxer who won the world heavyweight title. He fought for the title with then-champion Michael Moorer. After nine o'clock extra rounds Foreman knocked out the opponent, at the same time becoming champion and set a record.

8. The oldest tennis player



Australian tennis player Ken Rosewall in 1974 was recognized the oldest player in the world. In addition to participating in the Open Championship Australia, Rosewall also became one of its winners. At the moment he was 39 years and 10 months old. Players like Roger Federer Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic won the Championship at the age of 35-36 years. So far, no one has beaten his record. Rosewall retired in 1980 with 133 career titles.

9. The oldest land animal



In 1882 from the Seychelles to the British Isle Saint Helena brought a 50-year-old Aldabra tortoise. Only in the 1930s years, Governor Spencer Davis officially named this male - Jonathan. Not so long ago, Jonathan turned 190 years old, and he was recognized the oldest known living land animal. He overtook the most oldest tortoise ever known, a 189-year-old tortoise named Tui Malila, who died in 1966. Alas, Jonathan went blind because of cataracts and can't smell, which means he's hand-fed, but he has great hearing. Most of the time he eats, sleeps and even mates with females. Now he lives in the territory of the governor's residence on island of Saint Helena.

10. The oldest porn actress



Japanese Yuko Ogasawara, the oldest porn star in the world, in the fall of 2020, lost many projects due to the pandemic and quarantine. Now the 87-year-old actress is back in the ranks and continues filming. Yuko was born in 1938 in Kanagawa Prefecture. As a child, she survived the Second World War, and after its end she lived with her family in Tokyo. Getting married in Aged 24 and widowed at 59, she ran a small restaurant for many years. One of her clients, who did makeup for porn actresses, once mentioned that they are looking for older actresses. Yuko agreed, and in 2016 her debut in the industry took place. Since then, she has starred in more than dozen films.