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Charles Eugster

Charles Eugster

UK-born Swiss masters sportsperson (1919–2017)

Charles Marin Eugster FRSM (26 July 1919 – 26 April 2017) was a UK-born Swiss track and field and sprint athlete and former dentist. After spending a career as a dentist, he moved to Uitikon, Switzerland, on his pension. At age 85, he began a fitness program. "I looked in the mirror one morning, and I didn't like what I saw."[1]

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Eugster was born in London in 1919 to Swiss parents. He won more than 100 fitness awards in multiple sports, including bodybuilding and rowing.[2] He won multiple medals at the World Masters Regatta.[3]

He was invited to do a talk at TEDx in Zürich in 2012 and gave a talk titled "Why bodybuilding at age 93 is a great idea".[4]

Eugster died on 26 April 2017 of complications following heart failure at the age of 97.

References

  1. [1]
    "Charles Eugster: 'It's pure vanity. My body was a mess'".
  2. [2]
    "Lessons From A 95-Year-Old Bodybuilder". 27 May 2015.
  3. [3]
    "2013 World Rowing Masters Results - Thames Rowing Club". Archived from the original on 21 December 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
  4. [4]
    "Talks of 2012 - TEDxZurich". Archived from the original on 24 April 2016. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
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