Roger Beaufrand
Roger Beaufrand in 1931 | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 25 September 1908 La Garenne-Colombes, France | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 14 March 2007 (aged 98) Béziers, France | ||||||||||||||
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Roger Beaufrand (25 September 1908 – 14 March 2007) was the world's oldest Olympic gold medal winner, following the death of Pakistani Field Hockey player Feroze Khan in 2005 until his own death.
Born near Paris, France, Beaufrand won a gold medal on 7 August at the 1928 Summer Olympics in the field of Olympic sprint at the age of 19. A few weeks prior to his death, he was presented the Chevalier class of the Legion of Honour by fellow Olympic Champion Jean-Claude Killy.