Passages: Iris Cummings Critchell, Oldest Survivor of 1936 Olympics, Dies at 104 Iris Cummings Critchell, a swimmer who was the last surviving athlete from the 1936 Olympics, died on Jan. 24. She was ...
Adolph Kiefer, the 100-meter backstroke champion at the 1936 Berlin Games, was America’s oldest living Olympic gold medalist in any sport. Kiefer died on May 5, 2017, at his home in Wadsworth, Ill., ...
Olympic Perspective from the Past for the Present generation coming to terms with a shift from Tokyo 2020 to 2021 that offers hope not finality This weekend, Swimming World is trawling back in history ...