There aren't many 91-year-olds who can accrue more than 132,000 views on YouTube (at the time of this writing), but then again, John Carter isn't your typical grandfather. The man from Trail, British Columbia, who's more active than many people in their 20s and 30s, enjoys biking, snoeshowing, fishing and participating in a range of other sports. However, his biggest [...]
It's fair to say Ray Woolley isn't afraid to dive deep into life, or into the ocean. The 95-year-old World War II veteran beat his own record in early September by diving 40.6 meters to explore a cargo ship wreck off the coast of Cyprus. He spent 44 minutes down there, which bests his previous record of 41 minutes at [...]
As a World War II and Korean War veteran in the U.S. Air Force, Daniel Bliss fought fear on behalf of others. He's now 95 years old, but he's certainly not done fighting. According to USA Today, Bliss literally dove into action when a boy at the local neighborhood pool was too scared to jump off the diving board. With [...]
When Pino Auber was 57 years old, he decided he wanted to fully immerse himself in the sport of diving. He didn't just learn how to enter the water headfirst from a 3-meter springboard either. He literally took it up a notch to the 10-meter platform, where now at the age of 79, he can do flips and twists as [...]
At 70 years old, Peter Roseney isn't slowing down. He's speeding up. Need proof? How about the fact that the Swiss diver can still pull off two-and-a-half rotations from 88 feet and hit the water at speeds of 45+ MPH? We don't know much about Roseney, but it's safe to say he was a competitive diver early on in life, [...]
Golf, skiing, diving and running. Our top five stories in March certainly covered a wide range of sports. But, it was the athletes and their stories that made them worth reading. Here's a look at our top stories, as measured by pageviews: 5. Meet the combat vet who ran 31 marathons in 31 days on prosthetic legs Rob Jones lost [...]
Cliff Devries, 44, loves the sport of diving so much that despite being paralyzed on his right side, he climbs up the ladder of the three-meter springboard each birthday, walks to the edge of the board and takes the head-first plunge with lifeguards waiting to pull him out. Devries, who coaches the diving team at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), [...]
October proved that age is irrelevant when it comes to taking on athletic feats at a high level. Look no further than Tom Hairabedian, who is competitive diving at 93 years old, and Max Downham, who completed his first marathon at the age of 81. Here's a look at those guys and others who made Purpose2Play's top stories from last [...]
Even at 93 years old, Tom Hairabedian is diving head-first into competition. Quite literally. The oldest masters level diver in the world, known as "Dr. Dive," began competing at 17 years old, and though he's slowed down a bit, he's still performing dives most people decades younger wouldn't even dream of attempting. Here's his one-and-half from the 3-meter springboard six [...]
Photo: General Mills All of the great athletes, at one time or another, get to take their spot on the cover of a Wheaties box. All but four-time Olympic gold medalist diver, Greg Louganis. Until now. Louganis never got his "Breakfast of Champions" stamp because, “Their [Wheaties] response was that I didn’t fit their wholesome demographics or whatever. [...]