For 25 years, 81-year-old Charley French has been determined to be a
better triathlete after his first attempt at the age of 56 wasn't as
successful as he had hoped.
Now, he's the best
over 80 triathlete in the world and is a four-time world age group
champion.
He travels the world to compete and
is scheduled to race in places like Germany, British Columbia and
Hawaii.
But competing in triathlons isn't the
only thing French started at a later age. He also started weightlifting
in his late 70s.
He talks with Growing Bolder
about his effort to break stereotypes about retirement age and what
weightlifting has done for his life.
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Posted on January 24th, 2008 at 9:06 am
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Posted 5:41pm January 25th, 2008This is an interesting story about physical fitness at older ages. I wonder if he is the Charlie French that I knew back in the middle "40's in Gainesville, Florida. He was a physical fitness enthusiast back then particularly as a gymnast. Bob Mallison