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Birth name | Charles Marin Eugster | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Citizenship | United Kingdom, Switzerland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | London, UK | 26 July 1919|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 26 April 2017 London, England | (aged 97)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alma mater | University of Zurich | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Athlete, Dentist | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
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.