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TIL Swedish shooter Oscar Swahn holds records as the oldest Olympian at the time of competition, the oldest person to win gold, and the oldest athlete to win an Olympic medal. At 64 years and 258 days of age at the 1912 Olympics, he became the oldest gold medallist ever

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