Who is the oldest American Olympian?
While most Olympic athletes are in their 20s, a few notable exceptions exist.
Steffen Peters, who is 59 years old, is the oldest American Olympian at the Paris Games. Peters, from San Diego, is competing in equestrian.
At the Games, he’ll be riding a horse named Suppenkasper (nicknamed “Mopsie”). Mopsie is three months older than gymnast Hezly Rivera, who is the youngest American Olympian. She turned 16 just last month.
British equestrian star Charlotte Dujardin drops out of Olympics, apologizes for ‘error of judgement’ after old video surfaces
Charlotte Dujardin, a British dressage rider, could have become Britain’s most decorated female Olympian in Paris.
But that dream has been put on hold. The 39-year-old athlete announced Tuesday she’s pulling out of the competition following the emergence of a video “from four years ago” that showed her “making an error of judgement during a coaching session.”
It wasn’t clear what video she was referring to or what was shown in the video. With six Olympic medals, three of them gold, Dujardin holds the joint record as most decorated female Olympian for Team Great Britain.
“I have made the decision to withdraw from all competition — including the Paris Olympics” she said in a statement on Instagram, noting an investigation is underway by the International Federation for Equestrian Sports (FEI).
“What happened was completely out of character and does not reflect how I train…
