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104-Year-Old Swimmer Sets World Records

Becomes oldest masters swimmer in history

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Canadian Jaring Timmerman began his swimming career at 79 and has kept it up for 25 years. This week  in the 105–109 age group.

Timmerman swam a lifetime best 3:09.55 in the 50-meter backstroke and a 2:52.48 in the 50-meter freestyle.

Though Timmerman is currently 104, he’ll turn 105 in February, which qualifies him to compete for records in the 105–109 age group, a category previously uncontested by any Canadian swimmer. Our guess is that he might not have too much competition in future events.

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