Olga (27 page)

Athletic Achievements

GLOSSARY
For Overview of Track and Field
Championships

Overview of Track
and Field Championships in 2004
85 years
old

March 10 - 14
1st World Masters Athletics Indoor Championships,
Sindelfingen, Germany.
9
Gold

May 8 - 9
Centennial Track and Field Meet,
Hillside Stadium, Kamloops B.C.
4
Gold

June 19 - 20
Pacific Invitational & B.C.A Masters Championships,
Langley, B.C.
8
Gold

June 26 - 27
Haywood Masters Classics U. of Oregon,
Eugene, Oregon U.S.A.
9
Gold

July 17 - 18
Canadian Masters Athletic Association
Track and Field Championships.
Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
10
Gold

Aug 5 - 8
37th Annual USATF National Masters Championships,
Decatur Illinois, U.S.A.
7
Gold

Aug 27 - 29
NCCWMA T & F
Dorado, Puerto Rico.
11
Gold

Sept. 1 - 4
B.C. Seniors Games,
Penticton, Canada.
8
Gold

Oct 1 - 3
Nevada 2004 Senior Olympics, Univ. of Nevada,
Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.A.
7
Gold

Oct 4 - 6
Hunts man World Seniors Games,
St. George, Utah, U.S.A.
6
Gold

Total = 79
Gold

Overview of Track & Field Championships in
2009
90 years
old

May 23 - 24
B.C. Masters Track and Field Championships,
Nanaimo, B.C.
10
Gold

July 17 - 19
CMAA T & F Championships,
Kamloops, B.C. Canada.
5
Gold

July 26 - Aug 08
WMA 2009 Championships,
Lahti, Finland.
11
Gold

Sept. 16 - 19
B.C. Seniors Games,
Richmond, B.C. Canada.
7
Gold

Oct 10 - 18
World Masters Games,
Olympic Park, Sydney Australia
9
Gold

Total = 42
Gold

“According to the statistics of the B.C. Masters Outdoor Track and Field Records by B.C. Master Record Director Harold Morioka, new records set in 2009 (as of December 01, 2009) show that Olga Kotelko (W90) has broken WR’s 30, CR’s 47 and BC records 47 times. Olga has set-broke “new” 10 WR’s , 12 CR’s and 12 B.C. records. Amazing! What an achievement for a 90 year-old female
athlete.

“This was the first time ever that a 90 year-old female athlete jumped 3 jumps – high jump (0.82m), long jump (1.77m) and triple jump (4.25m) – quite an amazing standard. Every jump obviously is a World
Record”.

(For an athlete to get one World Record in a lifetime is an
accomplishment.)

Hammer Throw is my favorite event. I want to show you what fun I have throwing the
hammer.

Hammer Throw – when 4 years older I threw 2.49m farther (W85-89) 2007 – 88 years
old

XVI WMA Riccioni, Italy – Hammer Throw 14.22m (W90-94) 2009 – 90 years
old

WMA Games, Sydney, Australia – Hammer Throw – 17.11m (W90-94) 2011 – 92 years
old

WMA T&F Championships, Sacramento, California – Hammer Throw 16.71m

Not too shabby! As of today, December 2, 2013, medal total is 717 gold, 26 silver, 8
bronze.

Interviews

I was dazed and overwhelmed by all the attention and affection coming my way since
The New York Times Magazine
published the article “The Incredible Flying Nonagenarian” in November 28, 2010 written by Bruce Grierson. This media experience was not exactly easy. However I persisted and carried on forward. It was the most different period in my life. I might have missed acknowledging some of my appointments and I apologize. To date I am still involved periodically with the
media.

Television

CBC - National News Nov. 29, 2010 with Peter
Mansbridge.

CBC “As it Happens”
show.

BBC - World
News.

America BC Global News
2010.

Ellen DeGeneres Talk Show, Dec. 2, 2010 (phone
interview).

Ukrainian National
TV.

Ukrainian TV (local
private).

Globo LTDA Brazil, Apr.2011 promoting 2014 World Cup Soccer and 2016 Brazilian Olympic
Games.

Shaw
TV.

Documentary profile “My Vancouver” on
Telus.

Optik TV Globo Brazil October 2013
“Fantastico”.

Canada AM - Toronto January 16,
2014.

NBC Today Show – January 17,
2014.

Radio

CBC - Radio, Toronto, Nov. 29, 6:00
p.m.

WMFE - Orlando Florida, “The Growing Bolder”
show.

NPR - National Public Radio, Boston Dec. 3,
8a.m.

CBC – “Afternoon Edition” Regina, Saskatchewan, Friday Dec.3,
3p.m.

CBC - Toronto Documentary, Sept.
2011.

CBC – “Q” with Jian Ghomeshi January
2014.

Magazines

The New York Times Magazine
, “The Incredible Flying Nonagenarian”. Bruce Grierson, Nov. 28, 2010 Page
72.

Hello! Canada
Magazine, “World in Pictures” Nov. 9,
2009.

McGill University, Study and Research, “The Gazette Montreal”
Apr. 23,
2010.

Zoomer Magazine
, “She’s ONE at 91” Apr.10, 2010, Page
130.

Reader’s Digest
, “Olga the Athlete”, Bruce Grierson, May 2010, Page
25.

Great Britain
Stella
Magazine/
The Sunday Telegraph
, London, Page 34 “Nonagenarian Nonpariel” Jan. 2, 2011. [hmmm, not bad for
91]

Headway
“McGill Research, Discovery and Innovations. “The Aging Issue” Summer 2011 Page
8.

Vancouver Magazine
, “125 Reasons to Love This City” June 20, 2011, Page
64.

McGill News - Alumni Magazine - fall/winter 2012 Page 40, (2nd row, bottom middle picture, with Mike
Babcock.)

Numerous Health and Wellness
Magazines.

Health Action
“Breaking Records at 93: Olga Kotelko” Summer
2012.

Parade Magazine
– Sunday December 29,
2014.

Reader’s Digest
– January
2014.

Newspapers

The Vancouver Sun
,
The Province
,
North Shore News
,
B.C. Catholic
,
North Shore Outlook
,
Saskatoon Star Phoenix
and local newspapers wherever I
competed.

Major German Daily -
Suddeutache Zeitung
Nr.285/Donners, 9 Dezember/Seite 9 “The Best Track and Field Athlete in the World - in her age
group”.

LeMonde
- Sport & Forme - French National Newspaper. “la grand mere aus 600 medailles d’or”, Jan. 7 2012, “Mamie Olympique
”.

Finish Newspaper
Daily.

Metro Birmingham England (shot
put).

Argentina Newspaper
Daily.

Toronto Sunday Media “Spectacular
Seniors”.

Australia Newspaper
Daily.

Leader Post
“Senior Track Stars Beating the Clock” June 11,
2012.

Zero Hora -
Local newspaper Porto Alegre, Brazil October
2013.

Others

Olympic Torch Relay, Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics Study and Research, McGill University, Department of Kinesiology, Physical Education, 2010,
2012.

Illinois Beckman Institute, Chicago,
2012.

Autumn Gold Film -
Herbstgol
d = German Documentary Film
2013.

Recognition by Dawn Black, MP - New Westminster - Coquitlam
2009.

Master Female, Track and Field Athlete of the Year award Documentary producer Brandy Yanchyk due July
2014.

IPA Metodista University Porto Alegre, Brazil – Journalism October
2013.

West Vancouver Sorority Club - October 18,
2013.

Vancouver Toastmasters Club – November 7,
2013.

The Huffington Post
– telephone
interview.

Senior Living Magazine
September 24,
2013.

Note: I am unable to list absolutely everything; I missed a
few.