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[heywoodu 15,141]

Oscar Sevilla (cycling)

Davide Rebellin (cycling, already 9th in Il Lombardia in 1992)

Francisco Mancebo (cycling)

 

Not at Valverde's level, but also not that obscure, so they count  

[heywoodu 15,141]

Noriaki Kasai (ski jumping), sort of. Not too much anymore in terms of international competitions, sadly  

 

Let's see if we can find more who started not in the 90's, but in the 80's  

[Dunadan 1,103]

I think that footballer Kazuyoshi Miura, 52 years old, is still active in J1 League - started his senior career in 1986. Although he only has 1 appareance this season.

[Federer91 2,796]

17 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

 

Let's see if we can find more who started not in the 90's, but in the 80's  

Going back to the 80s, i think it would be necessary to look in the sports i excluded  Like Carlos Sainz, Stephane Peterhansel, Jimmy White and even then, they are only a few. 

[hckošice 14,831]

I believe there some guys in Equestrian who already competed in the 80s or maybe also in Sailing ?

[dcro 10,210]

Going back to the excluded sports, Andrew Hoy just sneaks into the 70s.

 

(Victory at Burghley in 1979, an absolute top level competition)

[heywoodu 15,141]

14 minutes ago, Federer91 said:

Going back to the 80s, i think it would be necessary to look in the sports i excluded  Like Carlos Sainz, Stephane Peterhansel, Jimmy White and even then, they are only a few. 

Raymond van Barneveld, sort of  Although not internationally, I believe.

 

The sports in which Sainz and Peterhansel competed are rather physical, like most motor sports (especially rally), but since it's more about endurance than being explosive, you do see some oldies, true  

[hckošice 14,831]

Jesus Angel Garcia ? I do believe he is competing for eternity too

[Federer91 2,796]

 

 

How dare you! Don't they know, that Macedonia was a country, even before the dinosaurs.  

[Agger 1,663]

Hans Natorp has just been elected new president of the Danish National Olympic Committee... Pretty impressive considering that he was up against Thomas Bach!