Oscar Swahn the Olympics at the age of 72. His best results were in the team competitions: a fourth place in the single shot running deer event, and a second place in the double shot running deer contest. With this silver medal, he is also the oldest medallist of all time (not counting the art competitions). Swahn did not compete in the 1924 Games because of illness. In all of the Swedish shooting teams competitions that Oscar Swahn competed with at Olympic games of 1908, 1912, and 1920, he competed alongside his son, Alfred Swahn. Oscar Swahn Oscar Gomer Swahn (20 October
Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics Selected athletes had achieved at least one of the competition's A or B qualifying standards. Head coach Charles van Commenne has expressed a target of 10 medal opportunities, ahead of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Apart from the defending medallists, the team also includes the Women's 400m gold and silver medallists from the 2007 World Championships, Christine Ohuruogu and Nicola Sanders, respectively and two individual medallists from the 1999 World Championships, 100m bronze medallist Dwain Chambers and women's triple jump silver medallist Yamila Aldama. In addition, the team includes 2 athletes invited by the IPC for exhibition events: Michael