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| Citizenship | United Kingdom, Switzerland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | Charles Marin Eugster 26 July 1919 London, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 26 April 2017 (aged 97) London, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | University of Zurich | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupations | Athlete, Dentist | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Charles Marin Eugster FRSM (26 July 1919 – 26 April 2017) was a UK-born Swiss track and field and sprint athlete and former dentist. After spending a career as a dentist, he moved to Uitikon, Switzerland, on his pension. At age 85, he began a fitness program. "I looked in the mirror one morning, and I didn't like what I saw."
Eugster was born in London in 1919 to Swiss parents. He won more than 100 fitness awards in multiple sports, including bodybuilding and rowing. He won multiple medals at the World Masters Regatta.
He was invited to do a talk at TEDx in Zürich in 2012 and gave a talk titled "Why bodybuilding at age 93 is a great idea".
Eugster died on 26 April 2017 of complications following heart failure at the age of 97.
