Philip Rabinowitz

Philip Rabinowitz (born February 16, 1904 , † February 29, 2008 in Cape Town , South Africa ) was a senior athlete from Lithuania who emigrated to South Africa in 1925 . He was considered the fastest 100-year-old in the world.

Records

Rabinowitz, also known as "Flying Phil" and "Rabinoblitz", held two world records in his age group, both of which he achieved at the Green Point Stadium in Cape Town. On the one hand, on July 10, 2004, he ran the 100 m in 30.86 seconds and thus improved the previous record of the Austrian Erwin Jaskulski , which was 36.19 seconds. A week earlier he had already achieved 28.7 seconds, but this time could not be officially recognized due to a failure of the electronic timing. He also ran the 200 m course in 1: 17.59 minutes on December 17, 2004. That same year, on August 8, 2004, he took part in the City-to-Surf race in Sydney, Australia , and covered the 8.7 mile route in just over three hours.

In the Guinness Book of Records he was listed as the oldest still active walker. Rabinowitz, who was looked after by trainer Hannes Wahl, regularly took part in 20 km street walks. His training consisted of walking 6 km a day, because that was the distance between his apartment and the factory run by his daughter Joyce Kruger, where he worked as an accountant. He lived in Hout Bay near Cape Town until his death . He had two daughters, five grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

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SURNAME	Rabinowitz, Philip
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	South African athlete
DATE OF BIRTH	February 16, 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH	Lithuania
DATE OF DEATH	February 29, 2008
Place of death	Cape Town