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Related: Culture Forums, Support Forums86-year old gymnast
Johanna Quaas is a better gymnast at age 86 than most of us will be at any age. Her floor routine was the talk of Germanys Cottbus Cup this week, and she also put in an impressive performance on the parallel bars.
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86-year old gymnast (Original Post)
Kadie
Mar 2012
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bluesbassman
(19,374 posts)1. Dang, I'll be lucky if I can walk when I'm 86!
Good for her, she's an inspiration.
dana_b
(11,546 posts)2. amazing!
I'm 40 years her junior and there's no way that I could do that.
Lydia Leftcoast
(48,217 posts)3. I wonder if she comes from the German tradition of Turnverein
--gymnastics clubs for the general public. There are Turnverein in the U.S. wherever Germans have settled, and I remember seeing an exhibition by the St. Paul group back when I was a teenager. Not only kids but middle-aged people were doing all sorts of stunts.
An inspiration for all of us to stay active as we grow older.
hamsterjill
(15,220 posts)4. How awesome!
Good for her! She's amazing!