Erwin Jaskulski
Erwin Jaskulski (* September 24, 1902 in Chernivtsi, today Ukrainian Чернівці, † March 10, 2006 in Honolulu ) was an Austrian, in the 1950s to Hawaii expatriate Senior Athlete, the furore between 1997 and 2004 with several sprint world records provided. He was the first over- 100 -year-old, who competitively ran the 200 - meter course, and also launched in a single day over 100, 200 and 400 meters.
Curriculum vitae
Erwin Jaskulski lost his parents early. In 1913, he was an orphan and was brought up to the age of 14 in a children's home. Then he moved to Vienna in order to train at the local military academy for officers. After the end of the Habsburg Monarchy he earned his money in the field of trade and industry. By the way, he learned six languages and eventually worked as an interpreter, especially in the years of the Second World War, which he spent mainly in France. After the war he returned to Vienna and entered the service of the American occupation. In 1954 he emigrated to Hawaii, where he was about twenty years at KHON TV.
Jaskulski was an avid skier. However, since he could not pursue this sport in Hawaii, he was mountaineer and joined the Hawaiian Trail and Mountain Club at. Throughout his 50 - year membership, he completed a total of about 10,000 miles. Since he always mitführte his ski poles, he was nicknamed "Ski Poles ". With increasing age, his eyes deteriorated, however, so much that he could no longer detect obstacles and was in danger of overthrow on undeveloped trails. Therefore, he was advised to move his sporting activities on stadium tracks. In 1997 let the now 95 -year-old, who had over 70 years no sporting competitions contested more persuaded to participate in the Aloha State Games. There, he performed a sensation by improving the 100-meter world record in his age group by more than 14 seconds. His commentary he gave in Latin: " Veni, vidi, vici! "
In 2004, he appeared in the Sports Dress for Aloha Masters Tournament, but gave up a start, as he had his eyesight largely lost and career limitation could not see. The crowd passed him with a standing ovation.
He has received numerous invitations to talk shows, which he declined on the grounds that it was not worth to fly as far, just to add a bit to talk ( instead of running ).
Erwin Jaskulski was nominated twice for Hawaiian Senior Athlete of the Year.
He died of old age at his home, where he had supplied to the end alone. For the marriage he was not created in his own words, what is said to have confirmed his second wife, a Hawaiierin after divorce. From his first marriage (1939 - 1947) were two sons, Jörg Wolf and forth, living in Austria.
World Records
- M95: 100 m in 24.01 s on 1 May 1999
- 200 m in 57.98 s on 17 July 1999
- 400m in 2:38,64 min at September 24, 2000
- 400m in 3:40,97 min on 13 March 2003