S�ndor Tarics is a Hungarian water polo player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. Since the death of Attilio Pavesi, he has been the oldest living Olympic champion. Born in Budapest, Tarics was part of the Hungarian team which won the gold medal, pushing Germany into second. He played two matches, and scored two goals. He was able to escape post-war Soviet-occupied Hungary when his engineering degree earned him a teaching fellowship at an American university. He went on to establish and grow a successful architecture and engineering practice in San Francisco, California. As of 2013 he lives in Belvedere, California and is a member of the Belvedere Tennis Club. He attented the 2012 London Olympics as the oldest living Olympic champion and turned 100 in September 2013. 

September 23rd, 1913 in Budapest  /  Died:   May 21st, 2016 - aged 102