A 70-year-old dressage rider is competing this year in hopes of becoming the second-oldest U.S. Olympian of all time*.
Michael Poulin, who earned bronze in team dressage in his only Olympic appearance at Barcelona 1992 (and is second from the left in the above team photo), plans to take part in Olympic qualifying competitions this winter, according to the Portland (Maine) Press Herald.
One previous U.S. Olympian was older than Poulin — 1904 archer Thomas Scott — *not including art competitions, according to Olympic historian Bill Mallon, MD, of OlympStats.