Lewis E. Hollander Jr. (born June 6, 1930) is a physicist, author and Ironman World Age Group champion triathlete. He is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records for being the oldest to finish the Hawaii Ironman at 82.[1] His record has since been broken by Hiromu Inada, who finished the 2018 edition of the Ironman Hawaii at age 85. SEE MORE ON WIKIPEDIA
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Until Hiromu Inada’s finish at the 2018 Ironman Hawaii at age 85, Hollander was the oldest person in the world to finish an Ironman distance race at the age of 84 on November 1, 2014 at Panama City Florida. The Ironman distance is a 2.4 mile swim, a 112-mile bike ride and a 26.2 mile run. Also Hollander was the oldest person to finish the famous Hawaii Ironman World Championship in 2012 at age 82 and he is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records.(1) Hollander was awarded the “Hall of Fame” for the American Endurance Ride Conference, AERC in 1998. Long distance horse racing, is an international equestrian sport, one horse one rider, 25, 50, 100 and more miles. He is the winner of the 1979 Ochoco 150 mile race. National Res. AERC Champion 1973 4th in 1974 and 8th in 1975 and introduced the slogan “to finish is to win” and the “Vet Gate” both are universally used today by the sport of endurance riding all over the world. He also has run over 100 marathons and many ultra marathons including the prestigious Western States 100 Mile run in one day in 1984 which starts in Lake Tahoe, NV. and ends in Auburn, CA. Hollander is also the oldest person to complete the Ride and Tie World Championship at age 86 held at Aspen Lake, Oregon June 27, 2015 finishing 14th overall. Hollander is also the oldest person, in the 37 years of the race to complete the Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon at age 87. This includes the swim from the famous prison island in San Francisco Bay, California. Hollander has won seven age group world championships. Two at the Hawaii Kona Ironman World Championship and five at the International Triathlon Union, ITU, World Championship Long course, Fredericia, Denmark twice and Sado, Japan, the Olympic Distance ITU world Championship at Vancouver, Canada, and the 2018 sprint duathlon at Odense, Denmark. Hollander was 2013 All American and 2013 and 2014, All World Athlete of the year for Ironman 2014 and Hollander was awarded “performance of the year” by The Ironman World Championship Corp. He is also featured in the BBC (British Broadcasting Co.) documentary “The Human Body Secrets of your Life Revealed, Episode 1, BBC 2017. Can be viewed at www.dailmotion.com. Hollander was invited by Sheik Nasser bin Hamal Al Khahifa of Bahrain, as his guest, to do the half Ironman race Dec 5, 2015 and to return to Dubai, UAE for the half ironman in held on Jan. 29, 2016. In 2017 Hollander was awarded Aquabike All American by USA Triathlon.
