Philip Rabinowitz (runner)
- Philip Rabinowitz (runner)
Infobox Person
name = Philip Rabinowitz
image_size = 175px
caption = Philip Rabinowitz, breaking the Guinness Record for 100 meters sprint.
birth_date = birth date|1904|2|16
birth_place = Lithuania
death_date = death date and age|2008|2|28|1904|2|16
death_place = Cape Town, South Africa
occupation = Bookkeeper
Philip "Flying Phil" Rabinowitz (February 16, 1904 – February 28, 2008) was a sprinter from South Africa who, on July 10, 2004, entered the Guinness Book of World Records as the fastest 100-year-old to ever run the 100 meters.
Rabinowitz finished in a time of 30.86 seconds; breaking the previous mark of 36.19 set by Erwin Jaskulski of Austria. A week before, the centenarian broke the record, but a faulty electronic timer kept the mark out of the books.
Rabinowitz worked as a bookkeeper for his daughter and tried to walk at least four miles (six kilometers) a day. He left Lithuania for South Africa at the age of 21 and lived in Hout Bay of Cape Town, South Africa at the time of his death.
For comparison, the world record for the men's 100 meters —9.69 seconds— was set by Usain Bolt of Jamaica at the age of 21.
References
* [http://www.seniorjournal.com/NEWS/Sports/4-07-10Fastest.htm Philip Rabinowitz is Officially the World’s Fastest Centenarian]
* [http://www.sabcnews.com/south_africa/general/0,2172,165097,00.html Obituary]
* [http://www.thetimes.co.za/PrintEdition/Insight/Article.aspx?id=717904 "Legendary runner Flying Phil dead at 104"]
* [http://www.sabcnews.com/south_africa/general/0,2172,165097,00.html "Flying Phil dies at age 104"]
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