Feroze Khan (field hockey)

Feroze Khan (Urdu: فیروز خان) (September 9, 1904 – April 21, 2005) was, at the time of his death, the world's oldest Olympic gold medal winner, following the death of U.S. athlete James Rockefeller in 2004. He was part of British India's Olympic hockey team at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, who won the gold medal for the event.cite web|title=World's oldest Olympian Feroze Khan passes away|work=Daily Times|url=http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_22-4-2005_pg2_3|accessmonthday=April 22 |accessyear=2005] After his death, Roger Beaufrand of France became the oldest living Olympic gold medal winner. [http://www.olympic.org/uk/news/olympic_news/newsletter_full_story_uk.asp?id=2080 Olympic Newsletter] ]

In his later years, he moved to Pakistan where he served as a well-respected coach. He died of natural causes at the age of 100.

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