Charles Marin Eugster (26 July 1919 – 26 April 2017) was a UK-born Swiss

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and sprint athlete and former dentist. After spending a career as a dentist, he moved to

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, Switzerland, on his pension. At age 85, he began a fitness program. "I looked in the mirror one morning, and I didn't like what I saw." Eugster was born in

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in 1919 to Swiss parents. He won more than 100 fitness awards in multiple sports, including bodybuilding and rowing. He won multiple medals at the World Masters Regatta. He was invited to do a talk at

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in 2012 and gave a talk titled "Why bodybuilding at age 93 is a great idea". Eugster died on 26 April 2017 of complications following heart failure at the age of 97.

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"Why bodybuilding at age 93 is a great idea", by Charles Eugster
{{DEFAULTSORT:Eugster, Charles 1919 births 2017 deaths British masters athletes English dentists English male long jumpers British male long jumpers English male rowers English male sprinters British male sprinters British emigrants to Switzerland Fellows of the Royal Society of Medicine People educated at St Paul's School, London Health professionals from London Athletes from London Swiss dentists Swiss male long jumpers Swiss male rowers Swiss male sprinters Swiss masters athletes Swiss military personnel University of Zurich alumni 20th-century British dentists 20th-century Swiss sportsmen 20th-century English sportsmen