death_place death_date birth_place birth_date article_title name
vienna , austria 03 january 2011 vienna , austria 11 december 1908 alfred proksch
 alfred proksch
alfred proksch

alfred proksch -lrb- december 11 , 1908 -- january 3 , 2011 -rrb- was an austrian olympic athlete and graphic designer .
the son of one of the co-founders of the wiener sport-club , proksch took an active interest in both athletics and graphic design from an early age .
by the age of 19 he had started his own design company and would later become a founder , then president , of the confederation of austrian graphic designers .
he was also a key figure in the founding of icograda .
by the age of 17 , proksch was a champion pole vaulter and competed internationally , most notably placing 6th in the event at the 1936 summer olympics .
he broke the austrian record for the event on eight separate occasions .
even after turning 100 , he continued to compete at the world 's masters championships , often unopposed in his age bracket .
having won 14 gold medals at the games after 1994 , he was considered the world 's oldest active athlete .
he was one of the last two known surviving track and field competitors from the 1936 olympic games to still be competing -lrb- the other being ljubica gabric-calvesi -rrb- .
