Alfred Proksch

Alfred Proksch

Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Austria
Worlds Masters Championships
	1994 Athens	Discus, M85 Class
	2005 San Sebastián	Discus, M95 Class
	2005 San Sebastián	Shot Put, M95 Class
	2005 San Sebastián	Javelin, M95 Class
	2006 Poznań	Discus, M95 Class
	2006 Poznań	Shot Put, M95 Class
	2006 Poznań	Javelin, M95 Class
	2007 Helsinki	Discus, M95 Class
	2007 Helsinki	Shot Put, M95 Class
	2007 Riccione	Discus, M95 Class
	2008 Clermont-Ferrand	Discus, M95 Class
	2008 Clermont-Ferrand	Shot Put, M95 Class
	2009 Lahti	Discus, M100 Class
	2009 Lahti	Shot Put, M100 Class
	1995 Buffalo	Discus, M95 Class

Alfred Proksch (December 11, 1908 – January 3, 2011) 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 (the other being Ljubica Gabric-Calvesi).^[1]