Charles Marin Eugster (26 July 1919 – 26 April 2017) was a British-Swiss dentist and track and field and sprint athlete who competed as a masters athlete. After spending a career as a dentist, he moved to Uitikon, 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 London 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 TEDx in Zürich 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. References External links "Why bodybuilding at age 93 is a great idea", by Charles Eugster 1919 births 2017 deaths British masters athletes English dentists English male long jumpers English male rowers English male sprinters British emigrants to Switzerland Fellows of the Royal Society of Medicine People educated at St Paul's School, London People in health professions from London Athletes from London Sportspeople from Zürich Swiss dentists Swiss male long jumpers Swiss male rowers Swiss male sprinters Swiss masters athletes Swiss military personnel University of Zurich alumni 20th-century dentists