Gladys Burrill has been named the oldest woman ever to finish a marathon, despite not even knowing she was eligible for the title when she entered the race.
Nicknamed the Gladyator, 92-year-old Ms Burrill completed the Honolulu Marathon, in Hawaii, late last year in nine hours and 53 minutes...
Besse Cooper has officially been named as the oldest person in the world, having reached the ripe old age of 114.
Guinness World Records officially named the great-great-grandmother as the person who has lived the longest, following the death of Eunice G Sanborn earlier this year.
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