Ian Hume, a masters founding father, dies at age 91
Canada’s Ian Hume — who along with countryman Don Farquharson and Americans Dave Pain and Bob Fine helped found the World Association of Veteran Athletes in the mid-1970s — died Tuesday at age 91, reports RunnersWeb.com. Ian’s 70-year competitive career ended in 1999 after he set dozens of masters records and won 29 world medals (13 gold). His funeral is Friday in St Lambert “not too far from the scene of his exploits on the track there when it was one of the main running venues in the Montreal area,” the site reports.
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Ian was born in Foster, Quebec in 1914. He graduated from Bishop’s University with a Bachelor of Arts degree at age 19.
From the day in 1929 when Ian won his first gold medal in athletics at the age of 15, he was launched on a glorious sporting career that was to span 8 decades.
With the introduction of the World Association of Veteran Athletes inaugural World Championships track and field meet in Toronto in 1975, Ian returned to competitive athletics. Over the course of the next 25 years, he proceeded to set more than 40 world masters age group records in 9 different events — high jump, long jump, triple jump, pole vault, hurdles, javelin, weight throw, pentathlon and decathlon.
Having competed in 7 World Championships, he has won 10 gold, 12 silver and 6 bronze medals. Although Ian retired from active competition in 1999, he continued to hold more than 35 Canadian outdoor and indoor records at the masters level .
