Oldest living Slovenian Olympian relives 1948 London Games

Oldest living Slovenian Olympian relives 1948 London Games

Slovenia

The Slovenia House at the Paris Olympics had a very special visitor on 5 August as Ruža Vojsk, born in 1930 and thereby the oldest living Slovenian Olympian, dropped by for a chat, CE Report quotes STA.

The former gymnast, who lives in New York under the name Rose Voisk, competed in the 1948 London Olympics, where she and the Yugoslav team secured seventh place.

"I still speak Slovenian. Sometimes I stumble on certain expressions, but I can still communicate everything," the 94-year-old told guests in fluent Slovenian.

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