Simone Schaller

Simone Schaller

Schaller in 1932
Personal information
Born	(1912-08-22)August 22, 1912 Manchester, Connecticut, U.S.
Died	October 20, 2016(2016-10-20) (aged 104) Arcadia, California, U.S.
Height	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	80 m hurdles
Club	Los Angeles Athletic Club
Achievements and titles
Personal best	11.8 (1932)[1][2]
Medal record Representing  United States

Simone Estelle Schaller Kirin (August 22, 1912 – October 20, 2016) was an American hurdler who competed in the 80 m event at two Olympic Games. She placed fourth in 1932, and was eliminated in the semi-finals in 1936.^[1]

Originally from Connecticut, she moved to California at the age of seven because of her father's asthma. Although she was athletically active during her school days, she had only taken up hurdling three months prior to her 1932 appearance and both of her Olympic placings were disputed at the time. After the Olympics she married a minor league baseball player and auto mechanic, Joseph Kirin, and worked as a food manager at a Temple City, California high school. At the time of her death, she was considered the world's oldest living Olympic veteran, and the last surviving participant of the 1932 Olympic games.