The 79-year-old doctor won the honor last Sunday, 2, when he crossed the finish line of the London marathon
Drauzio Varella has been shown to remain healthy even at 79. Last Sunday, the 2nd, he won a honor which rewards those who complete the you are majors marathons of the world.
The doctor was present at london marathon and received a mandala, called the Six Star Medal, when he crossed the finish line.
“And as many of you have asked, the oldest athlete to receive the six-star medal this weekend was Antonio Drauzio Varella, who crossed the finish line in a respectable 5:44:42, aged 79, 5 months and 1 day, “wrote the official Abbott World Marathon Majors profile.
On the official website of the organization, Varella was included in the “Hall of Fame” of marathon runners. The page says she attended the New York marathons in 1994, in Chicago in 2010, in Berlin and Boston in 2014, in Tokyo in 2015 and now in London in 2022.
On Twitter the doctor was honored by his daughter, Mariana Varella. “At 79, he won the mandala for running the six biggest marathons in the world. He’s paid, dad,” he wrote.
At the age of 79 he won the mandala for running the 6 largest marathons in the world. He is paid, dad pic.twitter.com/DvJgjw3o5L
– Mariana Varella (@marivarella) October 5, 2022
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