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Olympic gymnast Marjorie Carter still going strong at 84 AGILE: Marjorie says older people need to maintain mobility Marjorie Carter competed in the 1952 and 1960 Olympic Games as part of a team of eight females, and has now bagged the top prize in a nationwide Inspirational Generation competition. Age is certainly no barrier for Majorie, a member of the British gymnastics squad at the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki, Finland, and the 1960 Olympics in Rome, Italy – just missing out on medals at both. The octogenarian, who has been doing gymnastics since the age of 10, went on to have an impressive coaching career, nurturing the next generation of gymnasts and still trains three times a week – hitting the gym at 6am . “You need to keep moving. It’s so important when you get older to maintain that independence and mobility. As they say, ‘use it or you lose it’ “, says Marjorie, who can still stand on her head, perform the splits, and cartwheel. Grandmother to five, Marjorie, who li