He doesn't really believe his ears, so Wilhelm Büsing is asking again.
In an excited voice he asks: “Is it really true what you said that I am the oldest living medalist from the Olympic Games?” Even after repeated affirmation, the former eventing rider from Jade in Lower Saxony does not want to immediately admit what the history books show.
"No," he murmurs softly, but still audibly to himself, "I can't believe that."
At the Olympic Games in Helsinki in 1952, the veterinarian with a doctorate won the bronze medal in the individual standings, and with the team he was even able to celebrate the silver plaque.
Bünsing will be 100 years old on March 2nd.
WORLD:
Mr. Büsing, by the way, there has never been a rider who has become as old as you as a two-time Olympic medalist.
And you are the first German athlete who can celebrate a 100th birthday as an Olympic medalist.
Wilhelm Büsing:
My God, the superlatives don't stop there.
It is unbelievable what is connected with sports on the 100th birthday.
Well, I've also had a turbulent life.
If I only think of the years during World War II, when I was both at the front and finished my studies in veterinary medicine in Hanover.