What category did a 73-year-old win at the 1948 Olympics?
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Art.
John Copley was a talented English painter whose work won him a silver medal in the graphic art category at the 1948 Olympics.
The art portion of The Olympic Games ran for 40 years before being axed after the 1952 Olympics. Art was split into sculpture, architecture, painting and graphic art, literature and music.
Read more about the art portion of the Olympics in this World News article from 1948.