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Iris Cummings Critchell is 103 and the last surviving athlete of the 1936 Olympics. She was a member of the U.S. swim team. Iris joined the Women Airforce Service Pilots in World War II and ferried fighter planes across the country. After the war, she was an award-winning flight instructor.

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Iris Cummings Critchell is 103 and the last surviving athlete of the 1936 Olympics. She was a member of the U.S. swim team. Iris joined the Women Airforce Service Pilots in World War II and ferried fighter planes across the country. After the war, she was an award-winning flight instructor.	13