The INSIDER Summary:
- Johanna Quaas is the world's oldest female gymnast, according to Guinness.
- She earned the honor in 2012, when she turned 86.
- Now, a new video shows Quaas performing jaw-dropping feats of core strength at age 91.
When German retiree Johanna Quaas became the world's oldest female gymnast back in 2012, she sat down for a Q&A with Guinness World Records. The interviewer asked if Quaas, then 86 years old, ever thought she was getting too old for gymnastics.
"Absolutely not," she replied. "I'd like to still be competing when I'm 90."
A new video shows that Quaas achieved that goal and then some: She's still competing at age 91.
On Monday on the subreddit /r/GetMotivated, Redditor BattleReadyPenguin shared a video of Quaas performing on the parallel bars — and displaying the kind of core strength people a quarter of her age can only dream about. The one-minute routine ends when she sticks a flawless dismount.
The video was shot at the Internationales Deutsches Turnfest gymnastics competition in Berlin on June 6, according to NewsFlare.
It will come as no surprise that, before her retirement, Quaas worked a physical education teacher. In 2012, Quaas told Guinness World Records that she practices gymnastics twice a week — that's on top of a daily one-hour swim or walk.
"I have no health worries at all," she told Guinness. "My body is trained to the point I can do all these exercises and movements comfortably."
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