TORONTO, Ontario — With 102 years of age under his belt, Jack Rhind takes everything you assume about sports and turns it over on its head. Although many would consider someone his age to be playing sports a true dedication, Rhind humbly disregards the title of “pro athlete”. He says that the main reason for his long-time participation is because of how close it brings him to his family and friends, especially when he was a young man.

Rhind has won lots of medals with the title of “Old Age Skiing”, sharing that he comes in first place and also last place in these races. When he was younger though, he found Rosedale Park to be a great center for sports. There he would learn to play tennis, and would also learn to play hockey, going on to coach a Mooredale hockey team as a young man, as well as winning a tennis match for doubles. Rhind’s ski journey however, started at Rosedale valley, where he would ski down the hills during the winter, eventually moving on to an official ski hill.

Aside from these accomplishments, golf was one of the staples in Rhind’s personal family activities. He said that his family has held an annual Toronto golf family tournament for 16 years in a row, a time where his family would get together and bond over the sport; they would attend mostly just to enjoy their time together. One last sport – something Rhind does consider himself to be a pro at – is horseback riding. He picked up this sport a bit later than the others, but he says that it was a sport that he was most skilled in to his standards, and managed to teach at a camp for horseback riding.

Jack Rhind’s takeaway from a lifetime of different sports is that as you get older, you realize that there are more important things to life than sports. What he’s learned is that sports should be less focused on competition, and more on spending time with who you love.

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