Hubertus Von Hohenlohe is oldest competitor at the Sochi Winter Games. Photo: Mexico Olympic Committee

Alpine skier Von Hohenlohe competed at four consecutive Olympic Winter Games (between 1984 and 1994). After a 16-year hiatus, he returned to the 2010 Vancouver Games. He will be making his sixth appearance in Sochi, drawing him level with Liechtenstein’s Marco Buchel for most appearances by an alpine skier at the Olympic Winter Games.  An citizen of Mexico, he is of German heritage.  He is the second-oldest Winter Olympian to have competed in the winter Olympics.  The oldest competitor was Carl August Kronlund, from Sweden, who was 58 and competed at the inaugural Games of 1924.