Bill Lucas (athlete)

William Ernest "Bill" Lucas DFC (16 January 1917 – 24 March 2018) was a British former long-distance runner. He was born in London. Lucas competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics. Lucas is known as the oldest living Olympian. He served as a bomber pilot with the Royal Air Force in the Second World War. 
Lucas turned 100 in January 2017. He died in Cowfold, West Sussex on 24 March 2018 at the age of 101.