Participants
8305
Dates
07 – 25 Aug 1985
Sports
22
Country
Canada

The Rise of the Masters Movement
The Toronto 1985 World Masters Games marked history as the year of the masters, bringing together pioneering athletes in the very first edition of this global sporting festival. It was a groundbreaking celebration that set the stage for decades of passion, competition, and friendship to follow.
Athlete Comments & Reviews
“Sport helps in so many aspects of life”
“Through sport you learn self discipline, work hard on a target, on a goal you want to reach and that also helps for your career or for your work.”
“We love to move and stay active as a family”
“We’re always busy doing something, and if it’s physical, the better.”
“Everybody cheers for each other!”
“I loved the mood of everybody cheering for everyone, like I was watching in the stands the M70 triple jump and everybody was cheering whatever the nationality, whatever the performance and I really like that about the Masters movement. It doesn’t matter.”
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Athletes confess: “Passion has no age limit”
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