Joan Riudavets
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Joan Riudavets Moll (December 15, 1889 - March 5, 2004) from Menorca, Spain, became the oldest recognized person in Europe on the death of Italian Maria Teresa Fumarola Ligorio in May 2003, and the oldest recognized man in the world on the death of Yukichi Chuganji in September 2003.
Uncommonly fit for a supercentenarian, he was able to ride a bicycle until he was 110 years old. He worked as a cobbler until retiring in 1954, and was a former village councillor of Es Migjorn Gran. He died, aged 114, after having a cold for a few days but not being seriously ill.
His mother, Catalina Moll Mercades, died at age 25 before the end of December 1889, possibly giving her son the record for longest period by which anyone has survived a parent.
External links
- BBC News 114th-birthday story (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3321315.stm)
- BBC News obituary (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3539095.stm)ca:Joan Riudavets i Moll