New Zealand Woman’s Weekly

NZ’s fittest gran! SHARON’S LIFE IN THE FAST LANE

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She’s an extraordinary athlete who’s won 13 world championships in four different sporting events, but 71-year-old Sharon Prutton remains incredibly humble.

“Gosh, I have done all those things, but until I start telling people what I’ve done, I can’t imagine doing them all!” she says modestly. “I feel like I am talking about someone else.”

There have also been plenty of national and international wins along the way, outside of world championships, and so many silver medals she “hasn’t

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