Joan Riudavets Moll
Joan Riudavets at age 114
Born	15 December 1889(1889-12-15) Minorca, Spain
Died	5 March 2004 aged &0000000000000114.000000114 years, &0000000000000081.00000081 days
Cause of death	Cold

Joan Riudavets-Moll (15 December 1889 – 5 March 2004) was a Spanish supercentenarian and the oldest verified person ever in the history of Spain. He was born in Minorca. He became the oldest recognized living person in Europe following the death of Italian Maria Teresa Fumarola Ligorio in May 2003, and the oldest recognized living man in the world following the death of Japanese supercentenarian Yukichi Chuganji in September 2003. At age 113, he was the oldest man ever to accede to that position. Riudavets is one of only four men in history who have undisputebly lived to age 114 or more.

Contents 1 Biography 2 See also 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Biography

His mother, Catalina Moll Mercadés, died at age 25 before the end of December 1889.^[1] Riudavets' wife, whom he married in 1917, was born in 1889 and died around 1979.^[2] He worked as a cobbler until retiring in 1954, and was a former village councillor of Es Migjorn Gran.^[1] He was on a Mediterranean diet, which included: olive oil, tomatoes, fish and bread.^[1] Riudavets was able to walk by himself and ride a bicycle until his death. Some of his hobbies were playing the guitar, singing, and playing football.^[1] He died aged 114 after having a cold for a few days (but not being seriously ill) in Minorca, Spain.^[2] He was the last recognized surviving man documented as born in the 1880s. He is the sixth-oldest verified man in history.

Moll was survived by two younger brothers: Pere, who died in 2006, and Josep, in 2009.^[1]

As of October 2008, Riudavets is one of the 70 longest lived people on record.

[edit] See also

• Ageing
• Longevity
• List of the verified oldest men
• List of the oldest people
• Oldest people
• Supercentenarian

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Report on Moll's death(Spanish)
• Find A Grave

Preceded by Yukichi Chuganji

Oldest recognized living man 28 September 2003 – 5 March 2004

Succeeded by Fred H. Hale, Sr.

v • d • e Oldest man in the world since 1961 Joseph Saint-Amour · John Mosely Turner · Khasako Dzugayev · Friedrich Wedeking · Frederick Butterfield · Shigechiyo Izumi · Joe Thomas · Herman Smith-Johannsen · Alphaeus Philemon Cole · John Evans · Henri Pérignon · James Wiggins · Frederick L. Frazier · Josep Armengol Jover · Christian Mortensen · Johnson Parks · Walter Richardson · Denzo Ishizaki · Antonio Urrea-Hernández · John Painter · Antonio Todde · Yukichi Chuganji · Joan Riudavets · Fred Hale · Emiliano Mercado del Toro · Tomoji Tanabe · Henry Allingham · Walter Breuning See also Ageing · Oldest people · List of the verified oldest men