| Eusebia Arango de Leyva | |
 Arango de Leyva at the claimed age of 112 | |
| Birth: | 12 October 1905? Canaletal, San Pablo, Bolivar Department, Colombia |
| Age: | 118 years, 364 days? |
| Country: |  COL
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| Longevity claimant | |
Eusebia Arango Zulmay viuda de Leiva (12 October 1905? - fl.1 December 2021) was a Colombian longevity claimant whose age is currently unvalidated by the Guinness World Records (GWR). If her claimed age were validated, she would have been the oldest living person in Colombia, and the oldest living person in the world. She would also be the oldest person ever in Colombia, being older than Sofia Rojas.
Biography[]
Eusebia Arango de Leyva claimed to have been born in Canaletal, San Pablo, Bolivar Department, Colombia on 12 October 1905, the oldest of nine siblings. Her father worked as farmer and lumberjack. She had two children (both deceased as of October 2017).
She attributes her longevity to the fact that when she grew up there was a lot of food and good and cheap. She also attributes her longevity to the fact that "one is here is because of God, because since God needs you, one takes her away, and since she doesn't need me yet, that's why she still here".
Eusebia Arango de Leyva was last confirmed to be alive on her claimed 116th birthday on 12 October 2021 when she lived in Colombia. Her 116th birthday was later confirmed by the 110 club on December 2021.
References[]
- Eusebia, 112 años… ¡como si nada! El Nuevo Siglo, 14 October 2017
- Una bolivarense sería hoy la más longeva del mundo El Nuevo Siglo, 21 January 2019
- Confirmed alive at the claimed age of 115, 19 February 2021
- Claimed 116th birthday confirmed, 1 December 2021