| Jose Flores Flores | |
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| Birth: | 11 July 1907? Cañas, Guanacaste, Costa Rica |
| Age: | 114 years, 147 days? |
| Country: |  CRI
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| Unvalidated | |
Jose Flores Flores (born 11 July 1907?) is a Costa Rican supercentenarian claimant whose age is currently unvalidated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). If his claimed age is true, he would be the oldest living man in the world since the death of Chitetsu Watanabe on 23 February 2020, as well as the oldest person ever from Costa Rica.
Biography
Flores Flores claims to have been born in Lajas De Canas, Canas, Guanacaste, Costa Rica, on 11 July 1907. He allegedly started working on the fields at the age of 6. He claims that his paternal grandmother died at the age of 135. He married Ofelia Arias Badilla and had 16 children, 8 of whom were deceased as of June 2017. In 1948, he participated in the Costa Rican Civil War.
In June 2017, he had 8 living children: Jose Alberto, Carlos Luis, Wilberth, Gerardo, Maria Gerardina, Martha Lorena, Maritza and Sandra. At that time, he also had 23 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
Flores Flores currently lives in Santa Rosa de Pocosol, Alajuela, Costa Rica, at the claimed age of 114 years, 147 days.
References
- A LOS 110 AÑOS SIGUE FLOREANDO PressReader, 19 June 2017
- February 2020 Facebook, 25 February 2020
- Family Search Birth Record
- Claimed 114th Birthday Facebook, 21 July 2021
