Athletes Deaths Thread

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Edited December 10, 2023 by vinipereira

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 Ali Kadhim - football - 1980 Olympics - died 2 January

http://socceriraq.net/2018/01/02/obituary-ali-kadhim/

Edited January 3, 2018 by Dragon

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 István Sándor - rowing - 1952 Olympics - died 5 January

http://olimpia.hu/kiemelt-hirek/elhunyt-sandor-istvan-olimpiai-6-helyezett-evezos

 

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 Horace Ashenfelter - Athletics - 1952 Olympics - Died 6 January

Olympic champion - 3000m Steeplechase - 1952

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/07/obituaries/horace-ashenfelter-dead-olympic-steeplechase.html

 

Edited January 11, 2018 by Dragon

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 Etienne Bally - Athletics - 1948-1952 - Died 10 January

European Champion - 100m - 1950

http://www.leprogres.fr/rhone-69-edition-est-lyonnais/2018/01/11/adieu-a-etienne-bally-un-champion-d-europe-du-100-m

Edited January 11, 2018 by Dragon

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 Urs Fankhauser - Rowing 1968-1972 - Died 8 January

http://www.luzernerzeitung.ch/sport/weitere/wassersport/ehemaliger-spitzenruderer-urs-fankhauser-verstorben;art2061,1179909

 

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Gene Cole - Athletics - 1948-1952 - Died 11 January

Olympic silver medalist 4 x 400 relay

 

http://onceuponatimeinthevest.blogspot.co.uk/2018/01/v-8-n-3-gene-cole-rip-1952-4x400-silver.html

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 Mohammad Hazzaz - Football 1972 - died 13 January

 

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The Olympic flag in Lausanne´s IOC headquarters will fly at half-mast for the next 3 days, after the decease of our first NOC president, later honorary president and long time IOC member  https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1060205/honorary-ioc-member-and-founding-president-of-slovak-olympic-committee-dies-at-age-of-96

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 Willi Melliger - Equestrian - 1984/1992/1996/2000 Olympics - Died 15 January

Olympic silver medal 1996, 2000  - 13 times European Championship medallist - 4 times European Champion

http://www.equnews.com/miscellaneous/goodbye-willi-melliger/