Athletes Deaths Thread

[Dunadan 1,103]

 Carla Marangoni has died at age 102. She was the oldest living Olympic medallist (silver medal in gymnastics in 1928)

 

http://www.gazzetta.it/Sport-Vari/Ginnastica/19-01-2018/ginnastica-addio-carla-marangoni-102-anni-medaglia-olimpica-piu-antica-2401010803899.shtml

[Dragon 1,893]

 Carla Marangoni - Gymnastics - 1928 Olympics(!)- Died 18 January

Olympic silver medallist. Last survivor of Amsterdam Olympics. Was oldest living Olympic medallist and lived 89 years after her Olympic appearance

 

[heywoodu 15,335]

Noooo Carla  

 

[Dragon 1,893]

Charles Davis - Shooting - 1972 Olympics - Died 10 January

 Jerzy Gros - Athletics - 1976 Olympics - Died 17 January

 Eric Luoma - XC Skiing - 1964 Olympics - Died 16 January

 John Pierik - Shooting - 1980/1984 Olympics - Died 14 January

 Rody Rijnders - Rowing - 1968 Olympics - Died 15 January

Olympic silver medallist

 Aristidis Robianis - Athletics and Basketball - 1952 Olympics - Died 13 January

 Wojtech Rydz - Rowing - 1952 Olympics - Died 8 January

 

[Dragon 1,893]

 Jim Johannson - Ice hockey - 1988 Olympics - Died 21 January

General Manager - US Olympic team 2018

[dcro 10,210]

Other kind of Olympians...

 

Foltaire (horse) - Equestrian - 2000 Olympics (bronze medal) - Died 27 January 2018

http://www.eurodressage.com/2018/01/31/former-us-olympic-team-horse-foltaire-passed-away

 

[Andry84 104]

Bruno Rossetti Olympic bronze medallist in Barcellona 1992 and twice world champion in skeet died this night.He is the father of Gabriele Rossetti, the reigning olympic and world skeet champion.

[Dragon 1,893]

Don Alon (Fencing 1972) 
Died 31 January 2018

https://www.timesofisrael.com/fencer-who-survived-1972-munich-massacre-passes-away/

Cliff Bourland (Athletics 1948)
1 February 2018

https://www.newsday.com/sports/olympics/cliff-bourland-oldest-living-gold-medalist-dies-at-97-1.16561806

 

[vinipereira 3,421]

Fernando Leme, assistant who won a gold medal in Boccia with his brother Antonio (in one of the best moments of the Rio Paralympic Games), had died yesterday at the age of 45.

 

 

 

[phelps 7,797]

Sergei Litvinov (URS), Seoul 1988 Hammer Throw Olympic Champion passes away at the age of 60...

http://www.sportstarlive.com/athletics/olympic-hammer-champion-litvinov-passes-away/article22801356.ece

R.I.P.