Athletes Deaths Thread

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Marco Solfrini, 1980 Olympic silver medalist (basketball).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco_Solfrini

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Bill Lucas, 1948 Olympics (athletics).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Lucas_(athlete)

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Corrado dal Fabbro (Italy), 1972 silver medal (bobsleigh).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corrado_dal_Fabbro

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Sven-Olov Sjödelius, Sweden, 1960 and 1964 Olympic champion (sprint canoeing)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sven-Olov_Sjödelius

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Branislav Pokrajac, olympic champion in handball

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earlier this year Sabit Hadzic, basketball, Olympic bronze medalist

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 Liz Chase , former olympic champion in women's hockey in 1980 Olympics with Team Zimbabwe has passed away yesterday , RIP 

Edited May 10, 2018 by thepharoah

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So here is my complete file on 2018 so far

 

Brigitte Ahrenholz	F	GDR	ROW			2018
Peter Allday	M	GBR	ATH	10	3	2018	Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, England	GBR
Dan Alon	M	ISR	FEN	31	1	2018	Tel Aviv	ISR
Hernán Alzamora	M	PER	ATH	19	2	2018	Lima	PER
Arnold Andenmatten	M	SUI	MSP	24	3	2018	Saas-Grund	SUI
Abolfazl Anvari	M	IRI	WRE	14	2	2018
Horace Ashenfelter	M	USA	ATH	6	1	2018	West Orange, New Jersey	USA
Muhammad Ashiq	M	PAK	CYC	11	3	2018	Lahore	PAK
Étienne Bally	M	FRA	ATH	10	1	2018	Vénissieux, Rhône	FRA
Jarrod Bannister	M	AUS	ATH	8	2	2018	Eindhoven	NED
Roger Bannister	M	GBR	ATH	3	3	2018	Oxford, Oxfordshire, England	GBR
Art Barnard	M	USA	ATH	1	5	2018	La Jolla, California	USA
Bebeto de Freitas	M	BRA	VOL	13	3	2018	Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais	BRA
Irina Beglyakova	F	URS	ATH		3	2018
Ed Bennett	M	USA	SAI	7	1	2018	Vista, California	USA
Reidar Berg	M	NOR	BOB	16	2	2018	Oslo	NOR
Aureliano Bolognesi	M	ITA	BOX	30	3	2018	Genova (Genoa), Genova	ITA
Darien Boswell	M	NZL	ROW	11	2	2018	Kerikeri	NZL
Cliff Bourland	M	USA	ATH	1	2	2018	Santa Monica, California	USA
Ivan Čaklec	M	YUG	GYM	30	3	2018	Zagreb	CRO
Leopoldo Cantancio	M	PHI	BOX	20	4	2018	Bago City	PHI
Edwin Carr, Jr.	M	AUS	ATH	25	3	2018	Cowra, New South Wales	AUS
Daedra Charles	F	USA	BAS	14	4	2018	Detroit, Michigan	USA
Liz Chase	F	ZIM	HOK			2018
Dave Clark	M	USA	ATH	12	2	2018	Duncanville, Texas	USA
Leslie Coffey	M	AUS	SHO	3	3	2018
Gene Cole	M	USA	ATH	11	1	2018	Lancaster, Ohio	USA
Antenore Cuel	M	ITA	CCS/MSP	22	2	2018	Folgaria, Trento	ITA
Guy Cury	M	FRA	ATH	16	3	2018	Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux, Drôme	FRA
Kaj Czarnecki	M	FIN	FEN	13	1	2018	San Antonio, Texas	USA
Corrado Dal Fabbro	M	ITA	BOB	29	3	2018
Bernard Darmet	M	FRA	CYC			2018
Jiichiro Date	M	JPN	WRE	20	2	2018
Charles Davis	M	USA	SHO	10	1	2018
Halit Deringör	M	TUR	FTB	14	3	2018
Robert Diggelmann	M	SUI	WRE	7	1	2018
Brooks Dodge, Jr.	M	USA	ASK	17	1	2018	Jackson, New Hampshire	USA
Marian Donat	M	POL	JUD	2	1	2018
Paddy Donovan	M	NZL	BOX	11	3	2018	Napier	NZL
Jon Engen	M	USA	BIA/CCS	26	4	2018
Urs Fankhauser	M	SUI	ROW	10	1	2018	Stans	SUI
Ken Flach	M	USA	TEN	12	3	2018	San Francisco, California	USA
Danny Florencio	M	PHI	BAS	24	2	2018	San Francisco, California	USA
René Fonck	M	LUX	CAN	26	2	2018	Esch-sur-Alzette	LUX
Dieter Freise	M	FRG	HOK	5	4	2018
Anton Jože Gale	M	YUG	ICH	25	3	2018	Ljubljana	SLO
Roberto Gandolfi	M	ITA	WAP	18	2	2018	Bùzios, Rio de Janeiro	BRA
Alan Geldard	M	GBR	CYC	26	2	2018	Salford, Greater Manchester, England	GBR
Arnaud Geyre	M	FRA	CYC	20	2	2018	Château-Thierry, Aisne	FRA
Samir Gharbo	M	EGY	SWI/WAP	10	4	2018	Columbus, Ohio	USA
Wolfgang Girardi	M	AUT	GYM	28	3	2018
Giovanni Girgenti	M	ITA	BOX	9	1	2018	Marsala, Trapani	ITA
Ron Gower	M	AUS	BOX	8	2	2018
Jerzy Gros	M	POL	ATH	17	1	2018
Sabit Hadžić	M	YUG	BAS	3	3	2018	Antalya	TUR
Hryhoriy Hamarnik	M	URS	WRE	18	4	2018
Jan Erik Hansen	M	NOR	ICH	28	1	2018	Jessheim, Ullensaker	NOR
Jørgen Hansen	M	DEN	BOX	15	3	2018	Aalborg	DEN
Mohamed Hazzaz	M	MAR	FTB	13	1	2018	Fès (Fez)	MAR
Claus Heß	M	GER	ROW	2	4	2018	Würzburg, Bayern	GER
István Hevesi	M	HUN	WAP	9	2	2018	Budapest	HUN
Geoff Hibbins	M	AUS	ARF	10	3	2018
György Holovits	M	HUN	SAI	3	5	2018
Barbora Horáčková	F	CZE	ARC	8	4	2018
Tsukasa Hosaka	M	JPN	FTB	21	1	2018	Kofu, Yamanashi	JPN
Jorma Hotanen	M	FIN	MOP	20	2	2018	Espoo	FIN
Bogo Jan	M	YUG	ICH	10	3	2018	Radovljica	SLO
Jeong Jae-Seong	M	KOR	BDM	9	3	2018
Jigjidiin Mönkhbat	M	MGL	WRE	9	4	2018	Ulaanbaatar	MGL
Jim Johannson	M	USA	ICH	21	1	2018	Colorado Springs, Colorado	USA
János Juszkó	M	HUN	CYC	2	5	2018
Ali Kadhim	M	IRQ	FTB	2	1	2018	Baghdad	IRQ
Hari Pal Kaushik	M	IND	HOK	25	1	2018	Jalandhar, Punjab	IND
Pavel Kazankov	M	URS	ATH	19	1	2018
Walter Knabenhans	M	SUI	ROW	2	3	2018	Zürich	SUI
Durward Knowles	M	BAH/GBR	SAI	24	2	2018	Nassau	BAH
Waltraud Kretzschmar	F	GDR	HAN	7	2	2018	Schöneiche, Brandenburg	GER
Evert Kroon	M	NED	WAP	2	4	2018	Hollandsche Rading	NED
Aleksandr Kurlovich	M	BLR/EUN/URS	WLT	6	4	2018	Hrodna	BLR
Rolf Lacour	M	FRG/GER	WRE	28	1	2018	Püttlingen, Saarland	GER
Désiré Ligon	M	BEL	BAS	4	2	2018
Edwin Lins	M	AUT	WRE	17	1	2018
Sergey Litvinov	M	URS	ATH	19	2	2018	Sochi, Krasnodar Kray	RUS
Bill Lucas	M	GBR	ATH	22	3	2018	Haywards Heath, West Sussex, England	GBR
Eric Luoma	M	CAN	CCS	16	1	2018	Calgary, Alberta	CAN
Rudolf Mang	M	FRG	WLT	12	3	2018	Bellenberg, Bayern	GER
Aghasi Manukyan	M	ARM	WRE	19	3	2018	?, Michigan	USA
Carla Marangoni	F	ITA	GYM	18	1	2018	Pavia, Pavia	ITA
István Marosi	M	HUN	HAN	31	1	2018	Ózd	HUN
Alberto Marson	M	BRA	BAS	25	4	2018	São José dos Campos, São Paulo	BRA
Mario Martinez	M	USA	WLT	14	1	2018	Dublin, California	USA
Milán Matos	M	CUB	ATH	16	3	2018	La Habana (Havana)	CUB
Jim McIntosh	M	USA	ROW	24	2	2018
John McIntyre	M	USA	ROW	5	1	2018
Jim McNally	M	USA	SHO	12	1	2018	Mesquite, Texas	USA
Willi Melliger	M	SUI	EQU	16	1	2018
József Merényi	M	HUN	SSK	28	1	2018
Eric Munshaw	M	CAN	CAN	15	3	2018	Chilliwack, British Columbia	CAN
Jan Murphy	F	AUS	SWI	30	4	2018	?, Queensland	AUS
Henryk Niedźwiedzki	M	POL	BOX	9	2	2018
Aimo Nieminen	M	FIN	WLT	1	4	2018	Jämsä	FIN
Neil Nugent	M	GBR	HOK	12	4	2018
Mike O'Hara	M	USA	VOL	1	2	2018
Yukiaki Okabe	M	JPN	SWI	26	1	2018	Takatsuki, Osaka	JPN
Elie Onana Eloundou	M	CMR	FTB	2	4	2018	Yaoundé	CMR
Károly Palotai	M	HUN	FTB	3	2	2018	Győr	HUN
Al Pfeffer	M	USA	BSB	12	3	2018
Bob Phibbs	M	CAN	BAS	15	3	2018
Bob Pickens	M	USA	WRE	12	4	2018	Atlanta, Georgia	USA
John Pierik	M	NED	SHO	14	1	2018
Domingo Pillado	M	CHI	FTB	25	1	2018
Phillip Pipersburg	M	BIZ	ATH	11	4	2018
William Plant	M	JAM	SAI	26	3	2018
Branislav Pokrajac	M	YUG	HAN	5	4	2018	Beograd (Belgrade)	SRB
Valery Postoyanov	M	URS	SHO	7	2	2018	Petrozavodsk, Respublika Kareliya	RUS
Cveto Pretnar	M	YUG	ICH		4	2018	Jesenice	SLO
Catherine Pym	F	AUS	FEN	28	3	2018
Hannu Rantakari	M	FIN	GYM	1	1	2018	Tampere	FIN
André Richer	M	BRA	ROW	11	4	2018	Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro	BRA
Rody Rijnders	M	NED	ROW	15	1	2018
Derek Riley	M	CAN	ROW	6	5	2018	Winnipeg, Manitoba	CAN
Joaquín Rojas	M	PHI	BAS	30	1	2018
Bruno Rossetti	M	ITA	SHO	9	2	2018	Montecatini Terme, Pistoia	ITA
Aristidis Roubanis	M	GRE	ATH/BAS	13	1	2018
Wojciech Rydz	M	POL	FEN	8	1	2018
István Sándor	M	HUN	ROW	5	1	2018	Toronto, Ontario	CAN
José Santori	M	PUR	BAS	2	4	2018
Derek Saunders	M	GBR	FTB	3	3	2018
Walter Schuster	M	AUT	ASK	13	1	2018	Lermoos	AUT
Franco Scisciani	M	ITA	BOX	9	3	2018	Civitavecchia, Roma	ITA
Clyde Scott	M	USA	ATH	30	1	2018
Skip Shurtz	M	USA	FEN	1	2	2018	Reno, Nevada	USA
Vasilios Sillis	M	GRE	ATH	5	1	2018
Sven-Olov Sjödelius	M	SWE	CAN	29	3	2018	Nyköping	SWE
Bill Smith	M	USA	WRE	20	3	2018	Humboldt, Iowa	USA
Marco Solfrini	M	ITA	BAS	24	3	2018	Parma, Parma	ITA
Brunello Spinelli	M	ITA	WAP	6	2	2018	Firenze, Firenze	ITA
Fernand Steenacker	M	BEL	ROW	26	3	2018
Osvaldo Suárez	M	ARG	ATH	17	2	2018
Miyako Sumiyoshi	F	JPN	SSK	20	1	2018	Nagano, Nagano	JPN
Ludmila Švédová	F	TCH	GYM	10	2	2018
Ștefan Tașnadi	M	ROU	WLT	28	2	2018	Cluj-Napoca	ROU
Rein Tölp	M	URS	ATH	16	4	2018	Tallinn	EST
Tsendiin Damdin	M	MGL	JUD	22	2	2018
Bruce Tulloh	M	GBR	ATH	28	4	2018	Marlborough, Wiltshire, England	GBR
Yury Tyukalov	M	URS	ROW	19	2	2018	St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg	RUS
Eugène Van Roosbroeck	M	BEL	CYC		3	2018	Noorderwijk	BEL
Ed Vebell	M	USA	FEN	9	2	2018	Westport, Connecticut	USA
Raymonda Vergauwen	F	BEL	SWI	5	4	2018	Sas van Gent	NED
Tsvetan Veselinov	M	BUL	FTB	25	2	2018
Albin Vidović	M	YUG	HAN	7	3	2018	Bjelovar	CRO
Ion Voinescu	M	ROU	FTB	9	3	2018	București	ROU
Gerald Weiß	M	GDR	ATH	17	2	2018	Göhlsdorf, Brandenburg	GER
Vladimír Weiss	M	TCH	FTB	23	4	2018
John Welchli	M	USA	ROW	23	3	2018	Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan	USA
Jo-Jo White	M	USA	BAS	16	1	2018
Jeanne Wilson	F	USA	SWI	18	4	2018	Lafayette, Indiana	USA
Urbano Zea	M	MEX	SWI	6	4	2018	Miami, Florida	USA
Hans Zeitler	M	GER	FTB	1	3	2018	Bayreuth, Bayern	GER

Edited May 11, 2018 by Dragon

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John Lawlor - Discus

LAWLOR, Dr. John F. Passed away peacefully on Sunday, May 20 surrounded by three of his children, Maeve, Paul and Owen. Dr. Lawlor was born on March 14, 1934, in Dublin, Ireland to Edward Lawlor of New Ross, Wexford and Mary Ireland Lawlor of Enniskerry, Wicklow. He was educated by the Christian Brothers at St. Joseph's School, Marino, Dublin. Upon graduation, he joined his brothers, Eamon and Paddy, in the Dublin Garda, where his father had been a Sergeant. A gifted rugby player and hammer thrower, Dr. Lawlor attended Boston University on athletic scholarship where he was a three-time NCAA champion in the hammer throw and recipient of the E.Ray Speare award as Scholar Athlete of the Year. His older brother Paddy earned 12 caps as a rugby player for the Irish national team. 

While a student at Boston University, Dr. Lawlor met his future wife, Kathleen Margaret Kingston, at the Hampshire House in Boston. Kathleen, from Dorchester, MA, received math degrees from Newton College of the Sacred Heart and Boston College.

Dr. Lawlor competed for Ireland in the 1960 Rome Olympics. Shortly thereafter he and Ms. Kingston married and moved to Silvermines, Ireland, where Dr. Lawlor worked as an exploration geologist. In 1964, he captained the Irish Olympic Team in Tokyo. Afterwards, four of their five children were born in Silvermines and the family moved back to Boston so that Dr. Lawlor could complete his doctorate in Geology at BU, which he received in 1970.

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Daniel Robin - Wrestling

 

Daniel Robin, double silver medalist in Greco-Roman wrestling and freestyle wrestling at the Mexico City Games in 1968, died at the age of 74 on Wednesday in Longueuil.

He succumbed to a devastating cancer.

This native of France had also won the title of world freestyle wrestling champion in 1967, in New Delhi, India.

In 1972, the Munich Games marked him. Israeli wrestling friends have been shot by the black Palestinian commando.

Robin has also defended the colors of his country on the international rugby scene. A long time wrestling coach, he was until recently vice-president of the French Federation.