Athletes Deaths Thread

[Nickyc707 382]

Deaths of Olympians in February.

 

 Ryszard Olszewski, 87 - Basketball

 Jana Vapenkova, 72 - Volleyball

 Alexander Skvortsov, 65 - Ice Hockey (1×G, 1×S)

 Eugene Plesko, 71 - Cycling

 Giancarlo Bergamini, 93 - Fencing (1×G, 2×S)

 Abadi Hadis, 22 - Athletics

 Brian Glennie, 73 - Ice Hockey (1×B)

 Maurice Girardot, 98 - Basketball (1×S)

 Bill Robinson, 71 - Basketball

 Tamas Wichmann, 72 - Sprint Canoeing (2×S, 1×B)

 Karel Neffe, 71 - Rowing (1×B)

 Renzo Chiocchetti, 74 - Cross Country Skiing

 John Cockett, 92 - Hockey (1×B)

 Jaime Amat, 78 - Hockey

 John Robertson, 90 - Sailing

 Istvan Gali, 76 - Boxing

 Usman Ullah Khan, 45 - Boxing

 Janos Gorocs, 80 - Football (1×B)

 Jan Kowalczyk, 78 - Equestrian (1×G, 1×S)

 Braian Toledo, 26 - Athletics

Craig Mackay, 92 - Speed Skating

 Teresa Machado, 50 - Athletics

 Eva Szekely, 92 - Swimming (1×G, 1×S)

 

And three late reported deaths from January.

 

 Herbert Voelcker, 90 - Shooting

 Sandra Kalo, 75 - Handball

 Irina Laricheva, 55 - Shooting

 

A bad month for Hungary with five deaths including Tamas Wichmann who won three medals in sprint canoeing between 1968-80. He also won nine world titles. Eva Szekely was Olympic champion in the 200m breaststroke in 1952 and followed up with silver in 1956. From a sporting family, her husband Desso Gyarmati won medals at five consecutive games in water polo including three golds. Her daughter Andrea was also a swimmer and won two medals in Munich in 1972.

 

Alexander Skvortsov was a member of the Soviet ice hockey team that famously lost to the Americans at Lake Placid in 1980. However, he gained redemption when the Red Machine got back on track to win gold four years later.

 

Last, but not least, the deaths of two athletes who competed at the last Olympics in Rio. Abadi Hadis was an Ethiopian middle distance runner who, although only 22, had been ill for sometime. Braian Toledo of Argentina was Youth Olympic champion in the javelin in 2010 and went on to compete in London and Rio where he finished tenth. Sadly he died in a traffic accident aged just 26.

 

Edited March 1, 2020 by Nickyc707

[MHSN 3,785]

I wonder if Paralympic athletes count. today we heard a tragic news in middle of all these disasters

 

Siamand Rahman, two time Paralympics Champion in Powerlifting, (2012 and 2016) current World record holder died today from heart attack at the age of 31

 

he was the most famous Paralympics athlete in Iran and maybe one of the best in the world . RIP

 

 

[heywoodu 16,142]

I'm not much of a follower of Paralympic powerlifting, meaning you must be a big one if I've actually heard of your name, like is the case with Rahman...RIP

[Olympian1010 8,274]

7 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

I'm not much of a follower of Paralympic powerlifting, meaning you must be a big one if I've actually heard of your name, like is the case with Rahman...RIP

A clip of him lifting in Rio went viral if a remember. The dude was a tank, and was someone you always anticipated seeing something amazing from. I follow Paralympics sports enough to be aware of him, so it’s really sad day for the Paralympic community.

[thepharoah 2,413]

He's the only guy to lift 300 kg in the history of powerlifting and he was just about to win a 3rd Olympic gold RIP 

[ChandlerMne 1,210]

I am so sad to hear this.

[Ionoutz24 129]

Canadian rider Katharine Morel and her horse died Saturday after an accident at a competition in Florida, Equestrian Canada said. https://www.ctvnews.ca/sports/canadian-equestrian-rider-and-horse-dies-following-accident-at-competition-1.4834132?fbclid=IwAR02EgNj5xzE-TcHbKitfLx2nEkRKEFqT6kWIr7Fhykd5a_nNEl1QDJPqEI

[Dnl 726]

BARUCH DAYAN EMET Éva székely 1952 Olympic gold medalists swimmer  has passed away today at the respectable age of 92 she won Gold in 1952 and silver in 1956 at the 200m breaststroke she represented  

[Vojthas 949]

3 hours ago, Dnl said:

BARUCH DAYAN EMET Éva székely 1952 Olympic gold medalists swimmer  has passed away today at the respectable age of 92 she won Gold in 1952 and silver in 1956 at the 200m breaststroke she represented  

I think that was a few days ago.

PS. What does "Baruch Dayan Emet" means?

[heywoodu 16,142]

5 minutes ago, Vojthas said:

I think that was a few days ago.

PS. What does "Baruch Dayan Emet" means?

Jewish blessing for death or something, according to Google

 

We really do learn something new every day!