Athletes Deaths Thread

[thepharoah 2,413]

 

 Mohammed Yaseen ( Weightlifting ) - represented Iraq at 1980 and 1984 OG , died at age of 57 due to corona virus also 

[hckošice 16,630]

Marián Čišovský (40)  Sydney 2000, Played first 2 matches against and . Scored own goal against Brazil at 1:03 in the video

 

A long-term football representative died today after a six-year struggle with an insidious incurable disease...

 

 

RIP

 

 

 

https://sport.aktuality.sk/c/450809/zomrel-byvaly-slovensky-futbalovy-reprezentant-marian-cisovsky/

 

[heywoodu 16,465]

Fuck ALS, seriously.

[mrv86 3,267]

One of the last, if not the last, survivors from pre WWII Olympics. Also one of the youngest medalists ever.

 

 Noel Vandernotte, Rowing, 1936 Summer Olympics

 

https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1095768/noel-vandernotte-olympics-1936

[Monzanator 5,127]

There are apparently five participants of the 1936 Berlin Games still alive. None of them won a medal in 1936 though.

 

John Lysak (canoeing)

Etsuko Komiya (athletics)

Iris Cummings (swimming)

Elda Cividino (gymnastics)

Joan Langdon (swimming)

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Ivan Utrobin. Russian Cross Country Skier. Member of the bronze medal winning 4 x 10 Km relay team at the 1964 Winter Olympics. Age 87.

 

Olympic cross-country bronze medallist Utrobin dies aged 87

[heywoodu 16,465]

10 hours ago, mrv86 said:

One of the last, if not the last, survivors from pre WWII Olympics. Also one of the youngest medalists ever.

 

 Noel Vandernotte, Rowing, 1936 Summer Olympics

 

https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1095768/noel-vandernotte-olympics-1936

@Dragon?

 

Apparently not the last, John Lysak is still alive for example.

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

 

Too bad this awesome page is all messed up now for some reason:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Canadian_Paul/Olympics

 

At least the first athlete on the list is still listed as alive and competed in 1936.

[Monzanator 5,127]

Here's my source:

 

https://acsweb.ucsd.edu/~ptchir/

 

John Lysak is the oldest living Olympic Games participant. He will turn 106 years old in August.

 

Folke Alnevik is the oldest living Summer Oympic medallist (bronze in 4x400 relay 1948). He turned 100 years old on New Year's Eve.

 

Agnes Keleti is the oldest living Olympic champion. She is actually older than Elda Cividino but only made her Olympic debut in 1952, some 16 years after Cividino.

 

Celina Seghi is the oldest living Winter Games participant (4th in downhill & combined in St. Moritz 1948). She turned 100 years old in March.

 

Carl-Erik Asplund is the oldest living Winter Olympic Games medallist (bronze in 10,000 speed skating 1952).

 

Viktor Shuvalov is the oldest living Winter Olympic champion (Ice Hockey center, 5 goals/2 assists in the 1956 Games).

 

Apparently all the medallists from St. Moritz 1948 are no longer alive. The last Oslo 1952 champion passed away in April of last year (   Lydia Wideman, gold in 10km cross country).

 

 

[Dragon 2,074]

7 hours ago, heywoodu said:

@Dragon?

 

Apparently not the last, John Lysak is still alive for example.

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

 

Too bad this awesome page is all messed up now for some reason:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Canadian_Paul/Olympics

 

At least the first athlete on the list is still listed as alive and competed in 1936.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Canadian_Paul/Olympics  has been replaced by https://acsweb.ucsd.edu/~ptchir/

Same person runs it.

[Vojthas 949]

12 hours ago, Monzanator said:

Agnes Keleti is the oldest living Olympic champion.

She turns 100 in January and as far as I know from someone who is quite close, it's gonna be quite an event in Hungary.