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“Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela

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“Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela

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Swedish runner Folke Alnevik, who was the world's oldest living Olympic medallist, has passed away at the age of 100. Alnevik was part of the 4x400 metres relay team that took bronze for Sweden at the London 1948 Olympics.

 

World's oldest living Olympic medallist Alnevik passes away aged 100

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Coach John Thompson, who led the Georgetown University Hoyas basketball team to victory at the 1984 national championship, has died aged 78. Thompson, who was the first black coach to win the title, is credited with boosting minority representation in college basketball during the 1980s. He coached Georgetown for 27 seasons, and in 1988 led the US Olympic basketball team to a bronze medal

 

John Thompson: Legendary African American basketball coach dies - BBC News

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Deaths of Olympians in August.

 

:URS Vitold Kreyer, 87 - Athletics (2×B)

:URS Zhaksylyk Ushkempirov, 69 - Wrestling (1×G)

:LBR Vello Krishnasamy, 72 - Football

:IRI Mohammed Reza Navaei, 71 - Wrestling

:GER Jurgen Kuhl, 85 - Athletics

:BEL Roger De Pauw, 99 - Cycling

:NZL Murray Cheater, 73 - Athletics

:BUL Ivanka Vancheva, 66 - Athletics

:TUR Sumer Kocak, 58 - Wrestling

:USA William McClure, 81 - Boxing (1×G)

:GER Gunther Kaschlun, 85 - Rowing

:NZL Jean Stewart, 89 - Swimming (1×B)

:ITA Carlo Rolandi, 94 - Sailing

:TUR Kemal Ozcelik, 98 - Equestrian 

:AUT Alfred Puls, 86 - Ice Hockey

:YUG Vladica Popovic, 85 - Football (1×S)

:GER Dieter Krause, 84 - Canoe Sprint (1×G)

:HUN Imre Farkas, 85 - Canoe Sprint (2×B)

:GBR Helen Yate, 99 - Swimming

:HUN Gergely Kulcsar, 86 - Athletics (1×S, 2×B)

:HUN Ferenc Petrovacz, 76 - Shooting

:FIN Kalevi Oikarainen, 84 - Cross-country Skiing (1×B)

:AUS Chilla Porter, 84 - Athletics (1×S)

:BRA Ary de Sa, 92 - Athletics

:ROU Viorica Ionica, 65 - Handball

:SWE Folke Alnevik, 100 - Athletics (1×B)

:CAN Rick Pugliese, 67 - Water Polo

:ROU Gheorge Dogarescu, 60 - Handball (1×B)

:BUL Iyutviyan Mollova, 72 - Athletics

:HUN Gyorgy Rehus-Uzor, 74 - Weightlifting 

:HUN Agnes Banfai, 73 - Gymnastics

:POL Tomasz Tomiak, 52 - Rowing (1×B)

:ITA Aldo Aureggi, 88 - Fencing (1×S)

:NZL Jack Tynan, 94 - Hockey

:ITA Luigi Sarafini, 69 - Basketball

:URS Valentina Prudskova, 81 - Fencing (1×G, 1×S)

:HUN Laszlo Cseh (Snr), 68 - Swimming

:NZL Ivan Keats, 83 - Athletics

:HUN Laszlo Kamuti, 80 - Fencing

:URS Nina Bocharova, 95 - Gymnastics (2×G, 2×S)

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