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On 10/12/2022 at 7:59 AM, heywoodu said:

 

Not an athlete, but noteworthy, sadly: as mentioned, Steeman passed away on Tuesday. Now it turns out his mother has died of a heart attack yesterday. Damn. Her husband had left her at home to go to Portugal after Steeman's accident - the mother had broken her leg recently and so could not make the travel, and the father missed the Portugal races because he was at home caring for his wife.

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29 minutes ago, Makedonas said:

:GRE Alexandros Nikolaidis (taekwondo) passed away at the age of 42 due to cancer. He won silver medals at Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008, and was Greece's flag bearer for the opening ceremony at London 2012.

 

 

He is also the one in the photo at 0:35 in this video

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Stefan "the Great" Ionescu :ROU passed away at 87 :(

 

Perhaps the most legendary Romanian ice-hockey player and coach, Stefan Ionescu. Although he was short in height, was nicknamed "Stefan the Great", as both a player and a coach he was one of the main leader of the greatest successes of Romanian ice hockey in the 1960s until the beginning of the 1980s.

 

In 1964 and 1968 he represented Romania at the Winter Olympic Games. After a successful playing career, he coached the national team bench.

 

Romania´s most memorable result under his lead is the 5:4 victory over the USA in the 1977 World Champs relegation group. However, it was not enough to save Romania and they were relegated to the B-division.

 

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Alexander Gorshkov 1976 gold medal in Ice Dancing.  He was the head of the Russian Figure Skating Federation.  The article suggests the stress of Valieva case might have been a factor.  

 

 

Russian Figure Skating Federation President Gorshkov dead at 76 (insidethegames.biz)

 

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RIP SWEDISH ICE HOCKEY LEGEND BÖRJE SALMING. 

 

He passed away in the terrible disease ALS. 

 

He was 71 years old 

 

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https://www.expressen.se/sport/hockey/borje-salming-dod-blev-71-ar-gammal/

 

https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/toronto-maple-leafs-borje-salming-1.1883419

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