Nickyc707 382 Posted March 1, 2020 #221 Share Posted March 1, 2020 (edited) 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 Olympian1010, ChandlerMne, hckošice and 2 others 2 2 1 Link to comment https://totallympics.com/forums/topic/811-athletes-deaths-thread/page/23/#findComment-278649 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHSN 3,645 Posted March 1, 2020 #222 Share Posted March 1, 2020 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 thiago_simoes, heywoodu, thepharoah and 3 others 1 5 Link to comment https://totallympics.com/forums/topic/811-athletes-deaths-thread/page/23/#findComment-278825 Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 15,231 Posted March 1, 2020 #223 Share Posted March 1, 2020 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 . Link to comment https://totallympics.com/forums/topic/811-athletes-deaths-thread/page/23/#findComment-278831 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian1010 8,051 Posted March 1, 2020 #224 Share Posted March 1, 2020 On 3/1/2020 at 6:03 PM, 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 Expand 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. “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 Link to comment https://totallympics.com/forums/topic/811-athletes-deaths-thread/page/23/#findComment-278834 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thepharoah 2,405 Posted March 1, 2020 #225 Share Posted March 1, 2020 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 Link to comment https://totallympics.com/forums/topic/811-athletes-deaths-thread/page/23/#findComment-278839 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChandlerMne 1,057 Posted March 1, 2020 #226 Share Posted March 1, 2020 I am so sad to hear this. Link to comment https://totallympics.com/forums/topic/811-athletes-deaths-thread/page/23/#findComment-278846 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ionoutz24 129 Posted March 1, 2020 #227 Share Posted March 1, 2020 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 Link to comment https://totallympics.com/forums/topic/811-athletes-deaths-thread/page/23/#findComment-278887 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnl 691 Posted March 4, 2020 #228 Share Posted March 4, 2020 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 Link to comment https://totallympics.com/forums/topic/811-athletes-deaths-thread/page/23/#findComment-279386 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vojthas 949 Posted March 4, 2020 #229 Share Posted March 4, 2020 On 3/4/2020 at 12:13 PM, 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 Expand I think that was a few days ago. PS. What does "Baruch Dayan Emet" means? Link to comment https://totallympics.com/forums/topic/811-athletes-deaths-thread/page/23/#findComment-279403 Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 15,231 Posted March 4, 2020 #230 Share Posted March 4, 2020 On 3/4/2020 at 3:26 PM, Vojthas said: I think that was a few days ago. PS. What does "Baruch Dayan Emet" means? Expand Jewish blessing for death or something, according to Google We really do learn something new every day! Olympian1010 and Dnl 2 . Link to comment https://totallympics.com/forums/topic/811-athletes-deaths-thread/page/23/#findComment-279404 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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