Athletes Deaths Thread

[thepharoah 2,412]

 Ndidi Nwosu ( Power lifting) - 40 years Rio 2016 Paralympic games Champion 

[thepharoah 2,412]

  Dirceu Pinto ( Boccia ) - 2008 and 2012 Paralympic Games champion has died at age of 39 . the 3rd Paralympic champion dies in very few weeks 

 

 

[Olympian1010 8,229]

 

[vinipereira 3,460]

On 02/04/2020 at 14:37, thepharoah said:

  Dirceu Pinto ( Boccia ) - 2008 and 2012 Paralympic Games champion has died at age of 39 . the 3rd Paralympic champion dies in very few weeks

 

He was also the biggest winner ever of Boccia at the Paralympic Games with 4 gold medals. Really sad.

 

[Andry84 106]

Donato Sabia , Los Angeles and Seoul 800 m finalist, aged  56.

[Olympian1010 8,229]

Sam Clayton Jr.  - Bobsleigh

 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/13/obituaries/sam-clayton-jr-dead.html

[heywoodu 16,003]

16 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

Sam Clayton Jr.  - Bobsleigh

 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/13/obituaries/sam-clayton-jr-dead.html

 

I can't find anything other than 'he was in the 1988 Olympic team', but nothing mentions his role and in which way he was part of the team (because unless he changed his name, he doesn't seem to have competed as an athlete)...any idea? Maybe a reserve that's not mentioned?

[Olympian1010 8,229]

2 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

 

I can't find anything other than 'he was in the 1988 Olympic team', but nothing mentions his role and in which way he was part of the team (because unless he changed his name, he doesn't seem to have competed as an athlete)...any idea? Maybe a reserve that's not mentioned?

Yeah, the sources aren’t specific. Hopefully the IBSF posts something to help clarify.

[heywoodu 16,003]

1 minute ago, Olympian1010 said:

Yeah, the sources aren’t specific. Hopefully the IBSF posts something to help clarify.

 

@Dragon to the rescue...?

[Monzanator 4,768]

He was a bob pilot during local Jamaican trials. Never made it onto the Olympics.

 

http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/sports/20200415/ja-bobsledder-dies-coronavirus