Athletes Deaths Thread

[PHI2019 262]

Italian Middle Distance Ace Paolo Pigni. Age 75. Winner of the bronze medal at 1,500 meters at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.

 

Italian middle distance great Pigni dies | World Athletics

[heywoodu 15,174]

Soviet/Belarussian speed skating legend Igor The Bear from Minsk Zhelezovski, six time sprint world champion between 1985 and 1993, has passed away aged 58  

[OlympicIRL 5,532]

 2008 Olympic doubles champion Marcos Kido has died aged 36. He collapsed while playing a match, so sad 

 

https://www.kompas.com/badminton/read/2021/06/14/20285208/breaking-news-markis-kido-meninggal-dunia

 

https://www.google.ie/amp/s/malaysia.news.yahoo.com/amphtml/badminton-indonesian-doubles-star-kido-144457105.html

[PHI2019 262]

Milkha Singh: India's 'Flying Sikh' dies from Covid

 

One of India's greatest athletes, Milkha Singh, has died from Covid-related complications, aged 91.

 

Popularly known as "the Flying Sikh", Singh won four Asian gold medals and finished fourth in the 400m final at the 1960 Rome Olympics.

 

Milkha Singh: India's 'Flying Sikh' dies from Covid - BBC News

[Prashanth 176]

18 minutes ago, PHI2019 said:

Milkha Singh: India's 'Flying Sikh' dies from Covid

 

One of India's greatest athletes, Milkha Singh, has died from Covid-related complications, aged 91.

 

Popularly known as "the Flying Sikh", Singh won four Asian gold medals and finished fourth in the 400m final at the 1960 Rome Olympics.

 

Milkha Singh: India's 'Flying Sikh' dies from Covid - BBC News

RIP legend of Indian athletics and truly the sports icon of India.

[Belle 977]

Is this thread for Olympic athletes only? 

[hckošice 14,906]

11 minutes ago, Belle said:

Is this thread for Olympic athletes only? 

not strictly.

[Belle 977]

SWEDEN: Sara Wedlund( finalist and 11th place in Athletics 5000m in Atlanta 1996) died 11th June at a age of 45. The cause of death is unknown for us but she had Anorexia. She battle it for a long time even when she was active. 

 

https://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/a/lEB25o/sara-wedlund-dod--blev-45-ar-gammal

 

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https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/blue-jackets-goaltender-matiss-kivlenieks-dies-age-24/