PHI2019 188 Posted June 12, 2021 #501 Share Posted June 12, 2021 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,560 Posted June 12, 2021 #502 Share Posted June 12, 2021 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 Monzanator and phelps 1 1 If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlympicIRL 4,770 Posted June 15, 2021 #503 Share Posted June 15, 2021 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 phelps, Giovanni Gianni Cattaneo and Gianlu33 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHI2019 188 Posted June 19, 2021 #504 Share Posted June 19, 2021 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prashanth 157 Posted June 19, 2021 #505 Share Posted June 19, 2021 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. Tokyo - 2020 Go India Go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belle 722 Posted June 19, 2021 #506 Share Posted June 19, 2021 Is this thread for Olympic athletes only? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,267 Posted June 19, 2021 #507 Share Posted June 19, 2021 11 minutes ago, Belle said: Is this thread for Olympic athletes only? not strictly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belle 722 Posted June 19, 2021 #508 Share Posted June 19, 2021 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 Giovanni Gianni Cattaneo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto 4,244 Posted June 26, 2021 #509 Share Posted June 26, 2021 heywoodu and Gianlu33 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto 4,244 Posted July 5, 2021 #510 Share Posted July 5, 2021 https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/blue-jackets-goaltender-matiss-kivlenieks-dies-age-24/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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