Athletes Deaths Thread

[heywoodu 16,004]

 

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[vinipereira 3,460]

Ian Matos (Diving), 2016 Olympian.

 

 

[ChandlerMne 1,204]

Some of older Totallympics users will remember great Vadim Khamuttskikh who sadly passed away. He was a great player, 3x olympics medalist.

https://worldofvolley.com/latest_news/russia/306851/in-memoriam-former-captain-of-russia-national-team-khamuttskikh-dies-at-age-of-52.html

[Monzanator 4,768]

3x Olympic champion in triple jump Viktor Saneyev passed away at the age of 76.

 

https://sputnik-georgia.ru/20220103/umer-legendarnyy-viktor-saneev-263340843.html

[dcro 10,210]

 Wolfgang Mueller

 

Multiple championship medalist before GDR decided to pull the plug in dressage in order to fully focus on their new "sport strategy".

 

[Dunadan 1,103]

Cristian Ghilli, 19 yo, 3x European and 2x world champion in junior skeet (https://www.issf-sports.org/athletes/athlete.ashx?personissfid=SHITAM0705200201).

Apparently he shot himself by accident while hunting.

[Grassmarket 4,030]

6 hours ago, Dunadan said:

Cristian Ghilli, 19 yo, 3x European and 2x world champion in junior skeet (https://www.issf-sports.org/athletes/athlete.ashx?personissfid=SHITAM0705200201).

Apparently he shot himself by accident while hunting.

More on that story.  Most commentators a bit sceptical about the explanation.

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10379145/Italian-junior-shooting-champion-19-dies-accidentally-shooting-stomach.html

[intoronto 6,409]

Amanda Asay, only 33, silver medalist in women's baseball at the 2015 Pan American Games (the first and only time women's baseball has been held at a major MSE).

 

https://www.baseball.ca/?alias=baseball-canada-mourns-the-passing-of-amanda-asay&lang=english

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