Athletes Deaths Thread

[Monzanator 4,498]

Walewska Oliveira (2008 OG champion in volleyball) passed away at the age of 42. Apparently she fell from 15th floor in some hotel

[LuizGuilherme 267]

5 hours ago, Monzanator said:

Walewska Oliveira (2008 OG champion in volleyball) passed away at the age of 42. Apparently she fell from 15th floor in some hotel

It was a suicide =/

[George_D 1,205]

Greek legendary coach Giannis Ioannidis died today

 

 

[Belle 975]

 3 time Olympic champion Agneta Andersson passed away today. She lost her battle with cancer. She was 62 years old. 

 

 

 

https://www.expressen.se/sport/agneta-andersson-dod-blev-62-ar-gammal/

Edited October 8, 2023 by Belle

[Makedonas 2,155]

 Eleni Potari (women's handball) - competed at the 2004 Olympics. Age 41, died of cancer 

[dodge 1,024]

 1980 Olympic bronze medal winner boxer Hugh Russell has passed away aged 63. 
 

Between 1964 and 1992, Ireland only won 3 Olympic medals and Hugh’s bronze in Moscow was one of them - the only boxing medal won in those 6 Olympic Games. 
 

He later went on to be a successful photographer

[vinipereira 3,240]

João Luiz Ribeiro, first brazilian gymnast to compete at the Olympics (finished second to last in the 1980 AA).

He was also part of the team which won our first ever Pan American Games medal in Gymnastics (bronze in 1979).

 

 

[heywoodu 15,135]

Austria's Heinrich Messner, winner of the very first alpine skiing World Cup race ever, has passed away.

[Monzanator 4,498]

  Anfisa Reztsova - Olympic champion in biathlon - passed away at the age of 58.

[Dragon 1,844]

 Sir Bobby Charlton, Manchester Utd and England football legend, died on Saturday 

 Bishen Bedi, one of the great cricketers of the 60s and 70s, died Monday