Athletes Deaths Thread

[Speedy 99]

 Daniela Larreal - five time olympian in track cycling has passed away at the age of 50. Probably she choked on food.

[Monzanator 4,768]

Trude Dybendahl (cross country skiing) passed away at the age of 58.

[heywoodu 16,000]

Sven-Göran Eriksson (football coach).

https://totallympics.com/forums/topic/26064-football-2024-discussion-thread/?do=findComment&comment=671408

[ChandlerMne 1,202]

I liked Eriksson's style a lot.

Was real gentleman on field.

RIP

[Triplecast 168]

George Rhoden, Jamaica, age 92, passed away on Saturday 8/24.  He was the 1952 gold medalist in the 400 m and 4x400 m relay.

 

https://x.com/tvjnewscentre/status/1828158074898522311?s=61&t=eydjQCck_0k3skfK8nEPeg

[Dragon 2,026]

13 hours ago, Triplecast said:

George Rhoden, Jamaica, age 92, passed away on Saturday 8/24.  He was the 1952 gold medalist in the 400 m and 4x400 m relay.

 

https://x.com/tvjnewscentre/status/1828158074898522311?s=61&t=eydjQCck_0k3skfK8nEPeg

Only 2 gold medalists in track and field left from 1952 now.

Marjorie Jackson is 92, Barbara Jones is 87

[Triplecast 168]

14 hours ago, Triplecast said:

George Rhoden, Jamaica, age 92, passed away on Saturday 8/24.  He was the 1952 gold medalist in the 400 m and 4x400 m relay.

 

https://x.com/tvjnewscentre/status/1828158074898522311?s=61&t=eydjQCck_0k3skfK8nEPeg

 

40 minutes ago, Dragon said:

Only 2 gold medalists in track and field left from 1952 now.

Marjorie Jackson is 92, Barbara Jones is 87

I made a mistake on George Rhoden's age.  He was actually 97.  The first thing I saw about it said 92.

[NMQ 243]

🇺🇾 Juan Izquierdo, 27, football player from Nacional. He had an arrythmia in the end of the match against Sao Paulo in Copa Libertadores, then cardiac arrest and brain damage before death. Shocking news, the saddest part is that he has two little kids and the younger one was born a couple days ago. 

 

https://x.com/Nacional/status/1828606877048950830

[Illya 585]

I don't want to start writing at this topics, but unfortunately Iryna Glibko, who was our captain and leader in women's handball team, died at age 34 due to oncology. 

 

I always joked that if we could clone Glibko 5 or 6 times, we will be at the top-level competitions, she was so strong and so sunny..... I missed her so much, hope she's in the better place now 😭

[copravolley 498]

I would like to believe that after one life comes another.