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Deaths of Olympians in December

 

:CUB Miguelina Cobian, 77 - Athletics (1×S)

:YUG Zvonimir Vujin, 76 - Boxing (2×B)

:GBR Mike Lindsay, 81 - Athletics

:SWE Stig Sollander, 93 - Alpine Skiing (1×B)

:NZL Sir Peter Snell, 80 - Athletics (3×G)

:GBR Roger Midgley, 95 - Hockey (1×B)

:CUB Jorge Hernandez, 65 - Boxing (1×G)

:URS  Yuri Belyayev, 85 - Football (1×G)

:FRA Bernard Lefevre, 89 - Football

:GDR Karin Balzer, 71 - Athletics (1×G, 1×B)

:IRI Abdullah Khodabandeh, 83 - Wrestling

:IND Jagdev Singh Rai, 50 - Hockey

:GDR Roland Matthes, 69 - Swimming (4×G, 2×S, 2×B)

:BUL Stefan Angelov, 72 - Wrestling (2×B)

:KEN John Simonian, 84 - Hockey

:ITA Giacomo Bazzan, 69 - Cycling

:ESP Roma Cuyas i Sol, 81 - Administrator

:ISL Vilhjalmur Einarsson, 85 - Athletics (1×S)

:ITA Giovanni Paliaga, 88 - Cycling

 

Peter Snell is probably the most distinguished athlete in this month's list and has been commented on earlier in this thread. There are some other notable individuals. Stig Solander of Sweden was a forerunner of the legendary Ingemar Stenmark and his bronze in the slalom at the 1956 Winter Olympics was his country's first in alpine skiing. Roman Matthes of the former East Germany achieved the double in the men's 100 & 200m backstroke in both 1968 and 1972. Vilhjalmur Einarsson won Iceland's first ever Olympic medal in the men's triple jump in 1956 and one of only four overall to date.

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Holy crap, Kobe Bryant has died in a helicopter crash..

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