Dolby 712 Posted January 27, 2020 #211 Share Posted January 27, 2020 As someone who started watching basketball during the Shaq-Kobe era, who has been a Laker fan ever since, I am devastated at this tragedy. For me, Kobe is not about the points scored or championships won but about what can be achieved through sheer hard work and perseverance. Apart from being one of the best players of the game, he was also an excellent student of the game. I am sure he would have been an amazing coach in the future as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickyc707 305 Posted February 2, 2020 #212 Share Posted February 2, 2020 Deaths of Olympians in January Aleksandr Manechinsky, 61 - Swimming Roman Monchenko, 55 - Rowing (1×B) Harvey Reti, 82 - Boxing Bill Hobbs, 70 - Rowing (1×S) Charles Oguk, 55 - Hockey Mike Wheeler, 84 - Athletics (1×B) Jaime Monzo, 73 - Swimming Karl Saitl, 95 - Weightlifting Bergljot Sandvik-Johansen, 97 - Gymnastics Guido Messina, 89 - Cycling (1×G) Maurice Moucheraud, 86 - Cycling (1×G) Carlos Giron, 65 - Diving (1×S) Sophie Kratzer, 30 - Ice Hockey Rhona Wurtele, 97 - Alpine Skiing Kazim Ayvaz, 81 - Wrestling (1×G) Larry Amar, 47 - Hockey Robert Archibald, 39 - Basketball Duje Bonacic, 90 - Rowing (1×G) Kobe Bryant, 41 -Basketball (2×G) Jos Bernard, 95 - Gymnastics Mike Dancis, 80 - Basketball Blagoja Georgievski, 69 - Basketball (1×S) Kobe Bryant's sad death has been discussed widely in this thread and he is one of three athletes who passed away this month who competed at the Games within the past decade Robert Archibald (39) competed at the 2012 Olympics, while Sophie Kratzer (30) who sadly died of cancer took part in the 2014 Games. Among the other athletes who died in January perhaps the most notable was Guido Messina of Italy who won a gold medal in cycling's team pursuit in 1952. He was the individual pursuit world champion five times between 1948 and 1956, but unfortunately had retired by the time this event was introduced into the Olympic programme in 1964. There have been a number of deaths in the past year of champions from the last Games to be held in Tokyo in 1964. The most recent is Kazim Ayvaz of Turkey who won the gold medal in the lightweight division of the Greco-Roman wrestling. hckošice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian1010 7,418 Posted February 2, 2020 #213 Share Posted February 2, 2020 1 hour ago, Nickyc707 said: Deaths of Olympians in January Aleksandr Manechinsky, 61 - Swimming Roman Monchenko, 55 - Rowing (1×B) Harvey Reti, 82 - Boxing Bill Hobbs, 70 - Rowing (1×S) Charles Oguk, 55 - Hockey Mike Wheeler, 84 - Athletics (1×B) Jaime Monzo, 73 - Swimming Karl Saitl, 95 - Weightlifting Bergljot Sandvik-Johansen, 97 - Gymnastics Guido Messina, 89 - Cycling (1×G) Maurice Moucheraud, 86 - Cycling (1×G) Carlos Giron, 65 - Diving (1×S) Sophie Kratzer, 30 - Ice Hockey Rhona Wurtele, 97 - Alpine Skiing Kazim Ayvaz, 81 - Wrestling (1×G) Larry Amar, 47 - Hockey Robert Archibald, 39 - Basketball Duje Bonacic, 90 - Rowing (1×G) Kobe Bryant, 41 -Basketball (2×G) Jos Bernard, 95 - Gymnastics Mike Dancis, 80 - Basketball Blagoja Georgievski, 69 - Basketball (1×S) Kobe Bryant's sad death has been discussed widely in this thread and he is one of three athletes who passed away this month who competed at the Games within the past decade Robert Archibald (39) competed at the 2012 Olympics, while Sophie Kratzer (30) who sadly died of cancer took part in the 2014 Games. Among the other athletes who died in January perhaps the most notable was Guido Messina of Italy who won a gold medal in cycling's team pursuit in 1952. He was the individual pursuit world champion five times between 1948 and 1956, but unfortunately had retired by the time this event was introduced into the Olympic programme in 1964. There have been a number of deaths in the past year of champions from the last Games to be held in Tokyo in 1964. The most recent is Kazim Ayvaz of Turkey who won the gold medal in the lightweight division of the Greco-Roman wrestling. Man, three athletes from the last 5 Olympics, January was a rather shit my month, and I think we can all agree on that. “Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyjgt 2 Posted February 4, 2020 #214 Share Posted February 4, 2020 Didn't compete in an OG, but set the Soviet record in an event where the USSR regularly won medals. Volodymyr (Vladimir) Inozemtsev, 25 May 1964 - 4 Feb 2020. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,504 Posted February 5, 2020 #215 Share Posted February 5, 2020 Abadi Hadis of Ethiopia, only 22 years old. Placed 15th in the Olympic 10k in 2016 and won bronze at the 2017 cross-country worlds. https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/other-sports/athletics/abadi-hadis-dead-ethiopian-long-21435004 Apparently he had been sick for several months already Wumo and hckošice 2 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...
hckošice 13,133 Posted February 6, 2020 #216 Share Posted February 6, 2020 Alexander Skvortsov (65) 1984 Olympic Champion, 1980 Silver medalist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjunior 10 Posted February 13, 2020 #217 Share Posted February 13, 2020 Wichmann Tamás (72) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamás_Wichmann Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monzanator 3,569 Posted February 24, 2020 #218 Share Posted February 24, 2020 (edited) Jan Kowalczyk passed away at the age of 79 today. Still the only Polish Olympic gold medal winner in equestrian. Edited February 24, 2020 by Monzanator dcro 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,172 Posted February 24, 2020 #219 Share Posted February 24, 2020 There are some wonderful stories from the 1980 equestrian games. Including, but not limited to, some Bulgarian and Romanian riders getting medals despite scoring 0s for piaffe (meaning, they didn't even bother to try to execute it ). #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDOG 2,181 Posted February 27, 2020 #220 Share Posted February 27, 2020 Braian Toledo javelin thrower (2012, 2016), died today in a motorcycle accident. thepharoah, hckošice, Wumo and 4 others 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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