hckošice 13,258 Posted January 27, 2021 #451 Share Posted January 27, 2021 35 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said: Not an athlete, but felt this was worth posting. I already mentioned it in the football thread. but thanks to posting it also here. Really sad news. He was great person, very humble, polite and so intelligent. He was nicknamed "the Gentleman" Enormous legend of our football is gone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHSN 3,221 Posted January 28, 2021 #452 Share Posted January 28, 2021 Mehrdad Minavand former Iran national football team player who played at the 1998 FIFA World Cup died today from COVID 19 at the age of 45. he was quite famous here like every other player from that 1998 team. he got married only 2 months ago thepharoah and hckošice 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monzanator 3,595 Posted February 1, 2021 #453 Share Posted February 1, 2021 Ryszard Szurkowski - the most famous Polish cyclist in history - passed away at the age of 75 today. Double Olympic TTT silver medallist, 1973 amateur World Champion & 4 time winner of the Peace Race. rafalgorka 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickyc707 305 Posted February 1, 2021 #454 Share Posted February 1, 2021 Deaths of Olympians in January. Pablo Hernandez, 80 - Cycling Harald Maartmann, 94 - Cross-country skiing Naohiro Ikeda, 80 - Volleyball (1×G, 1×S) Andras Haan, 74 - Basketball & Sailing Nghlhav Mehtabs Singh, 72 - Boxing William Windham, 94 - Rowing Mikhail Zhelev, 77 - Athletics John Land, 82 - Hockey Elanga Buala, 56 - Athletics Vladimir Kiselyov, 64 - Athletics (1×G) Jose Mendez, 83 - Rowing Bill Nankeville, 95 - Athletics Mehdi Attar-Ashrafi, 72 - Weightlifting Bruno Ghedina, 77 - Ice Hockey Kathleen Heddle, 55 - Rowing (3×G, 1×B) David Khakhaleishvili, 49 - Wrestling (1×G) Paul Kolliker, 88 - Rowing Wim de Graaff, 89 - Speed skating Alvarez Mejia, 80 - Athletics Bernd Kannenberg, 78 - Athletics (1×G) Nelson Nieves, 86 - Fencing Cliff Burvill, 83 - Cycling Jose Luis Caballero, 65 - Football Simon Crosse, 90 - Rowing Leonidas Pelekanakis, 58 - Sailing Melanio Asensio, 84 - Athletics Muriel Grossfeld, 80 - Gymnastics Carlos Burga, 68 - Boxing Thorsten Johansson, 70 - Athletics Louis Giani, 86 - Wrestling Danial Jahic, 41 - Athletics Giovanni Zucchi, 89 - Rowing (1×B) Jerry Kiernan, 67 - Athletics Anthony Mwamba, 60 - Boxing Ricardo Durao, 92 - Modern Pentathlon Gianfranco Lombardi, 79 - Basketball Raimo Suikkanen, 78 - Cycling Marius van Heerden, 46 - Athletics Sylvanus Blackman, 87 - Weightlifting Abukari Gariba, 81 - Football Harry Perry, 86 - Boxing Nikolay Chebotko, 38 - Cross-country skiing Jaoid Chiguer, 35 - Boxing Margitta Gummel, 79 - Athletics (1×G, 1×S) Gert Blome, 86 - Ice Hockey (1×S) Flavio Alfaro, 59 - Baseball Rafael Heredia, 84 - Basketball Jozsef Csatari, 77 - Wrestling (2×B) Alejandro Gomez, 53 - Athletics I think I'm not taking too much of a gamble by suggesting that Andras Haan of Hungary is the only athlete to compete in both sailing and basketball at the Olympics. A late reported death. Bunki Bankaitis-Davis, 63 - Cycling hckošice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHSN 3,221 Posted February 3, 2021 #455 Share Posted February 3, 2021 On 28/01/2021 at 03:35, MHSN said: Mehrdad Minavand former Iran national football team player who played at the 1998 FIFA World Cup died today from COVID 19 at the age of 45. he was quite famous here like every other player from that 1998 team. he got married only 2 months ago and another footballer from that generation just joined him today, Ali Ansarian died from COVID 19 at the age of 43. not a World Cup player but still very famous and popular because of his club achievements (and also his later career as an actor and a TV host). both guys were at the same TV/internet live show few weeks ago and both got infected there. thepharoah 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian1010 7,477 Posted February 7, 2021 #456 Share Posted February 7, 2021 “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...
phelps 6,862 Posted February 7, 2021 #457 Share Posted February 7, 2021 Leon Spinks, Montreal 1976 Boxing Olympic Champion in the Light Heavyweight class and former Pro Heavyweight undisputed world champion, dies at 67 because of a cancer... https://www.cbssports.com/boxing/news/former-heavyweight-champion-leon-spinks-dies-at-67-after-lengthy-cancer-battle/ R.I.P. thepharoah 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thepharoah 2,287 Posted February 15, 2021 #458 Share Posted February 15, 2021 Leopolde luque another Argentinan football icon has died today cuz of Corona at age of 71 , he scored some crucial goals for Argentina in 1978 WC which they won and was 1975 Copa America top scorer, RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,179 Posted February 16, 2021 #459 Share Posted February 16, 2021 Eva Maria Pracht Daughter of one Josef Neckermann, and an anchor of the Canada Seoul 1988 bronze medal team (even though she was the discard score). https://www.eurodressage.com/2021/02/16/eva-maria-pracht-passed-away #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian1010 7,477 Posted February 18, 2021 #460 Share Posted February 18, 2021 “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...
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