PHI2019 188 Posted September 1, 2021 #531 Share Posted September 1, 2021 Rafael Hechanova Sr. Basketball player. Competed for the Philippine national team at the 1952 Summer Olympics and the 1951 and 1954 Asian Games. Before his death at 93 years old, he was the oldest living Filipino Olympian. https://www.rappler.com/sports/basketball-hall-famer-rafael-hechanova-dies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHI2019 188 Posted September 1, 2021 #532 Share Posted September 1, 2021 Leopoldo Serantes. Philippines. Won the bronze medal in boxing’s light-flyweight class at the 1988 Summer Olympics. https://www.rappler.com/sports/boxing/olympic-boxing-medalist-leopoldo-serantes-dies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IoNuTzZ 289 Posted September 5, 2021 #533 Share Posted September 5, 2021 Ivan Patzaichin . Won 7 medals at the Olympics (4 golds)between 1968-1984 which is more than any other canoeist has ever achived. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triplecast 110 Posted September 7, 2021 #534 Share Posted September 7, 2021 On 9/5/2021 at 9:31 AM, IoNuTzZ said: Ivan Patzaichin . Won 7 medals at the Olympics (4 golds)between 1968-1984 which is more than any other canoeist has ever achived. Over the years, I have thought about Ivan Patzaichn for an interesting fact - He was one of just 6 men, I believe, who won a gold medal in both 1980 and 1984. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHI2019 188 Posted September 8, 2021 #535 Share Posted September 8, 2021 Josephine Medina. Philippine Paralympian. Winner of a bronze medal in table tennis at the 2016 Paralympics. https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/09/05/21/ppc-chief-barredo-pays-tribute-to-josephine-medina thiago_simoes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHI2019 188 Posted September 14, 2021 #536 Share Posted September 14, 2021 Yuri Sedykh. Soviet Union. Winner of the gold medal in the men’s hammer throw at the 1976 and 1980 Summer Olympics and the silver medal at the 1988 Games. Holder of the world record in the event. https://european-athletics.com/news/world-hammer-record-holder-sedykh-dies-at-the-age-of-66 thepharoah, Monzanator and Griff88 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,504 Posted September 17, 2021 #537 Share Posted September 17, 2021 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...
Agger 1,576 Posted September 18, 2021 #538 Share Posted September 18, 2021 Former cyclist Chris Anker Sørensen died after an accident with a car That one hurts to a lot of fans! OlympicIRL, FancyFenchel and Wumo 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triplecast 110 Posted September 23, 2021 #539 Share Posted September 23, 2021 Juri Tamm Bronze Hammer 1980 and 1988 then 5th Hammer 1992 26th Hammer 1996 First Sedykh, then Tamm 2 of the 3 Hammer medalists in 1980 and 1988 pass away 8 days apart. Orlando Martinez Gold Boxing Bantamweight 1972. also competed 1968 and 1976. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,504 Posted September 23, 2021 #540 Share Posted September 23, 2021 1 hour ago, Triplecast said: Juri Tamm Bronze Hammer 1980 and 1988 then 5th Hammer 1992 26th Hammer 1996First Sedykh, then Tamm 2 of the 3 Hammer medalists in 1980 and 1988 pass away 8 days apart. Orlando Martinez Gold Boxing Bantamweight 1972. also competed 1968 and 1976. And only three years or so after the other medalist of both those Games, Litvinov. 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...
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