website statistics
Jump to content

Athletes Deaths Thread


Dragon
 Share

Recommended Posts

Marián Čišovský (40)  Sydney 2000, Played first 2 matches against :BRA and :JPN . Scored own goal against Brazil at 1:03 in the video

 

A long-term :SVK football representative died today after a six-year struggle with an insidious incurable disease...

 

 

RIP

 

 

 

https://sport.aktuality.sk/c/450809/zomrel-byvaly-slovensky-futbalovy-reprezentant-marian-cisovsky/

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Fuck ALS, seriously.

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

There are apparently five participants of the 1936 Berlin Games still alive. None of them won a medal in 1936 though.

 

:USAJohn Lysak (canoeing)

:JPNEtsuko Komiya (athletics)

:USA Iris Cummings (swimming)

:ITA Elda Cividino (gymnastics)

:CAN Joan Langdon (swimming)

Link to comment
Share on other sites

10 hours ago, mrv86 said:

One of the last, if not the last, survivors from pre WWII Olympics. Also one of the youngest medalists ever.

 

:FRA Noel Vandernotte, Rowing, 1936 Summer Olympics

 

https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1095768/noel-vandernotte-olympics-1936

@Dragon?

 

Apparently not the last, John Lysak is still alive for example.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lysak

 

Too bad this awesome page is all messed up now for some reason:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Canadian_Paul/Olympics

 

At least the first athlete on the list is still listed as alive and competed in 1936.

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

Here's my source:

 

https://acsweb.ucsd.edu/~ptchir/

 

:USAJohn Lysak is the oldest living Olympic Games participant. He will turn 106 years old in August.

 

:SWE Folke Alnevik is the oldest living Summer Oympic medallist (bronze in 4x400 relay 1948). He turned 100 years old on New Year's Eve.

 

:HUN Agnes Keleti is the oldest living Olympic champion. She is actually older than Elda Cividino but only made her Olympic debut in 1952, some 16 years after Cividino.

 

:ITA Celina Seghi is the oldest living Winter Games participant (4th in downhill & combined in St. Moritz 1948). She turned 100 years old in March.

 

:SWE Carl-Erik Asplund is the oldest living Winter Olympic Games medallist (bronze in 10,000 speed skating 1952).

 

:URS Viktor Shuvalov is the oldest living Winter Olympic champion (Ice Hockey center, 5 goals/2 assists in the 1956 Games).

 

Apparently all the medallists from St. Moritz 1948 are no longer alive. The last Oslo 1952 champion passed away in April of last year ( :FIN  Lydia Wideman, gold in 10km cross country).

 

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

7 hours ago, heywoodu said:

@Dragon?

 

Apparently not the last, John Lysak is still alive for example.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lysak

 

Too bad this awesome page is all messed up now for some reason:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Canadian_Paul/Olympics

 

At least the first athlete on the list is still listed as alive and competed in 1936.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Canadian_Paul/Olympics  has been replaced by https://acsweb.ucsd.edu/~ptchir/

Same person runs it.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share

×
×
  • Create New...