Nickyc707 305 Posted January 4, 2020 #171 Share Posted January 4, 2020 (edited) Deaths of Olympians in December Miguelina Cobian, 77 - Athletics (1×S) Zvonimir Vujin, 76 - Boxing (2×B) Mike Lindsay, 81 - Athletics Stig Sollander, 93 - Alpine Skiing (1×B) Sir Peter Snell, 80 - Athletics (3×G) Roger Midgley, 95 - Hockey (1×B) Jorge Hernandez, 65 - Boxing (1×G) Yuri Belyayev, 85 - Football (1×G) Bernard Lefevre, 89 - Football Karin Balzer, 71 - Athletics (1×G, 1×B) Abdullah Khodabandeh, 83 - Wrestling Jagdev Singh Rai, 50 - Hockey Roland Matthes, 69 - Swimming (4×G, 2×S, 2×B) Stefan Angelov, 72 - Wrestling (2×B) John Simonian, 84 - Hockey Giacomo Bazzan, 69 - Cycling Roma Cuyas i Sol, 81 - Administrator Vilhjalmur Einarsson, 85 - Athletics (1×S) 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. Edited January 4, 2020 by Nickyc707 Gianlu33 and Olympian1010 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto 4,202 Posted January 12, 2020 #172 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Harvey Reti cbc.ca/news/canada/north/harvey-reti-boxer-obit-1.5423794 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrv86 2,923 Posted January 14, 2020 #173 Share Posted January 14, 2020 Carlos Girón, 65, pneumonia. Diving, 1972/1976/1980/1984 Summer Olympics Silver medal, 3m Springboard, 1980 Summer Olympics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EselTheDonkey 657 Posted January 21, 2020 #174 Share Posted January 21, 2020 Sophie Kratzer, Ice hockey player who participated in Sochi 2014. She died of cancer, only 30 years old. Olympian1010, Belle, hckošice and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gianlu33 3,570 Posted January 26, 2020 #175 Share Posted January 26, 2020 This is a total tragedy Kobe Bryant is apparently dead TomJa, Wumo, MHSN and 9 others 8 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zob79 121 Posted January 26, 2020 #176 Share Posted January 26, 2020 6 minutes ago, Gianlu33 said: This is a total tragedy Kobe Bryant is apparently dead https://www.tmz.com/2020/01/26/kobe-bryant-killed-dead-helicopter-crash-in-calabasas/ RIP Kobe...such a drama Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,540 Posted January 26, 2020 #177 Share Posted January 26, 2020 Holy crap, Kobe Bryant has died in a helicopter crash.. thepharoah and Gianlu33 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...
rybak 2,684 Posted January 26, 2020 #178 Share Posted January 26, 2020 And it's confirmed Gianlu33 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thepharoah 2,284 Posted January 26, 2020 #179 Share Posted January 26, 2020 that's really really sad news , RIP Legend IS IT 100 % confirmed or still ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crovitlaci 177 Posted January 26, 2020 #180 Share Posted January 26, 2020 My favorite player back in the days, I still can't believe it... RIP Kobe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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