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20 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Do you have a list of 2016 Olympians who have died?

Only the ones that have died this year so far.

 

:ETH Abadi Hadis, 22 - Athletics (long term illness)

:ARG Braian Toledo, 26 - Athletics (traffic accident)

:FIN Vesa Tornroos, 37 - Shooting (cancer)

 

I could probably provide you with information for the intervening years but you may have to wait a week or two as I am fairly busy at the moment.

 

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14 minutes ago, Nickyc707 said:

Only the ones that have died this year so far.

 

:ETH Abadi Hadis, 22 - Athletics (long term illness)

:ARG Braian Toledo, 26 - Athletics (traffic accident)

:FIN Vesa Tornroos, 37 - Shooting (cancer)

 

I could probably provide you with information for the intervening years but you may have to wait a week or two as I am fairly busy at the moment.

 

 

That would be interesting, but it's obviously not something for which I'm in a hurry. If you could at some point post it, I'd be very grateful!

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!

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American bobsledder Pavle Jovanovic - who was succesful as part of Steven Holcomb's crew, and at the end had a few less succesfull appearances for Serbia as well - has ended his life at the age of only 43, as announced by his former teammate Steven Mesler.

 

 

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!

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Austria's Johanna Bassani who won a silver medal in the Nordic Combined Mixed Team event at this year's Winter Youth Olympic Games has been found dead just a few weeks after her 18th birthday.

 

https://www.web24.news/u/2020/05/great-hope-of-austrian-skiing-found-dead.html

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Pavle Jovanovic :USA - Bobsled. He took his own life on May 3. He was a competitor at the 2006 Winter Olympics. 
 

More info: https://www.ibsf.org/en/news/8-bobsleigh/21704-bobsleigh-community-mourns-world-championships-bronze-medallist-pavle-jovanovic

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1 hour ago, Olympian1010 said:

Pavle Jovanovic :USA - Bobsled. He took his own life on May 3. He was a competitor at the 2006 Winter Olympics. 
 

More info: https://www.ibsf.org/en/news/8-bobsleigh/21704-bobsleigh-community-mourns-world-championships-bronze-medallist-pavle-jovanovic

 

And a pretty strong testimonial about him from a former teammate is two posts above here. Very open and honest, both about the highs and the lows.

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!

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