Summer Olympic Deaths/Dead Medallists

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Here you go Blackie - http://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/update/2013-04-17/last-surviving-1948-olympic-gold-medallist-dies/

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Here you go Blackie - http://www.itv.com/n...medallist-dies/

 

Presumably it is from ITV News (however brief) and should count...

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Here you go Blackie - http://www.itv.com/n...medallist-dies/

 

Presumably it is from ITV News (however brief) and should count...

 

Cheers for all the digging on my behalf here. Not that I'm biased or owt but, Independent Television News is a reputable source, surely.

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Cypriot Commonwealth Games pole valut medallist Marianna Zachariadi

 

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/cyprus-pole-vault-champ-dead-23-185653930.html

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Equestrian 2008 Paralympian Jo Pitt

 

http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/greatly_missed_and_never_forgotten_equestrian_paralympian_jo_pitt_has_died_at_34_1_2179378

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British Gold Medallist Andrew Simpson dies after capsizing in San Fransisco

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-22476320

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Andrew Simpson has been killed after his yacht capsized in San Francisco Bay.

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I am simply stunned and shocked by that news. This is a dark day in tha anals of British sport

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I am simply stunned and shocked by that news. This is a dark day in tha anals of British sport

 

Yes, I'm sure the anals will be gaping for a long time over this one.

 

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Donna Murray

 

a.k.a. Donna Hartley, Donna Hartley-Wass, has died suddenly aged 58. She won double gold at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton and also won a bronze at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow for the 4x400m relay. She was married to the comedian Bobby Knutt.

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Could this have been due to her long term steroid abuse?

She went from a gorgeous super fit athlete to a muscle bound body builder with bigger bollocks than I have and a voice a basement staircase and an underground carpark lower than Barry Whites.

IIRC Bobby Knutt did discuss the issues it caused and, I think, she gave all that up years back, however, it ruins the body.

It was tragic watching her go from a Honey to a fuggin Honey Monster.

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Greek canoeing champion Andreas Kiligkardis

 

http://uk.eurosport....-211033240.html

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Alain Mimoun

 

The 1956 Olympic marathon winner has died aged 92.

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Todd Bennett, former international 400m runner at 51.

 

Shame, had him on my provisional list for 2014...

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Ethiopian marathon runner Meskerem Legesse. Unfortunate.

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2367370/Pregnant-Olympian-Meskerem-Legesse-dies-restaurant-baby-saved.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490

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Paralympian Chris Hallam

 

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/paralympic-pioneer-chris-hallam-dies-170247425.html#dX0zoy8

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Oscar Pistorius' murder trial set for March 2014.

 

regards,

Hein

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Strictly spoken not an Olympic Death but he did make have his 15 minutes of fame during the 2012 London Olympics.

 

 

Mark Sutton, stuntman from London Olympics in 2012, dies in wingsuit jump

 

 

 

He wasn’t a competitor, but Mark Sutton got one of the biggest cheers of the 2012 Olympics.

 

Mr. Sutton, 42, who died Aug. 14 during a wingsuit jump in the Alps, was the skydiver who parachuted, dressed as James Bond, into London’s Olympic Stadium during the opening ceremony, alongside a stuntman garbed as Queen Elizabeth II.

 

It was the punch line to a filmed sequence in which Daniel Craig’s Bond escorted the real queen from Buckingham Palace onto a helicopter — and, for many, the highlight of director Danny Boyle’s ceremony.

 

Swiss police confirmed that Mr. Sutton died when he crashed into a rocky ridge near Trient in the southwestern Valais region. Online extreme sports broadcaster Epic TV said Mr. Sutton was killed during a gathering it had organized involving 20 wingsuit pilots who were filmed as they jumped from helicopters.

 

Wingsuits — aerodynamic jumpsuits that make wearers look like winged superheroes — allow fliers to jump from planes, helicopters and cliffs, soaring for long distances before opening parachutes to land.

 

Recalling the Olympic ceremony, Boyle said Thursday that Mr. Sutton and fellow diver Gary Connery had “made the stadium gasp . . . and left indelible memories for people from all walks of life all over the world.” Mr. Sutton was the tuxedo-clad Bond, and Connery wore a pink dress and wig to play the queen.

 

A former British Army officer with the Gurkha Rifles, Mr. Sutton worked as a derivatives adviser and was an accomplished skydiver. He had worked with Connery on a bid to complete the first jump from an aircraft without a parachute. Mr. Sutton filmed Connery’s successful attempt in May 2012.

 

Valais police, who are investigating the fatal accident, said Mr. Sutton crashed into a mountain ridge and fell to his death after jumping from a helicopter at 10,800 feet.

 

Trey Cook, Epic TV editor in chief, said Mr. Sutton jumped with another diver who was wearing a camera; the moment of impact was not captured.

 

 

 

Edit:

Damn. Forgot the Alain Robert... thread. Already posted.

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This is a big one. Both literally and by merit. Sad news coming from The Netherlands.

 

Dressage horse Bonfire died today at the ripe old age of 30.

He was a five time medal winner at three Olympic events. four times silver and one gold medal.

 

Bonfire (left)

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Trinidad-born Great Britain sprinter McDonald Bailey dies aged 92. He finished 6th in the 100 metres in the 1948 London Olympics but picked up bronze in Helsinki 4 years later. He jointly held the 100m world record for five years, with Jesse Owens and several others.

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Russian wrestling medal hoarder Besik Kudukhov dies in a car crash at 27 - if someone had this as a joker it'd be a huge hit.

 

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/four-times-world-champion-kudukhov-dies-car-crash-134119326--spt.html#B1BkOJD

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Former Olympic athelete Andy Holden

 

http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2014/01/06/tipton-harriers-stalwart-andy-holden-dies-aged-65/

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http://www.cnn.com/2...hi-us-security/

 

US athletes have been told not to wear team colours outside Sochi venues by the State Dept. I get the feeling someone could have cleaned up with a theme team of Us athlete competing at the Winters Olympics this year.

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http://www.cnn.com/2...hi-us-security/

 

US athletes have been told not to wear team colours outside Sochi venues by the State Dept. I get the feeling someone could have cleaned up with a theme team of Us athlete competing at the Winters Olympics this year.

 

But rainbow flags draped around their shoulders is OK?

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British Olympic wrestler, Commonwealth medallist - the wonderfully named Tony Shacklady

 

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/tributes-former-olympic-wrestling-star-6855588