Summer Olympic Deaths/Dead Medallists

[Perhaps 1,423]

British Paralympian Erin Kennedy (wiki) diagnosed with breast cancer 3 months ago, recently had 2 rounds of chemotherapy.

 

BBC

[drol 11,923]

On 14/08/2022 at 20:58, drol said:

Now Alberto adds dengue on top of that.

Alberto Juantorena out of ICU.

 

Just not this time.

[Dead Wait 1,129]

https://metro.co.uk/2022/08/21/british-decathlete-ben-gregory-in-coma-after-bike-crash-17219749/
 

Team GB athlete Ben Gregory fights for his life…..

[Gooseberry Crumble 5,337]

2 hours ago, Dead Wait said:

https://metro.co.uk/2022/08/21/british-decathlete-ben-gregory-in-coma-after-bike-crash-17219749/
 

Team GB athlete Ben Gregory fights for his life…..

Awful. Really hope he pulls through. 

[Octopus of Odstock 2,186]

John Mulhall, who represented Britain twice at the Summer Olympics in 1960 and 1964 in Gymnastics died on the 6th August.

 

https://www.welshgymnastics.org/news/2022/08/15/john-mulhall/

[jcc 228]

3 time Olympian and two time silver medalist, American shot putter George Woods dead at 79. Missed out on the gold in '72 by 1cm!

[justonecornetto 948]

Moldovan swimmer Yuri Bashkatov, Olympic silver medallist at 1988 and 1992 games, dead at 54

[time 8,595]

Brian Hewson, British athlete who won 1500m European Gold in 1958, as well as two commonwealth silvers, has died aged 89. He was alsoleading in the 1956 1500m final but got passed by four fellow competitors on the final straight. His 1960 Olympic was hampered nby an injury prior to the Games.

 

he's also remembered as one of the earliest runners to break 4 minutes for the mile, though could only finish third; prior to that race only Bannister and Landy had broken 4 minutes.

[arghton 6,698]

Mustafa Dağıstanlı, Turkish two-time Freestyle Wrestling Olympic gold medalist dead at 91. Scavenger Hunt IV and Knockout Derby pick.

[Bibliogryphon 9,571]

Yuri Zaitisev Russian Gold medal weightlifter (Montreal 1976) dead at 71 (Not a Scavenger Hunt Pick)

[time 8,595]

Rafael Chimiskyan, Soviet weightlifting Gold medallist from Helsinki '52, has died aged 93.

[YoungWillz 21,031]

Death notice for R Angus McKenzie, who represented GB at the 1960 Olympics as part of the men's foil fencing team, finishing 5th equal in that event: http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/259824/mckenzie

[The Immortal 634]

Reports that Aussie swimmer Allan Wood is dead, won Bronze in the 1960 and 1964 Olympics in the 400m and 1500m freestyle events. https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/obituary-australias-rome-and-tokyo-olympic-bronze-medallist-allan-wood-passes-away-on-the-gold-coast-aged-79/

[time 8,595]

US Olympic shotputter, Bill Nieder reportedly dead aged 89. He won Bronze in 1956, and Gold in 1960. He also set three world records, including the first ever put beyond 20 metres. He tried boxing after his track career, but in his first competitive bout was knocked out and immediately quit the sport. Post retirement, he worked for 3M, developing artificial tracks and selling the first ever synthetic Olympic track to the 1968 Olympic organisers.

 

In 2011, it was reported that, aged 77, he helped subdue a passenger attempting to gain access to the cockpit during a flight.

 

Doesn't appear to be a Scavenger hunt pick.

[Ulitzer95 12,582]

Wilson Kiprugut (wiki), first Kenyan to win an Olympic medal, dead at 84.

He competed in the 800metres.

[YoungWillz 21,031]

Wilson Kiprugut, who won Kenya's first ever Olympic medal (Bronze, 800m) in 1964, being reported dead aged 84: https://nation.africa/kenya/sports/athletics/kenya-first-olympic-medallist-wilson-kiprugut-chumo-is-dead-4005542

 

He backed that up with a Silver in the same event 4 years later.

[YoungWillz 21,031]

Ninja'ed.

 

Leaving mine up though, I like the detail. 

[Ulitzer95 12,582]

1 minute ago, YoungWillz said:

Ninja'ed.

 

Leaving mine up though, I like the detail. 

[diego 1,980]

Jurgen Noeldner, bronze medalist in football for East Germany in 1964, died on 11/21 at the age of 81 He scored 16 goals in 30 games for the national team between 1960 and 1969

https://www.kicker.de/als-fussballer-begnadet-als-mensch-bescheiden-zum-tod-von-juergen-noeldner-926664/artikel#omrss

[diego 1,980]

 Enrique Rodriguez died on 11/23 at the age of 71, bronze medalist in light flyweight boxing (-48kg) in 72, being Spain's only medal in those Olympics, in 76 he returned to the Olympics and carried the flag at the opening ceremony ,but he fell in the first fight, he also won bronze at the 1974 World Cup in Havana

https://www.marca.com/boxeo/2022/11/23/637df9f846163f31158b460c.html

[YoungWillz 21,031]

Obituary for prolific Scottish sprinter Les Piggot, who competed for GB at the 1972 Olympics. His obituary seems to confirm he also participated as a member of the sprint relay squad in 1968. https://www.scotsman.com/news/people/scotsman-obituaries-les-piggot-scottish-sprinter-who-competed-in-olympics-3928657

[diego 1,980]

Died Gábor Csapó, former Hungarian water polo player, Olympic champion in 1976 and bronze in 1980, died age of 72 years  of respiratory failure, of the 12 members of the winning team, is the 4th to die, including the coach

https://24.hu/sport/2022/11/27/meghalt-csapo-gabor-vizilabda/

[alt obits guy 3,371]

On 27/02/2022 at 08:26, whoismakoto said:

List of known living participants of 1948 London Olympics

Olympian	Birth date	Country	Sport
Murray Waxman	10/07/1925	Canada	Basketball

 

 

Murray Waxman has died.

https://www.paperman.com/en/funerals/2022-11-29-murray-waxman

 

On 27/02/2022 at 08:26, whoismakoto said:

 

 

 

 

[alt obits guy 3,371]

On 27/02/2022 at 08:26, whoismakoto said:

List of known living participants of 1948 London Olympics

Olympian	Birth date	Country	Sport
Murray Waxman	10/07/1925	Canada	Basketball

 

Murray Waxman has died.

https://www.paperman.com/en/funerals/2022-11-29-murray-waxman

 

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[diego 1,980]

Ercole Baldini no longer breathes, he was Olympic champion in 1956 in road cycling, the Italian died at the age of 89, there is no champion alive before 1958
 of the modality (now the champion for the longest time is his compatriot Mário Zanin, champion in 1964, he is 82 years old) and the first of 5 Italians to be champion in that event, (the last was Paolo Bettini in 2004), also champion of the Giro d´Itália in 1958, in which he was also the winner who won the title the longest, a position now occupied by also Italian Franco Balmamion, 82 years old, champion in 62 and 63
In 1958 he was world champion in road racing too, and he was the longest-lived, although in 1959 André Darrigade of France was champion and was still alive at 93
years, but in terms of being champion for the longest time it was the Italian

https://www.terra.com.br/esportes/lenda-do-ciclismo-italiano-ercole-baldini-morre-aos-89-anos,970c86c09d69b2e9e9a86512089feb473rr44nw6.html