Perhaps 1,423 Posted August 15, 2022 British Paralympian Erin Kennedy (wiki) diagnosed with breast cancer 3 months ago, recently had 2 rounds of chemotherapy. BBC 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,947 Posted August 21, 2022 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. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dead Wait 1,139 Posted August 21, 2022 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….. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,345 Posted August 21, 2022 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. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,197 Posted September 2, 2022 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/ 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jcc 228 Posted September 3, 2022 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! 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
justonecornetto 950 Posted September 3, 2022 Moldovan swimmer Yuri Bashkatov, Olympic silver medallist at 1988 and 1992 games, dead at 54 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,602 Posted September 16, 2022 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. 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,739 Posted September 19, 2022 Mustafa Dağıstanlı, Turkish two-time Freestyle Wrestling Olympic gold medalist dead at 91. Scavenger Hunt IV and Knockout Derby pick. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,582 Posted September 30, 2022 Yuri Zaitisev Russian Gold medal weightlifter (Montreal 1976) dead at 71 (Not a Scavenger Hunt Pick) 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,602 Posted September 30, 2022 Rafael Chimiskyan, Soviet weightlifting Gold medallist from Helsinki '52, has died aged 93. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,046 Posted October 7, 2022 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 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Immortal 634 Posted October 12, 2022 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/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,602 Posted October 15, 2022 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. 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,621 Posted November 2, 2022 Wilson Kiprugut (wiki), first Kenyan to win an Olympic medal, dead at 84. He competed in the 800metres. 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,046 Posted November 2, 2022 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. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,046 Posted November 2, 2022 Ninja'ed. Leaving mine up though, I like the detail. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,621 Posted November 2, 2022 1 minute ago, YoungWillz said: Ninja'ed. Leaving mine up though, I like the detail. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diego 1,985 Posted November 23, 2022 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 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diego 1,985 Posted November 24, 2022 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 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,046 Posted November 24, 2022 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 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diego 1,985 Posted November 28, 2022 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/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted November 29, 2022 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: 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted November 29, 2022 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 Quote 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diego 1,985 Posted December 2, 2022 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 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
