The Old Crem 3,605 Posted February 18, 2023 Yvette Monginou, French sprinter who competed at the 1948 and 1952 games has died aged 95. Obit (In French.) Can’t be that many competitors left from 1948 now. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sinbabad 1,124 Posted February 19, 2023 57 minutes ago, The Old Crem said: Can’t be that many competitors left from 1948 now. I recently read that there are about 100 competitors left from 1948. I don’t remember the exact number nor the source. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,745 Posted February 19, 2023 Oldest Olympians with a good list of olympians aged 90+ lists over a hundred, around 124 (out of the 4104), five times more than the amount of living 1948 Winter Olympics competitors (around 25 out of 669). Of course we don't know what happened to, for example, some of the Egyptian water polo players still marked "living" on wikipedia/missing death dates. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sinbabad 1,124 Posted February 19, 2023 Amhed Suat Oyazici, who was part of Turkey’s football squad at the 1960 Games, is dead at 87. He played the whole three games of Turkey as they where knocked out in the first round. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,050 Posted February 20, 2023 Report of the death of US athlete Greg Foster, silver medallist in the 110m hurdles at the 1984 Olympiad: Incredibly successful both in National championships and winning gold three times at the World Championships. Picked last year in the DDP, not this year by the looks of it @Death Impends https://www.derbydeadpool.co.uk/deadpool2022/celebs_F.html#fosterg022 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,605 Posted February 20, 2023 1 hour ago, YoungWillz said: Report of the death of US athlete Greg Foster, silver medallist in the 110m hurdles at the 1984 Olympiad: Incredibly successful both in National championships and winning gold three times at the World Championships. Picked last year in the DDP, not this year by the looks of it @Death Impends https://www.derbydeadpool.co.uk/deadpool2022/celebs_F.html#fosterg022 Another 2022 but not 2023 name dies. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,605 Posted February 21, 2023 Ferenc Jánosi, Hungarian volleyball player who competed at the 1964 games has died aged 84. https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/52416 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,605 Posted February 21, 2023 Jim Savage, New Zealander who won medals in the Shot Put at the 1972 and 1976 Paralympics has died aged 86. Obit 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sinbabad 1,124 Posted February 21, 2023 9 minutes ago, The Old Crem said: Jim Savage, New Zealander who won medals in the Shot Put at the 1972 and 1976 Paralympics has died aged 86. Obit 86 years old for a paralympic athlete, isn’t it unheard of ? A lot of them die quite young from health issues due to their condition Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,605 Posted February 21, 2023 4 minutes ago, Sinbabad said: 86 years old for a paralympic athlete, isn’t it unheard of ? A lot of them die quite young from health issues due to their condition Depends on their condition. For him it was a disability caused by polio so not a condition that he was born with or that comes on possibly naturally. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,745 Posted February 21, 2023 24 minutes ago, Sinbabad said: 86 years old for a paralympic athlete, isn’t it unheard of ? A lot of them die quite young from health issues due to their condition Australian canoeist Max Baldwin is 95 and hasn't been able to use his left leg since around 1929 due to polio. He competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics, four years before the first official Paralympics. Looking at 1960 Paralympic competitors, there's not a lot of info on many of them on Wikipedia or the internet. From Australians Gary Hooper MBE won seven medals 1960-1968 including two gold medals, Men's Wheelchair Dash above T10 in 1964 and Men's 100 m Wheelchair A in 1968. Now 84. Bill Mather-Brown won two silver medals, 1960 and 1968, now 86. Italian Aroldo Ruschioni who won six medals including one gold is as far as I know still alive, now 90/91. Ruschioni in 2021: 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,605 Posted February 23, 2023 Hrvoje Kačić, Croatian water polo player who won silver in 1956 has died aged 91. Obit (In Croatian). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,745 Posted February 24, 2023 Soviet Armenian gymnast, three-time olympic gold medalist Albert Azaryan looks quite frail nowadays Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,605 Posted February 25, 2023 Stanislav Štefkovič, Slovak decathlete, has died aged 93. Obit (In Slovak). Not an Olympian but he tried to compete there. Guremu Demboba, Ethiopian cyclist who competed in 1956 and 1960 has died aged 88. https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/14127 Adam Lisewski, Polish fencer who won a bronze in 1968 in the team foil event has died aged 79. Obit (In Polish). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,605 Posted February 26, 2023 Carl-Åke Ljung, Swedish sprint canoer who competed at the 1956 games has died aged 88. https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/10781 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,641 Posted February 26, 2023 Bob Richards (wiki), American Olympic gold medalist pole vaulter (1948, 1952, 1956), dead according to his son on Facebook. Turned 97 this week. A unique pick in the DDP. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,605 Posted February 27, 2023 38 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said: Bob Richards (wiki), American Olympic gold medalist pole vaulter (1948, 1952, 1956), dead according to his son on Facebook. Turned 97 this week. A unique pick in the DDP. Will be interesting to see if he obits. A few months before I joined here Lindy Remingo didn’t from what I have read. Through Yahoo is now accepted and he is likely to get a fair bit of American coverage. He is the only male to defend an Olympic pole vault title. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,641 Posted February 27, 2023 3 minutes ago, The Old Crem said: Will be interesting to see if he obits. A few months before I joined here Lindy Remingo didn’t from what I have read. Through Yahoo is now accepted and he is likely to get a fair bit of American coverage. He is the only male to defend an Olympic pole vault title. As soon as I got a notification to say you had quoted me I said to myself "I bet he's about to say I wonder if he will obit". You've become very predictable. Hmmm I wonder... well I know... how about we wait and see? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,141 Posted February 27, 2023 2 hours ago, Ulitzer95 said: Bob Richards (wiki), American Olympic gold medalist pole vaulter (1948, 1952, 1956), dead according to his son on Facebook. And that completes my winning hand (a hit in 5 categories) for Scavvy Hunt 4. It was a long wait! 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diego 1,985 Posted February 27, 2023 13 hours ago, Ulitzer95 said: Bob Richards ( wiki ), medalhista de ouro olímpico americano no salto com vara (1948, 1952, 1956), morto de acordo com seu filho no Facebook . Completou 97 anos esta semana. Uma escolha única no DDP. In 1948 he was Bronze, he was also the oldest living Olympic pole vaulting champion (a modality that only US athletes won from 1896 until 1968, in 1972 the German Wolfgang Nordwig won) the oldest pole vaulting Olympic champion now is 1964 champion Fred Hansen Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,972 Posted February 27, 2023 Olympic high-jumper and medal winner Chaunte Lowe has had triple negative breast cancer since 2019 but is "thriving": https://www.shape.com/chaunte-lowe-breast-cancer-7127471 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,605 Posted February 27, 2023 15 minutes ago, gcreptile said: Olympic high-jumper and medal winner Chaunte Lowe has had triple negative breast cancer since 2019 but is "thriving": https://www.shape.com/chaunte-lowe-breast-cancer-7127471 One to watch in the years to come. Her age will mean she has decent DDP Obit chances. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,605 Posted February 28, 2023 Marian Skubacz, polish wrestler who competed at 1988 games has died aged 64. Obit (In Polish). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,605 Posted February 28, 2023 Eduardo Burguete, Spanish modern pentathlete who competed in 1984 has died aged 61. Obit (In Spanish). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,050 Posted March 1, 2023 Report of the death of Phyllis Perkins (nee Green) who competed for GB in the 800m at the 1960 Games: https://athleticsweekly.com/athletics-news/world-record-breaking-middle-distance-runner-phyllis-perkins-dies-1039965643/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
