Summer Olympic Deaths/Dead Medallists

[The Old Crem 3,606]

3 hours ago, Gisooo said:

 

Abdel Aziz Kabil also known as Mohamed Kabil (Wiki) dead at 96

 

Mentioned also by @arghton in Foreign Personalities thread

Also competed at the 1952 Games. 

[diego 1,990]

Orazio Rancati was born in Morbegno, died aged 83 on October 17, was an Italian footballer who played as a midfielder. He competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics.Played for Internazionale, Parma, Genoa, among other teams

https://www.sondriotoday.it/sport/calcio/morto-orazio-rancati-fc-inter-sondrio-lutto-cordoglio.html

[diego 1,990]

Jorge Guillén was born in Jerez de la Frontera and died at the age of 86 on October 16, he was a Spanish basketball player. He competed in the 1960 Olympics

https://www.elperiodico.com/es/deportes/20231016/muere-jorge-guillen-historico-medico-joventut-selecciones-baloncesto-futbol-93404427

[The Old Crem 3,606]

 

On 10/11/2022 at 12:18, Ulitzer95 said:

Weird coincidence this one. All three surviving winners of the Boston Marathon from the 1950s died in the last few months.

South Korean Ham Kee-yong (wiki) died yesterday, aged 92. He was the 1950 winner.
Japan's Shigeki Tanaka (wiki) died in October, aged 91. He was the 1951 winner.
Finland's Eino Oksanen (wiki) died in August, aged 91. He was the 1959 winner and 1961/1962 winner.

The earliest living now is Belgian Aurèle Vandendriessche (wiki) who is 90 and was the 1963/1964 winner.
 

 

Aurèle Vandendriessche has died aged 91. https://www.vanhoutteghemfunerals.be/rouwberichten/detail/aur-egrave-le-vandendriessche

[Gisooo 3,372]

45 minutes ago, The Old Crem said:

 

 

Aurèle Vandendriessche has died aged 91. https://www.vanhoutteghemfunerals.be/rouwberichten/detail/aur-egrave-le-vandendriessche

 

[The Old Crem 3,606]

27 minutes ago, Gisooo said:

 

I thought it had been posted but when I searched it never showed up bar the post from last year. 
 

 

Is there issues with the search at the moment, 

[Ulitzer95 12,654]

On 27/02/2022 at 13:26, whoismakoto said:

List of known living participants of 1948 London Olympics
 

Olympian	Birth date	Country	Sport	Comment
Adolf Weinacker	29/10/1928	United States	Athletics

 

According to this Facebook post, Adolf Weinacker (wiki) died on September 11, aged 94.

 @whoismakoto, been almost 2 years since your original post. Time for an update to your 1948 list?

[The Old Crem 3,606]

Jon Beare, Canadian rower.who competed at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 games wining bronze in Beijing in the men’s Lightweight Fours has died aged 49. https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/88898

 

Francisc Balla, Romanian wrestler who competed at the 1964 and 1968 games, and medalled at the World and European championships, has died aged 90. Obit (In Romanian).

Carlos Oliveira, Portuguese rower.who competed at the 1972 games has died aged 80. Obit (In Portuguese). 

 

[whoismakoto 328]

On 20/10/2023 at 07:55, Ulitzer95 said:

According to this Facebook post, Adolf Weinacker (wiki) died on September 11, aged 94.

 @whoismakoto, been almost 2 years since your original post. Time for an update to your 1948 list?

Found some more deaths for the 1948 Olympics.

 

Ilse Steinegger (Wiki) dies on 19 October 2023 at the age of 98

 

Lorna Lee (Wiki), someone wrote her date of death but forgot to put a reference so I found one

[Sinbabad 1,124]

10 hours ago, whoismakoto said:

Found some more deaths for the 1948 Olympics.

American swimmer Jackie LaVine, selected in the 4x100 m Freestyle relay in 1948  (she actually did not compete), and bronze medalist in the 4x100 m freestyle relay in 1952, has died aged 93 one year ago on 21 October 2022.

 

I’ve sent a message to Olympedia to inform them.

[Sinbabad 1,124]

Sorry, error. Can the admins please delete this post, if it is possible ?

48 minutes ago, Sinbabad said:

 

[diego 1,990]

On 10/11/2023 at 4:31 PM, Gisooo said:

 

Gordy Giovanelli (Wiki) dead off radar at 97 on Dec 2022

 

Gordy was the oldest living U.S. medalist, a position now held by figure skater Peter Kennedy, born September 4, 1927, who won the silver medal in the pairs event at the 1952 Oslo Games, already the U.S.-born champion. is another figure skater, Dick Button, born on July 18, 1929, who won the men's singles event in 1948 and 1952. In rowing, the Danish Poul Svendsen, born on April 21, 1927, who won bronze in the doubles in the Helsinki Olympic Games in 1952, is now the oldest living Olympic rowing medalist. Italian Giuseppe Moioli, born on August 8, 1927, is the oldest living Olympic rowing champion, having won the coxless four at the 1948 London Games.

[diego 1,990]

On 10/18/2023 at 6:38 AM, The Old Crem said:

 

 

Aurèle Vandendriessche has died aged 91. https://www.vanhoutteghemfunerals.be/rouwberichten/detail/aur-egrave-le-vandendriessche

The Japanese Morio Shigematsu is now the winner of an older edition of the Boston Marathon, he won in 65, he was born on June 21, 1940

[Sinbabad 1,124]

French Olympic fencer Bernard Morel, bronze medalist at the 1952 games in Sabre team, has died aged 98.

[drol 11,954]

On 10/10/2023 at 22:40, Thatcher said:

Mary Lou Retton, American gymnastic and gold medalist at the 1984 LA Olympics, in the ICU suffering from a rare form of pneumonia. 

Mary Lou Retton discharged.

[Ulitzer95 12,654]

Maurice Racca (wiki), French Olympic sport shooter in 1956, dead at 100.

Despite being 100, he was "only" France's third oldest living Olympian.

[Ulitzer95 12,654]

Niels Holst-Sørensen (wiki) dead at 100.

Mentioned several times on the Forum before. He was a sprinter at the 1948 Games, also won gold at the European Championships two years prior. Later became a very successful commander-in-chief in the Royal Danish Air Force, then worked as a military diplomat to NATO.

Yet another 1948 Summer Olympics death. They've been dropping like flies lately.

[diego 1,990]

27 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said:

Niels Holst-Sørensen (wiki) dead at 100.

Mentioned several times on the Forum before. He was a sprinter at the 1948 Games, also won gold at the European Championships two years prior. Later became a very successful commander-in-chief in the Royal Danish Air Force, then worked as a military diplomat to NATO.

Yet another 1948 Summer Olympics death. They've been dropping like flies lately.

He was Denmark's oldest known living athlete, who now happens to be Birte Christoffersen born 28/Mar/1924, She competed in the 3m springboard and 10m platform for Denmark at the 1948 Summer Olympics and for Sweden at the 1956 and 1960 Summer Olympics. She won the bronze medal on the platform in 1948

[The Old Crem 3,606]

1 hour ago, Ulitzer95 said:

Niels Holst-Sørensen (wiki) dead at 100.

Mentioned several times on the Forum before. He was a sprinter at the 1948 Games, also won gold at the European Championships two years prior. Later became a very successful commander-in-chief in the Royal Danish Air Force, then worked as a military diplomat to NATO.

Yet another 1948 Summer Olympics death. They've been dropping like flies lately.

Can’t be too many left at all. 

[Ulitzer95 12,654]

1 hour ago, The Old Crem said:

Can’t be too many left at all. 

95, but no doubt a few of them are already dead off radar. 
 

There’s only one individual still alive from an earlier Olympics. Iris Cummings from the 1936 Games. She’s 103 in December.

[Sinbabad 1,124]

1948 Turkish olympian Mustapha Batman who was listed as alive by Olympedia, actually died in 2004.

Which makes Uner Teoman the last Turkish survivor* from the 1948 Games. She is 91 years old.
 

* There’s a Turkish olympian, A. Tarık Eğrilmez, who doesn’t have a death date, nor a birth date for that matter.

But he competed in art, and art competitors were much older than the athletes, so he’s most likely dead.

Edited October 28, 2023 by Sinbabad

[The Old Crem 3,606]

Henry Ohayon, Israeli cyclist who competed at the 1960 games has died aged 89. Obit (In Hebrew).

[The Old Crem 3,606]

Svetlana Laukhova, Russian Hurdler who competed at the 2000 Games and was later banned for Doping has died aged 50. Obit (In Russian). 

[The Old Crem 3,606]

Franklin Cisneros, El Salvadoran judoka who competed at the 2008 games has died aged 39. Obit (In Spanish)

 

Tomás Barris, Spanish runner who competed at the 1960 games has died aged 93. Obit (In Spanish) 

[diego 1,990]

On 10/24/2023 at 1:35 PM, Ulitzer95 said:

Maurice Racca (wiki), French Olympic sport shooter in 1956, dead at 100.

Despite being 100, he was "only" France's third oldest living Olympian.

He was the oldest known Olympic shooter, who now happens to be Venezuelan Enrique Lucca, born on December 23, 1923, who also participated in the breaststroke event and came in 25th place