Summer Olympic Deaths/Dead Medallists

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Finnish athlete Kari Rakhamo and former mayor of Helsinki from 1991 to 1996, has died aged 90. He competed in triple jump at the 1956 and 1960 Games.

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Pavel Kantorek, Czechoslovakian marathon runner who competed in the 1956, 1960 and 1964 games has died aged 93. https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/76637

 

Fred van Dorp, Dutch Water Polo player who competed at the 1960, 1964 and 1968 games and was his country’s opening and closing ceremonies flag bearer at the 1968 games has died aged 85. Obit  (In Dutch). 
 

Stuart Jardine, British sailor who competed at the 1968 and 1972 games has died aged 90. https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/62473

 

[Sinbabad 1,124]

French cyclist Pierre Michel, who competed in the 1952 Games, has died 6 days before his 94th birthday.

[YoungWillz 21,050]

Team GB mixed skeet shooter at the 1976 Games Brian Hebditch dies after a nasty accident: https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/crime/family-pay-tribute-to-olympian-anthony-brian-hebditch-who-died-after-being-hit-by-lorry-in-titchfield-4409300

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Francis Agbo, French high jumper who competed at the 1980 Games  has died aged 65. Obit (In French). 
 

Hugo Chamberlain, Costa Rican shooter who competed at the 1968, 1972 and 1976 games has died aged 88. Obit

 

Ignacio Poletti, Argentine basketball player who competed at the 1952 Games has died aged 93. Obit (In Spanish). 

 

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Russell Camilleri, American wrestler who competed at the 1960 and 1964 games has died aged 86. https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/60588

 

Garfield McMahon, Canadian shooter who competed at the 1960 and 1964 games has died aged 91/89. https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/41517

 

[Ulitzer95 12,637]

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

List of known living participants of 1948 London Olympics
 

Olympian	Birth date	Country	Sport	Comment
Robert Collins	18/04/1924	Great Britain	Rowing

 

Olympedia have just updated their page for Robert Collins (wiki) to say that he died nearly 12 years ago in January 2012! Whoops.

[Sinbabad 1,124]

Polish rower Grzegorz Stellak, Bronze medalist in coxed four at the 1980 Games, has died aged 72.

He also participated in the 1972 and 1976 Games.

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Arthur Parkin, New Zealand field hockey player won was part of the team that won gold at 1976 games has died aged 71. Obit

[Sinbabad 1,124]

Swedish athlete May Hjertberg of the 1952 Games, listed as alive by Olympedia but not Oldest Olympians, actually died in December 2021.

She was in the Swedish squad for the 4x100 metres relay, but did not compete.

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Fernando Jara, Chilean Footballer who competed at the 1952 games has died aged 93. https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/2438

 

João Lima, Portuguese hurdler who competed at the 1988 Games has died aged 62. https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/74954

Lars Svantesson, Swedish swimmer who competed at the 1952 games has died aged 90. https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/50476

 

 

 

 

[drol 11,948]

On 21/08/2022 at 16:41, drol said:

Alberto Juantorena out of ICU.

 

Just not this time.

Alberto Juantorena suffers from neurodegenerative disease, is currently wheelchair bound and unable to speak.

 

[diego 1,985]

Anne Michel has died aged 64. She competed in the women's 400 meters at the 1980 Summer Olympics. She also shares the national record for the 4 × 400 meters relay, set with Lea Alaerts, Regine Berg and Rosine Wallez at the 1980 Moscow Olympics. Won the Golden Spike in 1982, it is Belgium's most important athletics award, awarded for the first time in 1954.

https://www.lalibre.be/sports/omnisports/2023/11/21/deces-danne-michel-ancienne-detentrice-des-records-de-belgique-du-400-et-4x400-m-DQEIQPUHMBEKZANFZESWCFIU5A/

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Antonio Genato, born in Manilla, was a Filipino basketball player who was part of the national team that won the gold medal at the 1962 Asian Games. He also competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics, the 1956 Summer Olympics, and the 1954 FIBA World Championship. He died at the age of 94, was the last living member of the squad of the national team that won gold at the Asian Games 1962. He was also the oldest known Olympic athlete from the Philippines, who is now Horácio Miranda born on September 20, 1931 and was a shooting sport, he participated in the 60, 64 and 68 Olympics

https://tiebreakertimes.com.ph/tbt/last-living-member-of-62-asiad-team-tony-genato-94-passes-away/288981

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3 hours ago, diego said:

Antonio Genato

He competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics, the 1956 Summer Olympics. He died at the age of 94

He was the last known* Filipino Olympian from the 1952 Games and the earliest known surviving Filipino Olympian.

 

* Felix Cortes (born 1907), Pedro Landero (1913) and Martin Gison (1914) have no death dates, but are surely dead. Vicente Tunacao (1925) is off the radar and doesn’t appear on Oldest Olympian living nonagerians list.

[diego 1,985]

Hana Vlasáková was born in Prague and died aged 75, the former Czech volleyball player competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics and the 1972 Summer Olympics

https://www.cronachemaceratesi.it/2023/11/22/lutto-nel-mondo-del-volley-e-morta-hana-vlasakova-porto-macerata-in-serie-a/1807223/

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Sitiveni Moceidreke, Fijian sprinter who competed in the men's 100 metres and men's 200 metres at the 1960 Games has died aged 86. Obit

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5 hours ago, The Old Crem said:

Sitiveni Moceidreke, Fijian sprinter who competed in the men's 100 metres and men's 200 metres at the 1960 Games has died aged 86. Obit

He was the earliest surviving Fijian Olympian.
He outlived his 5 countrymates from the 1956 Games, his only teammate from 1960, and the only 1968 Fijian Olympian.

Fiji didn’t send athletes in 1964.

[Sinbabad 1,124]

Olga Sicnerova the last known Czechoslovakian Olympian from 1948, has died off the radar on 21 August 2021 aged 93.

The page does talk about Olga Oldrichova, but it’s her married name.

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Gerry Wiedel, German-born Canadian épée and foil fencer who competed at the 1968 and 1972 games has died aged 90. Obit

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1 hour ago, The Old Crem said:

Gerry Wiedel, German-born Canadian épée and foil fencer who competed at the 1968 and 1972 games has died aged 90. Obit

 

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Dennis Kemp, Australian field hockey player who competed at the 1956 Games has died aged 92.https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/17544

[diego 1,985]

Jean-Claude Cornu, born in Nantes and died at the age of 85, was a sailor who competed in the Flying Dutchman race at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

https://www.470.org/default/news/new/text/eight-bells-jean-claude-cornu

 

[Sinbabad 1,124]

Croatian wrestler Josip Corak, Silver Medalist for Yugoslavia in 1972, has died aged 80.