The Old Crem 3,608 Posted February 9 Luciano Alfieri, Italian footballer who played at the 1960 games has died aged 87. Giovanni Trapattoni and Gianni Rivera were in that squad as well. Obit (In Italian). 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gisooo 3,378 Posted February 11 On 27/02/2022 at 14:26, whoismakoto said: Ásmundur Bjarnason 17/02/1927 Iceland Athletics Icelandic sprinter Ásmundur Bjarnason (Wiki) dead at 96 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sinbabad 1,125 Posted February 11 2 hours ago, Gisooo said: Icelandic sprinter Ásmundur Bjarnason (Wiki) dead at 96 He was the last surviving Icelandic Olympian from the 1948 and 1952 Games (Summer and Winter). Now the earliest surviving Icelandic Olympians are : Valdimar Ornolfsson (flagbearer) and Jakobina Jakobsdottir (1956 Winter), and Svavar Markusson and Gudmundur Gislason (1960 Summer). 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Il Magneto 18 Posted February 11 https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.nine.com.au/article/cc5fa662-410e-4039-8e4c-708eddee11cd Kelvin Keptum dead. Shocking 2 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted February 11 3 minutes ago, Il Magneto said: https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.nine.com.au/article/cc5fa662-410e-4039-8e4c-708eddee11cd Kelvin Keptum dead. Shocking Was set to become an Olympian, but wasn't quite there yet. That's why I posted it in the 'Dead of 2024' thread earlier. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,608 Posted February 12 Garth Manton, Australian rower who won bronze in 1956 has died aged 94. Obit Magdolna Komka, Hungarian high jumper who competed at the 1968 and 1972 games has died aged 74. Obit (In Hungarian). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gisooo 3,378 Posted February 14 On 27/02/2022 at 14:26, whoismakoto said: Cees Koch 30/12/1925 Netherlands Canoeing Dutch sprint canoeist Cees Koch (Wiki) dead at 98 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sinbabad 1,125 Posted February 14 21 minutes ago, Gisooo said: Dutch sprint canoeist Cees Koch (Wiki) dead at 98 Last male survivor of the 1948 Dutch squad, who now has 2 survivors : Lenie Gerietsen and Klara Post 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DoorSlammer 563 Posted February 14 17 minutes ago, Sinbabad said: Last male survivor of the 1948 Dutch squad, who now has 2 survivors : Lenie Gerietsen and Klara Post Dutch football icon Kees Rijvers is definitely still alive and Cees Gravesteijn was still alive in 2019. And I personally doubt that unsourced edit on Klara Post's wiki page from January 2022 wasn't legit, too. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,608 Posted February 15 Gabriela Pando, Argentine field hockey player who competed at the 1996 games has died aged 53. Obit (In Spanish). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,062 Posted February 15 Henry Rono, distance runner and multiple Gold winner and world record holder from Kenya, reportedly dead: https://www.citizen.digital/sports/former-multiple-world-record-holder-henry-rono-dies-n336765 Never competed at the Olympics as Kenya boycotted the Games in 1976 and 1980, but he falls into the dead medallists category with Golds at the 1978 Commonwealth Games. A well-known name from that era. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sly Ronnie 886 Posted February 15 3 hours ago, YoungWillz said: Henry Rono, distance runner and multiple Gold winner and world record holder from Kenya, reportedly dead: https://www.citizen.digital/sports/former-multiple-world-record-holder-henry-rono-dies-n336765 Never competed at the Olympics as Kenya boycotted the Games in 1976 and 1980, but he falls into the dead medallists category with Golds at the 1978 Commonwealth Games. A well-known name from that era. One if the best track and field athletes never to compete in an Olympic Games. RIP. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted February 15 Jacques Rousseau, who competed for France in the long jump at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics, has died. He was 72. (French language obit): https://www.lequipe.fr/Athletisme/Actualites/Jacques-rousseau-champion-d-europe-1978-du-saut-en-longueur-est-mort/1448938 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,958 Posted February 15 4 minutes ago, alt obits guy said: Jacques Rousseau, who competed for France in the long jump at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics, has died. He was 72. (French language obit): https://www.lequipe.fr/Athletisme/Actualites/Jacques-rousseau-champion-d-europe-1978-du-saut-en-longueur-est-mort/1448938 Damn one of the greatest philosophers ever! RIP you legend! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tower1 93 Posted February 15 15 minutes ago, drol said: Damn one of the greatest philosophers ever! RIP you legend! Greatest philosopher for the elites... His social contract theory is simply wrong but you can easily understand it if you view it as a conspiracy against the people. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sinbabad 1,125 Posted February 17 Georgian Levan Tediashvili, Olympic Champion in Wrestling at the 1972 and 1976 Games with USSR, has died aged 75. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sinbabad 1,125 Posted February 17 On 27/02/2022 at 14:26, whoismakoto said: List of known living participants of 1948 London Olympics : Janos Toldi 22/01/1928 Hungary Canoeing He died on his 96th birthday. He was the last known Hungarian olympian from 1948, according to Oldest Olympian. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,608 Posted February 17 Ludwik Denderys, Polish Boxer who competed at the 1972 games has died aged 79. Obit (In Polish). 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diego 1,992 Posted February 19 On 17/02/2024 at 08:01, Sinbabad said: Georgian Levan Tediashvili, Olympic Champion in Wrestling at the 1972 and 1976 Games with USSR, has died aged 75. He was the living Olympic champion of the oldest edition of middleweight wrestling, today the 1976 champion, John Peterson (USA) is the champion of the oldest living edition. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diego 1,992 Posted February 19 On 2/12/2024 at 9:38 AM, The Old Crem said: Garth Manton, Australian rower who won bronze in 1956 has died aged 94. Obit He was the oldest living Australian Olympic medalist. That distinction now goes to his eights teammate Neville Howell, who was born a day later on December 17, 1929. https://olympstats.com/2024/02/16/more-updates-to-oldest-olympian-titleholders/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Youth in Asia 1,087 Posted February 20 On 15/02/2024 at 18:03, YoungWillz said: Henry Rono, distance runner and multiple Gold winner and world record holder from Kenya, reportedly dead: https://www.citizen.digital/sports/former-multiple-world-record-holder-henry-rono-dies-n336765 Never competed at the Olympics as Kenya boycotted the Games in 1976 and 1980, but he falls into the dead medallists category with Golds at the 1978 Commonwealth Games. A well-known name from that era. Remember him very well. I must have watched the 78 commonwealth games as a child. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sinbabad 1,125 Posted February 20 Romanian Canoeist Vasile Diba, Olympic Champion at the 1976 games, has died aged 69. He also won 2 bronze medals and one silver medal in 1976 and 1980. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diego 1,992 Posted February 20 7 hours ago, Sinbabad said: Romanian Canoeist Vasile Diba, Olympic Champion at the 1976 games He was the first Olympic champion in the K-1 500m category, the 1980 champion was the Soviet Vladimir Parfenovich. He was the world champion in Men's Sprint Canoeing K-1 500 m in 1974, 1977 and 1978, being the champion of a more recent edition, die, in 1979 the champion was also the Soviet Vladimir Parfenovich, he was also the world champion in Men's Sprint Canoeing K-1 1000 m in 1977, he was also the champion of a more recent edition to die, the 1978 champion was the German Rüdiger Helm He was also part of the champion Men's Canoe Sprint K-1 4 x 500 m relay team in 1974, being the second from that team to die (Atanase Sciotnic died in 2017) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,654 Posted February 21 On 05/06/2023 at 14:24, diego said: Zdeněk Košta died on 11/Oct/2020 according to the Czech Olympic website, and some sites like Wikipedia and Olympedia inform that he died in 2022, so I don't know which information is correct, he died under the radar, and he was the oldest living Olympic cyclist old man, who is now Frenchman Charles Coste, born February 8, 1924, living Olympic medalist in cycling. The oldest living Olympian to represent Czechoslovakia was him too and now we're in a dilemma and it's complicated. Růžena Košťálová, born February 21, 1924, is still alive according to this 2020 document from the Czech Olympic Committee. A 2021 comprehensive work by František Kolář, however, Encyklopedie olympioniků. Čeští a českoslovenští sportovci na olympijských hrác, lists her, on page 178, as having died in January 2013. Both sources seem very reliable, and so it is plausible that both are mistaken; therefore, we continue to list it as alive, although we cannot be absolutely sure. If Košťálová had died, however, 1952 gymnast Jindřich Mikulec, born May 11, 1928, would be the oldest living Olympian to represent Czechoslovakia. https://www.olympijskytym.cz/en/athlete/zdenek-kosta Růžena Košťálová is still alive and turned 100 today. Confirmation here. For years her Wiki profile had a source that maintained she died in Switzerland in 2013. 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
