The Old Crem 3,608 Posted February 21 Zbigniew Fedyczak, Polish shooter who competed at the 1972 Games has died aged 71. Obit (In Polish). 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,957 Posted February 23 Irene Camber dead at 98. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,146 Posted February 23 2 hours ago, drol said: Irene Camber dead at 98. Another faller from my Scavvy Hunt 4 team. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,588 Posted February 23 2 minutes ago, Toast said: Another faller from my Scavvy Hunt 4 team. A hit in 20/20 + 4 if we can get an English language obituary Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,608 Posted February 23 1 minute ago, Bibliogryphon said: A hit in 20/20 + 4 if we can get an English language obituary Does this count? https://www.malangpost.net/italian-fencing-legend-irene-camber-passes-away-at-98/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diego 1,991 Posted February 23 On 2/23/2024 at 5:22 AM, drol said: Irene Camber dead at 98. I believe she was the oldest living Olympic medalist in fencing, now she is Daniel Dagallier from France, born on 11 June 1926 in Trévoux, he was bronze in 1956 in the team sword event She was also the Olympic champion of an older edition of fencing in the women's individual foil still alive, (1952), now known as Heidi Schmid (Germany), champion in 1960. Also the Women's World Foil Champion in 1953, she was the champion alive from an older edition of modalide, now this champion is the Hungarian Lídia Sákovicsné Dömölky, champion in 1955 She was also the oldest Italian Olympic medalist, now Giuseppe Moioli, born on August 8, 1927, who participated in the coxless four rowing tournament from 1948 to 1956 and won gold in London, Hungarian sports shooter Zoltán Sándor, born on March 28, 1926, is now the oldest survivor of the 1964 Tokyo Games as Irene held that rank as well Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diego 1,991 Posted February 23 Paramjit Singh has died at the age of 72, he was the captain of the Indian basketball team at the 1980 Olympics https://khelnow.com/basketball/2024-02-paramjit-singh-passes-away-aged-72 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,608 Posted February 24 Vasco Cantarello, Italian rower who competed at the 1960 games has died aged 87. Obit (In Italian). 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted February 24 This thread, too, is coming along nicely. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diego 1,991 Posted February 26 Joan Haanappel was born in The Hague and died aged 83, was a Dutch figure skater and sports presenter for NOS, AVRO, ZDF and Eurosport. She was a three-time European bronze medalist (1958-1960) and four-time Dutch national champion, participating in the 56 and 60 Olympics. https://www.schaatsen.nl/nieuws/2024/februari/oud-kunstschaatsster-joan-haanappel-83-overleden/ 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sinbabad 1,125 Posted February 26 Italian Water Polo player Giuseppe D’Altrui, Olympic Champion in 1960 has died aged 89. He was the father of Marco D’Altrui, also Olympic Champion in Water Polo in 1992. Italy didn’t win any Water Polo Olympic title between 1960 and 1992. They were one of the 33 father/son duo who were both Olympic Champions. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,059 Posted February 27 Women's Paralympic table tennis player from Ireland Anne Ebbs has died: https://www.paralympic.org/news/ipc-saddened-passing-anne-ebbs Death notice here: https://rip.ie/death-notice/anne-ebbs-meath-donore-547856 Silver medals in 1972 and 1984 and a bronze in 1980. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diego 1,991 Posted February 27 Jirka Arndt was born in Wolgast, a German long-distance runner specializing in the 5,000 and 10,000 meters, finishing 8th in the men's 5,000 meters at the 2000 Summer Olympics.Died at 50 years https://www.leichtathletik.de/aktuelles/news/news-detail/79050-flash-news-am-samstag 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diego 1,991 Posted February 27 Pasqualino Abetti was born in Correggio and died at the age of 75. The Italian competed in the 1972 Olympics, was part of the Italian 4x100 m relay team that won the gold medal in the 1971 Mediterranean Games (2nd in that team that died), was champion of the 100 m and 200 m in 1969 and 1975, 60 m in 1970 (he was the first Italian champion in this modality, the 1971 champion was Vincenzo Guerini, still alive), 200 m in 1980 in this modality there is a lack of information about Umberto Tedeschi, Luca Vaccari and Marco Lavazza, if they are alive, he is the first Italian champion athlete in this sport to die, this competition started in 1971 and stopped in 2005) and the 400m in 1973 https://www.reggionline.com/morto-lex-velocista-pasqualino-abeti-olimpionico-monaco-primatista-mondiale-mennea/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diego 1,991 Posted February 27 On 2/26/2024 at 10:51 AM, Sinbabad said: Italian Water Polo player Giuseppe D’Altrui, Olympic Champion in 1960 has died aged 89. He was the father of Marco D’Altrui, also Olympic Champion in Water Polo in 1992. Italy didn’t win any Water Polo Olympic title between 1960 and 1992. They were one of the 33 father/son duo who were both Olympic Champions. He participated in the Italian team that finished 4th in the 1956 Olympics. Only Paolo Pucci is still alive from that team Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
whoismakoto 328 Posted February 28 Angel Kerezov, Bulgarian wrestler who won silver in 1964 Olympics, died in 2002 according to the Bulgarian Wrestling Federation Masamitsu Ichiguchi, Japanese wrestler who won gold on 1964 Olympics, is implied to have died on 7 February 2024 by the Japan Wrestling Federation. Correct me if I'm wrong on this one as I have doubts by Google translate. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Planetist 122 Posted February 28 Martti Mansikka, Finnish gymnast who won a team bronze medal in the 1956 Olympics has died at 90. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diego 1,991 Posted February 28 German Gabriela Grillo died at the age of 71, She won a gold medal in team dressage and came fourth in individual dressage at the 1976 Summer Olympics, In 78 and 82 she won gold in team dressage at the world championships, in 77 ,89 and 81 was European champion in this discipline and bronze in 81 in European individual dressage https://www.sportschau.de/regional/wdr/wdr-dressur-olympiasiegerin-grillo-gestorben-100.html 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diego 1,991 Posted March 1 Péter Povázsay was a Hungarian canoeist and died aged 77, he won two medals at the 1975 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Belgrade, with a gold in the C-2 1000 m events and a bronze in the C-2 500 m events. Povázsay also finished fifth in the C-2 1000 m event at the 1972 Summer Olympics https://index.hu/sport/kajak-kenu/2024/03/01/povazsay-peter-kajak-kenu-vilagbajnok-gyaszhir-magyarorszag/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sinbabad 1,125 Posted March 3 Indian field hockey player Gurdev Singh, Olympic Champion in the 1956 Games, has died aged 90. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sinbabad 1,125 Posted March 3 On 27/02/2022 at 14:26, whoismakoto said: List of known living participants of 1948 London Olympics : Gerti Fesl 29/09/31 Austria Gymnastics She died on 27 January aged 92. She also participated at the 1952 Games. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,059 Posted March 4 On 30/09/2023 at 23:38, Sinbabad said: Turkish Football player Galip Haktanir, who was an unused substitute at the 1948 Olympic Football Tournament, has died aged 102. He was the last known* male Turkish Olympian from the 1948 Games. Now the last known* 1948 Turkish Olympian is Uner Teoman. She ran the 100 metres. Haktanir was Turkey’s longest lived Olympian ever. He was also the longest lived and only centenarian Olympic football player, though he was a substitute. Now the last known** living member of the 1948 Olympic Football Tournament is Dutch Kees Rijvers, who played Netherlands only game against Great Britain. * Mustafa Batman whereabouts are unknown. Olympedia gives his birth date, 1927, but does not mention anything about his death. His Turkish wiki doesn’t say his birth nor death dates. He is not listed here either. He was member of the Athletic team but didn’t took part in the tournament. **Several 1948 football players whereabouts are unknown : the whole Afghanistan squad, and a few Chinese and Egyptian. However they’re most likely dead as they don’t appear on this or that list. Cannot get any of the Dutch sites to translate properly but Kees Rijvers is reportedly dead: https://www.bd.nl/eindhoven/psv-legende-kees-rijvers-op-97-jarige-leeftijd-overleden~ad1f2503/ 6 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diego 1,991 Posted March 5 23 hours ago, YoungWillz said: Cannot get any of the Dutch sites to translate properly but Kees Rijvers is reportedly dead: https://www.bd.nl/eindhoven/psv-legende-kees-rijvers-op-97-jarige-leeftijd-overleden~ad1f2503/ He was Dutch champion coach in 1975, 1976 and 1978, he was the living coach champion of older editions, now he is Leo Beenhakker, champion in 1980 He was the oldest living Olympic football player, that distinction now belongs to Soviet Nikita Simonyan, born October 12, 1926, who competed in the 1956 Olympics. He was probably the oldest Dutch Olympian too, who now happens to be rower Jan Willem Pennink, born March 31, 1929 PSV coach between 72 and 80, being the coach of the oldest season of the team who was alive, is now Jan Reker, coach in 1980 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diego 1,991 Posted March 5 Ruxandra Dumitrescu was born in Galați, Romania and died in Sibiu, Romania at the age of 46, competing for the Romanian women's national volleyball team at the 1994 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship in Brazil. She was a naturalized Greek citizen and competed with the Greek women's national volleyball team from the 2004 Athens Olympic Games until 2009, national record holder for Greek Volleyball Cup wins (8 Greek Cup wins) and her shirt number (9 ) was retired in the women's volleyball team of FOVrilissia and Panathinaikos named after him https://www.gazzetta.gr/volleyball/2311596/bolei-pethane-sta-46-tis-hronia-i-royxi-ntoymitreskoy 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diego 1,991 Posted March 8 Jean-Baptiste Bordas was born in Orleans and died at the age of 86, the Frenchman competed in the men's tournament at the 1960 Summer Olympics. He also played for AS Saint-Etienne https://www.larep.fr/orleans-45000/sports/football-ancien-joueur-de-l-arago-et-entraineur-de-l-us-orleans-jean-baptiste-bordas-est-decede_14464777/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
