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British swimmer Brian Barnes, who competed at the 1952 Games in the 200 metre breaststroke, has died aged 90.

 

He was British Champion in 200 yards butterfly in 1953.

 

Here’s the obit.

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Joseph Reynders was born in Antwerp and died aged 94, he was a former Belgian swimmer. He competed in the men's 1500 meter freestyle at the 1948 Summer Olympics and in the water polo tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

https://olympstats.com/2024/05/

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Ukrainian weightlifter Oleksandr Pielieshenko becomes the first Olympian to die in the Russia-Ukraine war. He finished fourth in the 85kg weight in Rio 2016 and was also twice European champion.

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Tito Steiner died at the age of 72, he was a Paraguayan-Argentine decathlete who represented Argentina in the 1970s and 1980s. He is the current Argentine record holder in the event (8,291 points, established on June 23, 1983), he won the medal of silver at the 1979 Pan American Games in San Juan. He finished fourth at the 1975 Pan American Games and 22nd at the 1976 Montreal Summer Olympics

https://www.clarin.com/deportes/murio-tito-steiner-atleta-completo-historia-deporte-argentino_0_tPPUiiejj0.html

Murió Tito Steiner, el atleta más completo de la historia del deporte argentino

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Robert Zawada died at the age of 79, he was a Polish handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics (they placed 10th). The first Polish handball player to exceed one hundred international matches.

https://zprp.pl/archiwa/261168

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Milagros Cámere died at the age of 51, she played with the Peru women's national volleyball team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, finishing eleventh in both events.
Cámere also represented Peru at the 1994 FIVB World Championships in Brazil and the 1998 FIVB World Championships in Japan, she won bronze at the '91 Pan Ams and several medals at South Americans between '91 and '99.

https://larepublica.pe/deportes/2024/05/05/fallecio-milagros-camere-campeona-sudamericana-y-2-veces-olimpica-con-la-seleccion-peruana-de-voley-a-los-51-anos-330245

Milagros Cámere fue parte de la última selección peruana de vóley que jugó unos Juegos Olímpicos. Foto: AFP

 

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James Williams, British fencer who competed at the 1992, 1996 and 2000 games has died aged 57. The Sun Wiki

 

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Igor Sysoyev was born in Leningrad and died at the age of 43 in a traffic collision in the Temryuksky district, At the Athens Olympic Games he placed 15th, and at the Beijing Olympic Games he placed 9th. He was a triathlete

https://www.sport.ru/other/uchastnik-dvuh-olimpiad-triatle-sysoev-skonchalsya-na-44-m-godu-jizni/article583583/

Igor Sysoev

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Dame Kelly Holmes is on Brighton beach, being interviewed with a bloke dressed as a giant shite behind her.

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Vladimir Yereshchenko was born in Voronezh, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union and died aged 61. He competed in the men's welterweight event at the 1988 Summer Olympics

https://www.sport-interfax.ru/961491

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Finally news of an Olympian someone would have heard of:

 

1976 Olympic swimming champion David Wilkie has died aged 70.

 

And it's Wilkie!

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2 minutes ago, Sly Ronnie said:

Finally news of an Olympian someone would have heard of:

 

1976 Olympic swimming champion David Wilkie has died aged 70.

 

And it's Wilkie!

Last picked in 2020 @Death Impends, so List of the Missed: https://www.derbydeadpool.co.uk/deadpool2020/celebs_W.html#wilkiedx19

 

Hero of my youth. RIP.

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51 minutes ago, The Old Crem said:

Very sad news. 

Indeed. 

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2 hours ago, YoungWillz said:

 

Hero of my youth. RIP.

Same here. 

I had forgotten he was still alive. 

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7 hours ago, Sly Ronnie said:

Finally news of an Olympian someone would have heard of:

 

1976 Olympic swimming champion David Wilkie has died aged 70.

 

And it's Wilkie!


What?! Do you mean to tell me that you have not heard of the highly notable and exciting names brought to us on a daily basis by diego?

Bastiaan Poortenar?!! THE Bastiaan Poortenar. Only competed and lost once, doesn't get more notable than that!

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9 hours ago, Ulitzer95 said:


What?! Do you mean to tell me that you have not heard of the highly notable and exciting names brought to us on a daily basis by diego?

Bastiaan Poortenar?!! THE Bastiaan Poortenar. Only competed and lost once, doesn't get more notable than that!

He even misspelled it as the link clearly shows his name as "Bastiaan Poortenaar".

 

On a completely unrelated note, as a Dutchman I never heard of him either before I opened this thread.

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9 minutes ago, ThereWillBeDeaths7 said:

He even misspelled it as the link clearly shows his name as "Bastiaan Poortenaar".

 

On a completely unrelated note, as a Dutchman I never heard of him either before I opened this thread.

 

Who are the best-known Dutch Olympians? The only one I know of is Fanny Blankers-Koen who won 4 gold medals in 1948.

Mind you, Femke Bol may end up being well-known by the end of the summer!

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Othon was born in Leopoldina and died at the age of 79. He was a Brazilian football player and coach, and participated in the 1964 Olympics, played for Botafogo RJ, and coached the same team, as well as Fluminense, Atlético GO, among other teams

https://www.futebolinterior.com.br/morre-no-interior-tecnico-que-fez-sucesso-no-brasil/

Interior Othon

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