Sinbabad 909 Posted May 5 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. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diego 1,855 Posted May 6 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/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diego 1,855 Posted May 6 Jean-Pierre Giudicelli was born in Pau and died aged 81, he was a French modern pentathlete. He competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics and the 1972 Summer Olympics. In 1968, he won the bronze medal in the team event. https://ffpentathlon.fr/deces-de-monsieur-jean-pierre-giudicelli-oly/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,132 Posted May 6 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. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diego 1,855 Posted May 7 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diego 1,855 Posted May 8 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diego 1,855 Posted May 8 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diego 1,855 Posted May 9 Rudolf Keszthelyi was born in Pécs and died aged 89, a Hungarian gymnast. He competed in eight events at the 1960 Summer Olympics https://olimpia.hu/hirek/elhunyt-keszthelyi-rudolf-olimpikon-tornasz 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,152 Posted May 14 Patrick Nilan, who competed in field hockey for Australia at the 1964, 1968 and 1972 Olympics, has died. He was 82. https://www.hockey.org.au/news/vale-pat-nilan 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,285 Posted May 16 James Williams, British fencer who competed at the 1992, 1996 and 2000 games has died aged 57. The Sun Wiki 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diego 1,855 Posted May 16 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/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diego 1,855 Posted May 17 Yevgeniy Brago, born in Moscow and died at the age of 95, was a Russian rower who competed for the Soviet Union at the 1952 Summer Olympics, where he won silver and 3 gold medals in the European rowing competition. https://rowingrussia.ru/news/svetlaya-pamyat-evgeniy-nikolaevich-brago/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 19,763 Posted May 18 Dame Kelly Holmes is on Brighton beach, being interviewed with a bloke dressed as a giant shite behind her. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diego 1,855 Posted May 21 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sly Ronnie 727 Posted May 22 Finally news of an Olympian someone would have heard of: 1976 Olympic swimming champion David Wilkie has died aged 70. And it's Wilkie! 2 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 19,763 Posted May 22 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. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Bearer 5,827 Posted May 22 51 minutes ago, The Old Crem said: Very sad news. Indeed. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sly Ronnie 727 Posted May 22 1 hour ago, YoungWillz said: 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. Wee fact: Wilkie was the only non-US male gold medallist in the 1976 Swimming competition. RIP. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,494 Posted May 22 2 hours ago, YoungWillz said: Hero of my youth. RIP. Same here. I had forgotten he was still alive. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diego 1,855 Posted May 22 Bastiaan Poortenaar, born in Bilthoven and died aged 55, was a Dutch field hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1992 Summer Olympics https://nos.nl/artikel/2521483-voormalig-hockey-international-poortenaar-55-overleden Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 11,443 Posted May 22 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! 4 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ThereWillBeDeaths7 640 Posted May 23 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. 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sly Ronnie 727 Posted May 23 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! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diego 1,855 Posted May 23 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/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
