gcreptile 10,966 Posted September 10 On 05/09/2024 at 08:43, CastAway said: Rebecca Cheptegi dead: https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2024-09-05-athlete-rebecca-cheptegei-is-dead/ And now the partner has died as well from the burns: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/crime/rebecca-cheptegei-olympic-athlete-death-killer-b2609989.html 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,033 Posted September 16 Otis Davis, American gold medallist in the 400m and in the 4x400m relay at the 1960 Games, reportedly dead aged 92: https://bnn-de.translate.goog/karlsruhe/karlsruhe-stadt/olympiasieger-otis-davis-ist-im-alter-von-92-jahren-gestorben?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=wapp 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chel 376 Posted September 16 Alexander Baryshnikov (11 November 1948 - 15 September 2024) - shot put. 1976 bronze 1980 silver kfis.gov.spb.ru 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,033 Posted September 18 Jean Roberts, Australian who competed at the 1968 Games in the Women's Discus and who won various medals at the Commonwealth Games in Shot Put and Discus between 1962 and 1974, reportedly dead: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,701 Posted September 23 Jouko Salomäki, 1984 74kg wrestling gold medalist has recently had a heart surgery, pulmonary embolism and metastatic pancreatic cancer but is "currently doing well"...atleast at the moment. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,033 Posted September 28 Jon Svendsen, captain of the American water polo team of the 1984 Games, which team won the silver medal there, death notice: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/jon-svendsen-obituary?id=56389184 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chel 376 Posted October 10 Alexander Puchkov (25.03.1957 - 9.10.2024) - 110 metres hurdles - bronze (1980). ru.wiki 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gisooo 3,319 Posted October 16 On 28/10/2023 at 23:44, Sinbabad said: 1948 Turkish olympian Mustapha Batman who was listed as alive by Olympedia, actually died in 2004. Which makes Uner Teoman the last Turkish survivor* from the 1948 Games. She is 91 years old. * There’s a Turkish olympian, A. Tarık Eğrilmez, who doesn’t have a death date, nor a birth date for that matter. But he competed in art, and art competitors were much older than the athletes, so he’s most likely dead. Turkish sprinter Üner Teoman (Wiki) dead at 91 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,584 Posted October 16 On 27/02/2022 at 13:26, whoismakoto said: List of known living participants of 1948 London Olympics Olympian Birth date Country Sport Comment Félix Sienra 21/01/1916 Uruguay Sailing Oldest known living olympian. Still active for his age Died January 2023 (aged 107) Marko Račič 25/04/1920 Yugoslavia Athletics Died May 2022 (aged 102) Yvonne Chabot-Curtet 28/05/1920 France Athletics Janine Magnin-Lamouche 06/08/1920 France Athletics Died November 2022 (aged 102) Alejandro Quiroz 09/08/1920 Mexico Modern pentathlon Died January 2022 (aged 101) Gebhard Büchel 21/06/1921 Liechtenstein Athletics Last known update was 2013. Possibly already dead and did not reach age 100 José Vicente 03/02/1922 Puerto Rico Athletics Died July 2022 (aged 100) Herb Douglas 09/03/1922 United States Athletics Bronze medalist Died April 2023 (aged 101) Karl Volkmer 20/03/1922 Switzerland Athletics Can't find much info about him Died December 2023 (aged 101) Roger Lebranchu 22/07/1922 France Rowing Edna Child 10/10/1922 Great Britain Diving Died May 2023 (aged 100) Niels Holst-Sørensen 19/12/1922 Denmark Athletics Died October 2023 (aged 100) Bea Ballintijn 09/05/1923 Norway Swimming Died June 2023 (aged 100) Renyldo Ferreira 29/06/1923 Brazil Equestrian Died April 2023 (aged 99) Dave Bolen 23/12/1923 United States Athletics Died December 2022 (aged 98) Abdallah Sidani 1923 Lebanon Wrestling Peter McDonald 06/01/1924 Ireland Football Died March 2022 (aged 98) Charles Coste 08/02/1924 France Cycling Gold medalist Birte Christoffersen 28/03/1924 Denmark Diving Bronze medalist Robert Collins 18/04/1924 Great Britain Rowing Later revealed to have died January 2012 (aged 87)! Anna Van Marcke 18/04/1924 Belgium Canoeing Later revealed to have died June 2012 (aged 88)! Wu Chengzhang 07/05/1924 China Basketball John Peake 26/08/1924 Great Britain Field hockey Silver medalist Died March 2022 (aged 97) Morville Chote 06/10/1924 Great Britain Athletics Died March 2023 (aged 98) Raymond Argentin 15/10/1924 France Canoeing Died October 2022 (aged 97) Elfriede Steurer 09/12/1924 Austria Athletics Later revealed to have died December 2021 (aged 96)! Stefanos Petrakis 17/12/1924 Greece Athletics Died May 2022 (aged 97) Chia Boon Leong 01/01/1925 China Football Singaporean by nationality but represented China Died December 2022 (aged 97) Julio César León 02/02/1925 Venezuela Cycling Arne Åhman 04/02/1925 Sweden Athletics Gold medalist. Daughter says he has Alzheimer's disease Died July 2022 (aged 97) Gordy Giovanelli 11/04/1925 United States Rowing Gold medalist Died December 2022 (aged 97) John Parlett 19/04/1925 Great Britain Athletics Died March 2022 (aged 96) Tirso del Junco 20/04/1925 Cuba Rowing Died September 2023 (aged 98) Ricardo Primitivo González 12/05/1925 Argentina Basketball Hong Jong-o 07/07/1925 South Korea Athletics Couldn't actually find info in any Korean websites Later revealed to have died September 2011 (aged 86)! Murray Waxman 10/07/1925 Canada Basketball Died November 2022 (aged 97) Ilse Steinegger 08/08/1925 Austria Athletics Died October 2023 (aged 98) André Marie 14/10/1925 France Athletics Cees Koch 30/12/1925 Netherlands Canoeing Died February 2024 (aged 98) Suhas Chatterjee 1925 India Water polo Last confirmed alive in 2012 Eddie Bowey 05/01/1926 Great Britain Wrestling Later revealed to have died 2016 (aged 88)! Harry Marcoplos 28/01/1926 United States Field hockey Died April 2024 (aged 98) Irene Camber 12/02/1926 Italy Fencing 2-time medalist Died February 2024 (aged 98) Bob Richards 20/02/1926 United States Athletics 3-time medalist Died February 2023 (aged 97) Adriana Millard 13/05/1926 Chile Athletics Kees Rijvers 27/05/1926 Netherlands Football Died March 2024 (aged 97) Philippe Fauveau 07/06/1926 France Rowing Died March 2023 (aged 96) Walter Bucher 08/06/1926 Switzerland Cycling Klara Post 05/07/1926 Netherlands Gymnastics Once listed in Wiki as dead Anthony John Richard Purssell 05/07/1926 Great Britain Rowing Stu Griffing 09/11/1926 United States Rowing Bronze medalist Later revealed to have died December 2021 (aged 95)! Ramón Wiltz 12/12/1926 Cuba Basketball Died May 2022 (aged 95) George Rhoden 13/12/1926 Jamaica Athletics 2-time medalist Died August 2024 (aged 97) Elspeth Whyte 24/12/1926 Great Britain Athletics Arnold Parsons 25/12/1926 Great Britain Wrestling Died September 2022 (aged 95) Jaime Piqueras 08/01/1927 Peru Athletics Mario Rosas 14/01/1927 Colombia Athletics John Giles 09/02/1927 Great Britain Athletics Died April 2024 (aged 97) Ásmundur Bjarnason 17/02/1927 Iceland Athletics Died February 2024 (aged 96) Trevor Harrop 19/04/1927 Great Britain Swimming Died April 2022 (aged 94) Greta Andersen 01/05/1927 Denmark Swimming 2-time medalist Died February 2023 (aged 95) Marie Kovářová 11/05/1927 Czechoslovakia Gymnastics Gold medalist Died January 2023 (aged 95) Yvette Trombetta 16/05/1927 France Athletics Died February 2023 (aged 95) Ronald Stedman 03/06/1927 Great Britain Swimming Died October 2022 (aged 95) Gunnar Sandborg 07/06/1927 Norway Rowing Died May 2022 (aged 94) Kjell Tånnander 25/06/1927 Sweden Athletics Pat McGeer 29/06/1927 Canada Basketball Died August 2022 (aged 95) Tommy Proffitt 13/07/1927 Great Britain Boxing Died March 2023 (aged 95) Marija Radosavljević 18/07/1927 Yugoslavia Athletics Can't find much info about her Robert Boutigny 24/07/1927 France Canoeing Bronze medalist Died July 2022 (aged 94) Giuseppe Moioli 08/08/1927 Italy Rowing Gold medalist Carmen Phipps 09/10/1927 Jamaica Athletics John Healey 25/10/1927 Great Britain Rowing Don Gehrmann 16/11/1927 United States Athletics Died July 2022 (aged 94) Laurie Birks 07/01/1928 Australia Boxing Later revealed to have died between 2014 and 2021! Herb Barten 13/01/1928 United States Athletics János Toldi 22/01/1928 Hungary Canoeing Can't find much info about him Died January 2024 (aged 96) Betty Kretschmer 24/01/1928 Chile Athletics Álvaro Vicente 25/01/1928 Spain Boxing Later revealed to have died Jan 2006 (aged 77)! Ron Cooper 05/02/1928 Great Britain Boxing Died March 2023 (aged 95) Paulette Veste 24/02/1928 France Athletics French Olympic Committee has listed her as dead in 2014 but a 2018 article was able to interview her in 2016 Isidoro Pérez 05/03/1928 Spain Athletics Cees Gravesteijn 21/04/1928 Netherlands Canoeing Olga Šicnerová 01/06/1928 Czechoslovakia Athletics Later revealed to have died August 2021 (aged 93)! Otto Michtits 20/06/1928 Austria Boxing Elaine Silburn 29/07/1928 Canada Athletics Died November 2022 (aged 94) Phyllis Lightbourn-Jones 08/08/1928 Bermuda Athletics John Wade 13/08/1928 United States Rowing Died December 2023 (aged 95) Liliana Tagliaferri 20/08/1928 Italy Athletics William Leckie 25/08/1928 Great Britain Rowing Died February 2023 (aged 94) Carlos Vera 30/08/1928 Chile Athletics Died June 2022 (aged 93) Glyn Hopkins 01/10/1928 Great Britain Gymnastics Died November 2023 (aged 95) Adolf Weinacker 29/10/1928 United States Athletics Died September 2023 (aged 94) George Stanich 04/11/1928 United States Athletics Bronze medalist Mabel Walker 11/12/1928 United States Athletics Died September 2023 (aged 94) Yvonne Van Bets 14/12/1928 Belgium Gymnastics Bruce Bourke 05/02/1929 Australia Swimming Died June 2023 (aged 94) Enriqueta Duarte 26/02/1929 Argentina Swimming Vilhjálmur Vilmundarson 17/04/1929 Iceland Athletics Later revealed to have died March 2020 (aged 90)! Penny Pence 11/05/1929 United States Swimming Sylvia Cheeseman 19/05/1929 Great Britain Athletics Bronze medalist Joseph Bernardo 31/05/1929 France Swimming 2-time medalist Died December 2023 (aged 94) Mario Ghella 23/06/1929 Italy Cycling Gold medalist Later revealed to have died February 2020 (aged 90)! John De Saram 27/06/1929 Sri Lanka Athletics Daphne Robb-Hasenjäger 02/07/1929 South Africa Athletics Silver medalist Jaime Aparicio 17/08/1929 Colombia Athletics Aram Boghossian 19/11/1929 Brazil Swimming Evert Gunnarsson 28/12/1929 Sweden Rowing Silver medalist Died November 2022 (aged 92) Lilo Kobi 15/02/1930 Switzerland Swimming Died June 2022 (aged 92) Robert Bintz 16/02/1930 Luxembourg Cycling Died September 2022 (aged 92) Joe Birrell 11/03/1930 Great Britain Athletics Blind Elizabeth Church 11/03/1930 Great Britain Swimming Lenie Gerrietsen 28/03/1930 Netherlands Gymnastics Died June 2024 (aged 94) Ruža Vojsk 31/03/1930 Yugoslavia Gymnastics Vivian King 04/04/1930 Canada Swimming Raúl García 09/04/1930 Cuba Swimming Later revealed to have died August 2020 (aged 90)! Nancy Lyons 12/04/1930 Australia Swimming Silver medalist Elena Santoni 30/04/1930 Italy Gymnastics Died November 2022 (aged 92) Ibone Belausteguigoitía 23/05/1930 Mexico Diving Adolfo Mancuso 13/06/1930 Argentina Swimming Annegret Weller-Schneider 11/07/1930 Chile Athletics Ilo da Fonseca 18/07/1930 Brazil Swimming Norma Icardi 16/08/1930 Italy Gymnastics Fred Daigle 07/09/1930 Canada Boxing Marion Huber 26/09/1930 Chile Athletics Eric Jubb 17/01/1931 Canada Swimming Also known as Eric Lamont André Moccand 25/01/1931 Switzerland Rowing Silver medalist Muriel Pletts 23/02/1931 Great Britain Athletics Laura Micheli 21/04/1931 Italy Gymnastics Joyce Court 12/06/1931 Canada Swimming Doreen Dredge 14/07/1931 Canada Athletics Eleonora Schmitt 23/08/1931 Brazil Swimming Gerti Fesl 29/09/1931 Austria Gymnastics Died January 2024 (aged 92) Allen Gilchrist 23/11/1931 Canada Swimming Ginette Jany-Sendral 12/01/1932 France Swimming Üner Teoman 10/10/1932 Turkey Athletics Died October 2024 (aged 91) Robert Cook 11/10/1932 Bermuda Swimming Esme Harris 1933 Great Britain Swimming Died June 2023 (aged 90) Doris Gontersweiler-Vetterli 21/08/1933 Switzerland Swimming Updated the 1948 London Olympians list above for deaths. Also the new names below. Recently discovered to be living: Anwar Baig (wiki) born ??/11/1924, Pakistan, Field hockey Fernand Bothy (wiki) born 23/03/1926, Belgium, Boxing Gertrude Winnige-Barosch (wiki) born 19/01/1929, Austria, Gymnastics Donna Gilmore (wiki) born 20/08/1929, Canada, Athletics Died since list above was made but not included on it: Pierre Bouladou (wiki) 18/11/1925 – 29/12/2022 (97), France, Weightlifting Lorna Lee (wiki) 16/07/1931 – 06/01/2023 (91), Great Britain, Athletics Marguerite Martel (wiki) 19/07/1924 – 01/03/2023 (98), France, Athletics Allan Sobocinski (wiki) 12/12/1931 – 09/05/2023 (91), Brazil, Shooting Galip Haktanir (wiki) 01/08/1921 – 30/09/2023 (102), Turkey, Football Maria Huybrechts (wiki) 05/07/1930 – 15/09/2023 (93), Belgium, Swimming Hamish Hardie (wiki) 22/09/1928 – 01/12/2023 (95), Great Britain, Sailing Nancy Mackay (wiki) 16/05/1922 – 04/01/2024 (101), Canada, Athletics Jeanine Moussier (wiki) 08/04/1930 – 22/04/2024 (94), France, Athletics Joseph Reynders (wiki) 16/12/1929 – 12/04/2024 (94), Belgium, Swimming 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,645 Posted October 18 Lynn - the Leap - Davies 60 years on from his Olympic gold medal looks way beyond chipper. Not sure how old that video is, but he's healthy as fuck. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/articles/cvgwy4z10vlo Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,645 Posted October 22 Oh aye, and speaking of Lynn the Leap, as we were - the guy who stopped him defending his title - Bob Beamon - is 78 but he's just recorded a hip-hop jazz album: https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/interactive/2024/bob-beamon-olympic-long-jump-record-jazz-drums/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,033 Posted October 23 East German athlete Annelie Ehrhardt, gold medallist in the women's 100m hurdles at the 1972 Games, reportedly dead: https://www.european-athletics.com/news/1972-olympic-champion-ehrhardt-dies-at-the-age-of-74 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy 1,688 Posted October 24 Geoff Capes should probably go in here too, as he was definitely a summer Olympian if never a medallist. For those too young, he was also the third most famous Brit of the 1970s, after Brian ‘squat thrusts and parallel bars dips’ Jacks and Dickie O’Sullivan, obviously. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,645 Posted October 24 4 hours ago, harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy said: Geoff Capes should probably go in here too, as he was definitely a summer Olympian if never a medallist. For those too young, he was also the third most famous Brit of the 1970s, after Brian ‘squat thrusts and parallel bars dips’ Jacks and Dickie O’Sullivan, obviously. Aye, a multi-faceted national treasure, or summat Mirror has it about right IMHO - for those too young to realise it, btw, Capes was so old his athletic career started in the amateur days when everyone needed a proper job too. He was a copper, apparently very good when it came to calming down suspects during an arrest. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sly Ronnie 879 Posted October 24 British cultural shorthand for a big bastard, along with Giant Haystacks. RIP. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,033 Posted October 25 Alan Simpson, Team GB athlete who competed at the 1964 Games in the 1500m finishing 4th, reportedly dead: https://athleticsweekly.com/athletics-news/alan-simpson-1960s-miler-dies-aged-84-1039994063/ Silver medal at the 1966 Commonwealth Games in the mile. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Canadian Paul 97 Posted October 26 On 16/10/2024 at 10:57, Ulitzer95 said: Updated the 1948 London Olympians list above for deaths. Also the new names below. Recently discovered to be living: Anwar Baig (wiki) born ??/11/1924, Pakistan, Field hockey Fernand Bothy (wiki) born 23/03/1926, Belgium, Boxing Gertrude Winnige-Barosch (wiki) born 19/01/1929, Austria, Gymnastics Donna Gilmore (wiki) born 20/08/1929, Canada, Athletics Died since list above was made but not included on it: Pierre Bouladou (wiki) 18/11/1925 – 29/12/2022 (97), France, Weightlifting Lorna Lee (wiki) 16/07/1931 – 06/01/2023 (91), Great Britain, Athletics Marguerite Martel (wiki) 19/07/1924 – 01/03/2023 (98), France, Athletics Allan Sobocinski (wiki) 12/12/1931 – 09/05/2023 (91), Brazil, Shooting Galip Haktanir (wiki) 01/08/1921 – 30/09/2023 (102) Turkey, Football Maria Huybrechts (wiki) 05/07/1930 – 15/09/2023 (93), Belgium, Swimming Hamish Hardie (wiki) 22/09/1928 – 01/12/2023 (95), Great Britain, Sailing Nancy Mackay (wiki) 16/05/1922 – 04/01/2024 (101), Canada, Athletics Joseph Reynders (wiki) 16/12/1929 – 12/04/2024 (94), Belgium, Swimming Álvaro Vicente died January 14, 2006 according to Valencia, Spain cemetery records. 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,932 Posted October 26 Iranian weightlifter Mohammad Nassiri hospitalised after stroke, but of course stable and to be discharged soon. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,515 Posted November 2 Clement "Ike" Quartey, Ghana's first Olympic medallist thanks to a silver in light-middleweight boxing at the 1960 Games, dead at 86. Not to be confused with his more famous younger half-brother Isufu "Ike" Quartey, WBA Welterweight world champ and a legit boxing headliner in the late 90s. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,033 Posted November 6 James Rawson, Team GB Paralympian in table tennis winning medals including gold at Barcelona, reportedly dead: 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sinbabad 1,115 Posted November 13 On 16/10/2024 at 19:57, Ulitzer95 said: Updated the 1948 London Olympians list above for deaths. Also the new names below. Died since list above was made but not included on it: French Jeanine Moussier, who participated at the 1948 games in athletics, died on 22 April aged 94. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,584 Posted November 13 Dallas Long (wiki), U.S. Olympic champion in shot put (1964 Tokyo), dead at 84. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,584 Posted November 13 From the 1948 Olympians table, Britain's Glyn Hopkins (wiki) died in 2023 aged 94–95 as per the backend of the GRO Index. Edit: Found a death/funeral notice. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,584 Posted November 16 Polish 2024 Paralympic wheelchair fencer Michał Dąbrowski (wiki) dead at 38. Took home both a silver and bronze medal from Paris in August, despite suffering from bile duct cancer. Pretty remarkable. 5 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jcc 228 Posted November 17 https://www.espn.com/olympics/gymnastics/story/_/id/42433795/bela-karolyi-famed-us-gymnastics-coach-dies-82 Bela Karolyi, acclaimed multiple medal winning coach with Romania and the US, dead at 82. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
