MariNisia 4,190 Posted October 23, 2021 Álex Quiñónez, Ecuadorian sprinter who competed in the 100 and 200 metres who won the bronze medal at the 2019 World Championships in the 200 metres event and ran a new Ecuadorian national record in the heats of the 200 metres at the Summer Olympic Games of London 2012, was assassinated on Friday in the port city of Guayaquil for reasons that are still being investigated: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/oct/24/sprinter-alex-quinonez-2019-world-bronze-medallist-shot-dead-ecuador 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,698 Posted October 28, 2021 On 16/05/2021 at 14:20, arghton said: https://www.expressen.se/gt/sport/friidrott/sjobergs-tillstand-samre-inlagd-pa-sjukhus-igen/ Patrik Sjöberg, 56-year old Swedish world record-breaking 1984 and 1992 high jump silver medalist and 1988 bronze medalist hospitalized again. Cocaine and alcohol use, bad habits. He was anesthetized for two weeks in March for sepsis and bronchitis (that he thought were covid). He now has bronchitis again and some kind of a bacterial infection in his spine or back. https://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/a/Jx7OKR/patrik-sjoberg-ar-stammis-pa-sahlgrenska-nu And hospitalized again. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,698 Posted November 7, 2021 https://tass.ru/sport/12857141 Igor Nikulin, men's hammer throw bronze medalist at the 1992 Barcelona olympics has died at the age of 61. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ladyfiona 2,577 Posted November 9, 2021 - Olympics main website - Daily Express Were part of the youth Olympics of Eritrea and was only 21. I saw something on BBC rolling news website if you click under world news - Africa. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,698 Posted November 23, 2021 As this thread has been used to report the deaths of olympic committee presidents: https://www.iltalehti.fi/muutlajit/a/3c70a512-9759-4c17-8132-c4a74fb9b2cb Tapani Ilkka, President of the Finnish olympic committee 1988-2004 and SUL president 1983-1990 died at the age of 80 on Saturday from a sudden illness. https://www.is.fi/urheilu/art-2000008426006.html Jukka Uunila, commercial counsellor, gray eminence in Finnish sports, the President of the Finnish olympic committee 1969-1984 and SUL president 1965-1974 died at the age of 98 from covid-related causes yesterday. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jcc 228 Posted November 30, 2021 CJ Hunter, Oylmpian and World champ shot-putter in '99, dead at 52. Probably better remembered as the supplier of PEDs to his then wife Marion Jones. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,595 Posted December 1, 2021 A story here on CJ Hunter (see above) reveals that World Championship Gold & Bronze medallist Emmit King was killed in a shooting incident a few days ago; he was arguing with another man and they pulled guns on each other (yes, in USAmerica). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thatcher 2,386 Posted December 9, 2021 Andrzej Zieliński, Polish runner who won Silver at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics in the 4x100m Relay, has died aged 85. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,924 Posted December 12, 2021 Last survivor of China 1948 Olympic basketball squad Wu Chengzhang looks alive at 97. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,698 Posted December 14, 2021 On 07/10/2021 at 15:57, arghton said: Iris Cummings (1920-) Swimming Elda Cividino (1921-) Gymnastics Joan Langdon (1922-) Swimming Turns out Cividino already died in 2014 according to this: https://www.triesteallnews.it/2021/12/centanni-dalla-nascita-dellolimpionica-sgt-elda-cividino/ Briefly on the "living centenarians" list yesterday until someone noticed that the article used as a confirmation of her 100th birthday mentions that she's dead. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,964 Posted December 14, 2021 21 minutes ago, arghton said: Briefly on the "living centenarians" list yesterday until someone noticed that the article used as a confirmation of her 100th birthday mentions that she's dead. That must have spoiled the party. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,582 Posted December 14, 2021 4 hours ago, arghton said: Turns out Cividino already died in 2014 according to this: https://www.triesteallnews.it/2021/12/centanni-dalla-nascita-dellolimpionica-sgt-elda-cividino/ Briefly on the "living centenarians" list yesterday until someone noticed that the article used as a confirmation of her 100th birthday mentions that she's dead. I saw that. Added by a user who clearly didn’t bother to translate it beforehand. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jcc 228 Posted December 15, 2021 Byron LaBeach dead at 91. Competed at the 1952 Helsinki games in the 100m and was an alternate for the record breaking 4x400m quartet of Wint, Rhoden, Laing and McKenley. Incidentally, George Rhoden celebrated his 95th birthday two days ago in Kingston, Ja. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,032 Posted December 30, 2021 And it's goodnight for DDP Pick by @time Ron Jones - another late hit: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/wales/59831045 64 and 68 Olympiads, but his medals came from elsewhere. 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,595 Posted December 30, 2021 2 hours ago, YoungWillz said: And it's goodnight for DDP Pick by @time Ron Jones - another late hit: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/wales/59831045 64 and 68 Olympiads, but his medals came from elsewhere. A late dip across the line there! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jcc 228 Posted January 4, 2022 4 time Olympic hammer thrower, Jud Logan, who was hospitalised on Christmas Eve with covid related pneumonia, dead at 62. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,582 Posted January 4, 2022 Chen Wen, former coach working with Australian and British Olympic diving teams has died aged 80. British Swimming 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,131 Posted January 5, 2022 This blog might be useful for reference and research on Olympic participants. https://olympstats.com Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,582 Posted January 5, 2022 8 minutes ago, Toast said: This blog might be useful for reference and research on Olympic participants. https://olympstats.com Ran by our very own @Canadian Paul. Doesn't post anymore, but I imagine he still reads posts as a guest. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,131 Posted January 5, 2022 5 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said: Ran by our very own @Canadian Paul. Doesn't post anymore, but I imagine he still reads posts as a guest. Really? I remember CP, he was still around when I joined. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CalebH 42 Posted January 6, 2022 Olga Orban-Szabo dead at 83 https://news.tvs-24.com/news/174538.html Won Silver medal in fencing in 56 losing to Gillian Sheen of GB in the final, got bronze in the team fencing event in 68 and 72 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Canadian Paul 97 Posted January 7, 2022 On 05/01/2022 at 03:59, Ulitzer95 said: Ran by our very own @Canadian Paul. Doesn't post anymore, but I imagine he still reads posts as a guest. At least when the traffic to the blog tells me that the largest referrer for the day is "deathlist.net". 10 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,582 Posted January 7, 2022 1 minute ago, Canadian Paul said: At least when the traffic to the blog tells me that the largest referrer for the day is "deathlist.net". Welcome back CP! You've been very absent these past years, don't be a stranger! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,131 Posted January 8, 2022 Thanks for the Olympic stats, CP! Very useful as we currently have a Summer Olympics category in the always interesting Scavenger Hunt deadpool. A game which can remain poised on a knife edge for months at a time 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,959 Posted January 8, 2022 10 hours ago, Toast said: Thanks for the Olympic stats, CP! Very useful as we currently have a Summer Olympics category in the always interesting Scavenger Hunt deadpool. A game which can remain poised on a knife edge for months at a time Yes, my little research for the Olympics category basically consisted of going to the CP page and sorting the names by age 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
