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4 hours ago, chel said:

The first Kazakh Olympic champion died.
Alzhan Zharmukhamedov, the 1972 USSR Olympic basketball champion, has died at age 78.

https://tengrinews.kz/news/umer-pervyiy-olimpiyskiy-chempion-kazahskogo-proishojdeniya-485032/

 

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Played in that match.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwTPG792LG8

 

The Americans were so pissed off they didn't bother to collect their silver medals.

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Olympics, 1972 (1,2,3 places)

referees final:

Renato Righetto (30.01.1921 - 18.11.2001)

Artenik Arabajian (16.02.1930 - 01.05.2017)

 

USSR national basketball team
coaches: 
Vladimir Kondrashin - head coach (14.01.1929 - 23.12.1999), 
Sergey Bashkin - assistant (23.09.1931 - 22.03.2004).
national team:

Modestas Paulauskas - Captain (19.03.1945 - *) ru.wiki
Anatoly Polivoda (29.05.1947 - *) ru.wiki

Zurab Sakandelidze (09.08.1945 - 25.01.2004)

Alzhan Zharmukhamedov (02.10.1944 - 03.12.2022)

Alexander Boloshev (12.03.1947 - 16.07.2010)

Ivan Jedeshko (25.03.1945 - *) ru.wiki

Sergey Belov (23.01.1944 - 03.10.2013)

Mikhail Korkia (10.09.1948 - 07.02.2004)

Ivan Dvorny (05.01.1952 - 22.09.2015)

Gennady Volnov (28.11.1939 - 15.07.2008)

Alexander Belov (09.11.1951 - 03.10.1978)

Sergey Kovalenko (11.08.1947 - 18.11.2004)

 

USA national basketball team

coaches:

Henry Iba - head coach (06.08.1904 - 15.01.1993)

John Bach - assistant  (10.07.1924 - 18.01.2016)

Don Haskins - assistant (14.03.1930 - 07.09.2008)

national team:

Kenneth Davis  - Captain (12.09.1948 - *) en.wiki

Doug Collins (28.07.1951 - *) en.wiki

Thom Henderson (26.01.1952 - *) en.wiki

Mike Bantom (03.12.1951 - *) en.wiki

Bobby Jones (18.12.1951 - *) en.wiki

Dwight Jones (27.02.1952 - 25.07.2016)

James Forbes (18.07.1952 - 21.01.2022)

Jim Brewer (03.12.1951 - *) en.wiki

Tommy Burleson (24.02.1952 - *) en.wiki

Tom McMillen (26.05.1952 - *) en.wiki

Kevin Joyce (27.06.1951 - *) en.wiki

Ed Ratleff (29.03.1950 - *) en.wiki

 

Cuba national basketball team

coach: 

Juan Carmelo Ortega Miranda (16.07.1938 - 12.06.2016)

national team:

Juan Domecq (10.06.1950 - *) es.wiki

Ruperto Herrera Tabio (06.12.1949 - *) es.wiki

Juan Roca Brunet (27.10.1950 - 09.07.2022) 

Pedro Chappe (16.06.1945 - 15.05.2003)

Miguel Alvarez Pozo (26.10.1949 - 31.05.2016)

Rafael Cañizares (24.05.1950 - *) es.wiki

Conrado Perez (21.12.1950 - *) es.wiki

Miguel Calderon Gomez (30.10.1950 - *) es.wiki

Tomas Herrera Martinez (21.12.1950 - 18.10.2020)

Oscar Varona (22.07.1949 - *) es.wiki

Alejandro Urgelles Guibot (02.07.1951 - 06.10.1984)

Franklin Standard (08.06.1949 - 07.10.2021)

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On 03/12/2022 at 10:42, chel said:

O primeiro campeão olímpico do Cazaquistão morreu.
Alzhan Zharmukhamedov, campeão olímpico de basquete da URSS em 1972, morreu aos 78 anos.

https://tengrinews.kz/news/umer-pervyiy-olimpiyskiy-chempion-kazahskogo-proishojdeniya-485032/

 

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He was a bronze medalist in 76 too, of which there are now 4 alive

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Ronaldo Veitie Valdivie, former judoka and Cuban judo coach, died on 12/5 at the age of 75 from diabetes complications, as coach of the Cuban judo team in the Olympics he won 5 golds, 9 silvers and 10 bronzes. In 30 years as a coach there were 308 medals International

https://www.cubainformacion.tv/cuba/20221206/100486/100486-fallecio-ronaldo-veitia-entrenador-emblematico-de-judo-cubano

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Ken Powell is no longer among the living, the Indian, who participated in the 100m, 200m 4x100m and 4x200m dash at the 1964 Olympics, died on December 11 at the age of 82, he was a bronze medalist at the Asian Games in Bangkok in 1970 in the 4x100m, modality where he reached the semifinals in the 1964 Olympics

https://sportstar.thehindu.com/athletics/kenneth-powell-dead-olympian-1970-asian-games-medal-winner/article66251223.ece

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Who's this 1964 "Olympic champion" Ali Saeed who just died?

 

There was a Syed Ali in the 1964 Indian hockey team, but he apparently died in 2010. I don't understand.

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1 hour ago, drol said:

Who's this 1964 "Olympic champion" Ali Saeed who just died?

 

There was a Syed Ali in the 1964 Indian hockey team, but he apparently died in 2010. I don't understand.

 

Good catch. Ali Saeed has been claiming to have been an Olympic hockey champion for over a decade, and is interviewed as such here. Claims to have been the first Muslim to play for the Indian national team, and also says he played on the left-wing. However, the official Olympic records show India's left-winger in the 1964 final was Darshan Singh. A fantasist in the shape of when people used to claim they were ex-child stars and their lies were only discovered after death?

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Ernest Fernando, competed in wrestling at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics at flyweight defending Sri Lanka, died on 12/16 at the age of 84, he was eliminated in the first fight by Mongolian Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav

https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/59909

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Eero Tapio, Finnish Greco-Roman wrestler passed away at the age of 81, he competed in the Olympics of 64 (welterweight), 68 (lightweight) and 72 (lightweight), getting the best placement in 68, placing fifth, was the Finnish personality of the year in 67, bronze in the world championships in 65 and 66, gold in 67, silver in 69. At European level it was silver in 67 and gold in 69, only in 69 was it -74kg, in previous years it was in the category -70kg

https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/57998

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 Perry Lindberg, ex-nadador sueco falecido em 19/12 aos 82 anos, foi campeão europeu em 1962 nos 4x200m masculino (segundo a morrer nesta equipe) nesta competição conquistou prata nos 100m livre e bronze e prata nos 4x100m livre, competiu nos Jogos Olímpicos de  1960 nos 100m livre (8º lugar), sendo o 18º a morrer nesta modalidade que participou nestas Olimpíadas, num total de 51. Quem participou nesta prova é o 32º de 67. Em 1964 foi 10º nos 100m livres, sendo o 17º a morrer entre os 66 que participaram daquela prova. , e a 13ª das 56 que participaram da prova

https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/50429

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György Tumpek Hungarian swimmer died on 12/21 at the age of 93, he was a bronze medalist at the 1956 Olympics in the 200m butterfly, (12th to die out of the 19 who participated in the category) and the first European champion in that modality in 1954, now the oldest champion European is Ian Black (GBR) aged 81, he also held world and European records in the 100m butterfly, 4x100medley and 200m butterfly at different times between 1953 and 1959

he was also silver in the 1958 European in the 4x100m medley

https://www.nemzetisport.hu/uszas/gyasz-eletenek-94-eveben-elhunyt-tumpek-gyorgy-2930749

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Laura Podesta, was an Italian swimmer, died this month at the age of 68, participated in the 1972 Olympics, in the 100m freestyle (she was in 34th place and was the 3rd to die among 46 who participated in the modality), 4x100m freestyle (she was in 13th place among 16 countries and was the 4th to die among 69 participants) and 4x100m medley (15th place among 16 countries, and 5th to die among 73 participants)

https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/48442

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Christopher Dowling was a swimmer from Malta and died at the age of 78 on 12/21, he was the country's flag bearer in the 1960 Olympics, participating in the 100m freestyle, placing 51st and last, being the 19th to die among those who participated in this modality

https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/49264

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Mod preview must surely be coming to this guy in the New Year.

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39 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said:

Mod preview must surely be coming to this guy in the New Year.

Why?

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1 minute ago, When The said:

Why?

Because if everyone copies deaths from wikipedia and duly reports them here all threads would be quickly spammed to the unbelievable.

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Anton Tkáč was a Czech cyclist who died on 12/22 at the age of 71, he was Olympic champion in 1976 in the Sprint (1st to die among the 25 who participated), in 1972 in the Olympics, he was 13th in the 1000m time trial (10th to die between 31 who participated in the competition) in the 4x100m focused by teams he was the 11th place (he was the 10th to die among 90 who competed) in 1980 he was 4th place in the sprint (1st to die among the 15 who participated in the competition), he was world champion in 74 and 78 in the Match Sprint and bronze in 1970 in the 1km time trial

https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/16857

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7 hours ago, Ulitzer95 said:

A prévia do mod certamente deve estar chegando para esse cara no ano novo.

I don't understand, what does that mean?

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6 hours ago, drol said:

Porque se todos copiassem as mortes da wikipedia e as reportassem devidamente aqui, todos os tópicos seriam rapidamente enviados para o inacreditável.

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Isn't the wire for reporting the deaths of those who participated in the Olympics?
I just posted one that won a gold medal, and it wasn't reported here, please explain to me, can't you put what's on Wikipedia here?

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