Winter Olympic Deaths

[The Old Crem 3,606]

Swedish Biathlete and 1960 champion in the 20km individual Klas Lestander dead at 91. Wiki. Obit (In Swedish)

[diego 1,985]

On 1/14/2023 at 8:24 AM, The Old Crem said:

Swedish Biathlete and 1960 champion in the 20km individual Klas Lestander dead at 91. Wiki. Obit (In Swedish)

He was the first Olympic champion in this modality, then the oldest, now the oldest is Magnar Solberg from Norway, 85 years old (champion 68 and 72)

[YoungWillz 21,046]

Valda Osborn (m. Foggin), who competed for GB in figure skating at the 1952 Winter Olympics, reportedly died on 28 December 2022: https://www.iceskating.org.uk/post/valda-osborn

 

A year later. she would be European Champion and a bronze medallist at the World Championships.

[alt obits guy 3,371]

Simon Dunn, who competed for Australia at the 2022 Winter Olympics in bobsleigh, has died. He was 35. Dunn was the first openly gay athlete on the team. He also played professional rugby.

 

https://www.dnamagazine.com.au/vale-simon-dunn-olympian-lgbtqia-advocate-dead-at-35/

[The Old Crem 3,606]

Jeff Hamilton, American speed skier who won bronze in the Demonstration event of Speed Skiing at Albertville 1992  died on January 10th aged 56. 

[The Old Crem 3,606]

Kyle Smaine, American Freestyle skier who didn’t compete at the games but did become world champion in 2015 in the halfpipe. He was 31 and died in an Avalanche in Japan. Times
Duncan Pugh - Australian bobsledder who competed in Vancouver 2010. He was 48. 
 

[gcreptile 10,972]

Australian (!) Bobsledder Duncan Pugh dead of an aneurysm at 48:

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/other-sports/duncan-pugh-dead-winter-olympics-29095877

[The Old Crem 3,606]

Albin Rogelj, Slovenian ski jumper who represented Yugoslavia at 1956 games has died 93. Obit (In Slovene). 

[etib80 82]

Elena Fanchini, skier who represented Italia at 2006, 2010 and 2014 olympics games, has died at 37 after tumor battle ...

[arghton 6,739]

Finnish 2018 winter olympics biathlete Venla Lehtonen, 27, suffering from heart problems. Seems to have some kind of a health history, was suffering from multiple health issues in 2020.

[The Old Crem 3,606]

Doug Mattis, American figure skater who did not compete at the games but attempted to do so and was coached by Robin Cousins has died aged 56. Obit

[max_bossetti 149]

On 12/01/2023 at 15:34, drol said:

Russian ice dancer Roman Kostomarov on life support with pneumonia.

Kostomarov had his feet and probably some fingers amputated due to necrosis

[arghton 6,739]

Tauno Honkanen, 1948 Winter Olympics Military Patrol is still alive as far as I know despite not being mentioned on the Oldest Olympians list. 2014 YLE mention, 2019 image from Facebook. Should be one of the last people to participate in that still alive. Jaroslav Šír is the only one marked living on Wikipedia, on the Czech team Otto Skrbek and Karel Dvořák are likely dead, same for Romanians Niculae-Cornel Crăciun and Ion Kasky. All the others are confirmed to be dead.

[The Old Crem 3,606]

György Czakó, Hungarian figure skater who finished 12th in 1952 has died aged 89. https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/84953

[drol 11,946]

On 14/02/2023 at 19:28, max_bossetti said:

Kostomarov had his feet and probably some fingers amputated due to necrosis

Roman Kostomarov suffers stroke.

 

Seems the reaper badly wants him.

[max_bossetti 149]

8 minutes ago, drol said:

Roman Kostomarov suffers stroke.

 

Seems the reaper badly wants him.

This is the second stroke he has suffered in a month. He also lost the sight of his right eye

[An Fear Beag 1,535]

On 21/02/2023 at 20:15, max_bossetti said:

This is the second stroke he has suffered in a month. He also lost the sight of his right eye

Sound like he is in a pretty grim condition, according to this article:

Roman Kostomarov, 46, "dies little by little" without arms and legs (iltalehti.fi)

Lost both hands and feet, and has cerebral haemorrhage, cerebral oedema, meningitis and 2 strokes. 

 

Just let the poor fucker go with some small amount of dignity.

[Sir Creep 7,070]

Carl E. Nelson, a trailblazing athletic trainer who introduced sports medicine to Colby and across central Maine, has died. A mentor, caring professional, and trusted friend, his deliberate and innovative programs benefited thousands of students and their families. He died Feb. 26, 2023, at his home in Waterville. He was 92.

In 1972 Nelson was tapped to be an Olympic athletic trainer in Sapporo, Japan, a role he also held in 1976 in Innsbruck, Austria. During the next winter games, in 1980 in Lake Placid, N.Y., he directed athletic training and physical therapy services. For his far-reaching contributions, Nelson was inducted into the National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) Hall of Fame in 1986, an athletic trainer’s highest honour. In 2018 he was inducted into the Maine Sports Hall of Fame.

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[The Old Crem 3,606]

Michael Botticelli,  an American figure skater who competed in 1980. https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/84278

[Sly Ronnie 884]

8 minutes ago, The Old Crem said:

Michael Botticelli,  an American figure skater who competed in 1980. https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/84278

 

Did he eat 18 curries?

[LizLemon 65]

Todd Sand, retired pairs skater and two-time Olympian, suffered a heart attack while coaching at the World Junior Championships this morning. 

[drol 11,946]

On 01/03/2023 at 13:48, An Fear Beag said:

Sound like he is in a pretty grim condition, according to this article:

Roman Kostomarov, 46, "dies little by little" without arms and legs (iltalehti.fi)

Lost both hands and feet, and has cerebral haemorrhage, cerebral oedema, meningitis and 2 strokes. 

 

Just let the poor fucker go with some small amount of dignity.

Kostomarov is improving and will be soon out of coma, though he might need an additional amputation.

[An Fear Beag 1,535]

On 03/03/2023 at 20:54, drol said:

Kostomarov is improving and will be soon out of coma, though he might need an additional amputation.

 

I'm very happy to be proved wrong if he manages to pull through this. Long way to go though. Reminds me of what Nick Cordero went through before he finally died. 

[Sinbabad 1,124]

German Klaus Bonsack, Luge Olympic Champion at the 1968 Winter Games is dead aged 81

He won a record 4 olympic medals in luge. However this record was beaten by fellow countrymate Georg Hackl in 2006

[YoungWillz 21,046]

No indication it is the same person, but could this death notice relate to Team GB cross country skier Richard Aylmer who competed at the 1956 Games? The age would be right: http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/262962/aylmer