diego 2,012 Posted March 21 Firmin Mattis was born in Val-d'Isère, France and died aged 94, He competed in the men's slalom at the 1952 Winter Olympics https://www.radiovaldisere.com/fiche-publication/les-infos-avalines-du-21-mars-2024 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diego 2,012 Posted March 26 Tibor Holéczy was born in Budapest, Hungary and died at the age of 80, and was a Hungarian cross-country skier. He competed in the men's 15 kilometer event at the 1968 Winter Olympics. https://sportal.blikk.hu/teli-sportok/meghalt-holeczy-tibor/2024032215432316785 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sinbabad 1,158 Posted April 9 American cross-country skier and biathlete Larry Damon has died aged 90, has announced Oldest Olympians on its facebook. He participated at four different games : 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diego 2,012 Posted April 10 Marian Costea died aged 71, was a Romanian ice hockey player. He played for the Romanian national team at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck and the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid https://www.libertatea.ro/stiri/marian-costea-a-murit-fostul-mare-hocheist-avea-71-de-ani-4853840 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,690 Posted April 26 Japan's first Winter Olympic Gold medallist, Yukio Kasaya has died aged 80. he won a ski-jumping gold in Sapporo, 1972. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DoorSlammer 577 Posted May 2 And a week later Netherlands's first Winter Olympic champion, Sjoukje Dijkstra, is now dead too, she was 82. She won gold in figure skating in 1964. Unique pick in the DDP. She died not even 3 months after the death of her close friend and fellow Dutch figure (and ice) skating icon Joan Haanappel. 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,278 Posted May 8 I see Nick Phipps, Team GB bobsledder who competed in the 4 man event at the 1980 Games and the 2 and 4 man events at the 1992 Games has died: https://www.thebbsa.co.uk/news-and-results/2020/world-cup-winner-phipps-dies-age-72/ He did not compete in 1988, but was Team GB's flagbearer at those Games' Opening Ceremony. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diego 2,012 Posted May 8 Aleksander Reichenberg, born in Mora, Sweden, died aged 31, was a Swedish-Norwegian professional ice hockey player who played as a forward. At international level, he represented the Norwegian national team and played in the 2018 Winter Olympics. https://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/hockey/a/5EV7mE/ishockeyspelaren-alexander-reichenberg-ar-dod 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,386 Posted June 10 Frank Carroll, an American Hall of Fame competitive skater and the coach of Olympians including Michelle Kwan and Linda Fratianne, has died. He was 85. https://people.com/frank-carroll-olympic-figure-skating-coach-dead-at-85-8660620 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,918 Posted December 16 Raisa Smetanina, Soviet cross-country skiing legend and first woman to win 10 Winter Olympic gold medals, in ICU and induced coma following apparent massive stroke and heart attack. 5 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,278 Posted December 16 1 minute ago, arghton said: Raisa Smetanina, Soviet cross-country skiing legend and first woman to win 10 Winter Olympic gold medals, in ICU and induced coma following apparent massive stroke and heart attack. It's a snow news day! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ObakeFilter 971 Posted Tuesday at 17:01 Sophie Hediger, a member of Switzerland's snowboard cross team at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, has died following an avalanche at a mountain resort, the country's skiing federation said on Tuesday. The incident occurred on Monday at the Arosa resort in Switzerland. Hediger, 26, competed at the Beijing Games in the women’s snowboard cross and the mixed team version of the same event. https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/swiss-olympic-snowboarder-sophie-hediger-dies-avalanche-aged-117085276 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sinbabad 1,158 Posted Tuesday at 23:30 6 hours ago, ObakeFilter said: Sophie Hediger, a member of Switzerland's snowboard cross team at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, has died Is she the first 2022 Winter Olympian to die ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
edm88 79 Posted Tuesday at 23:53 22 minutes ago, Sinbabad said: Is she the first 2022 Winter Olympian to die ? No, Patrick Gasienica and Maxim Gustik both died in 2023. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 11,114 Posted 2 hours ago Swiss downhill silver medal winner Roland Collombin has some kind of yet unspecified cancer: https://www.krone.at/3636528 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
