diego 2,064 Posted March 21, 2024 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 2,064 Posted March 26, 2024 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 1,181 Posted April 9, 2024 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 2,064 Posted April 10, 2024 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 8,767 Posted April 26, 2024 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 621 Posted May 2, 2024 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 21,730 Posted May 8, 2024 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 2,064 Posted May 8, 2024 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 3,454 Posted June 10, 2024 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 7,111 Posted December 16, 2024 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 21,730 Posted December 16, 2024 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 1,040 Posted December 24, 2024 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 1,181 Posted December 24, 2024 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 December 24, 2024 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 11,417 Posted December 26, 2024 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
drol 12,675 Posted January 3 1956 alpine skier Vera Schenone (wiki)... repeatedly shot her neighbour, who is in critical condition but not in danger of life. 1 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,263 Posted January 7 There can't be many Lebanese alpine skiing Winter Olympians around. Their number (if it IS a plural) has been reduced by one as Jean Keyrouz, who competed in the 1956 and 1964 Winter Olympics, died on the 6th December 2024 - https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1007954411372460&id=100064737311221 F**** me - there was/is 32! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Olympic_alpine_skiers_for_Lebanon, maybe not as rare as I thought.... 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Clorox Bleachman 2,560 Posted January 7 4 minutes ago, Octopus of Odstock said: There can't be many Lebanese alpine skiing Winter Olympians around. Their number (if it IS a plural) has been reduced by one as Jean Keyrouz, who competed in the 1956 and 1964 Winter Olympics, died on the 6th December 2024 - https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1007954411372460&id=100064737311221 F**** me - there was/is 32! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Olympic_alpine_skiers_for_Lebanon, maybe not as rare as I thought.... There are ski resorts in Lebanon. It's hardly Jamaica. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
