Perhaps 1,367 Posted December 10, 2023 One of the best decisions I've made. 2 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,180 Posted December 11, 2023 13 hours ago, Perhaps said: One of the best decisions I've made. Why? 2 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arrowsmith 334 Posted December 11, 2023 2 hours ago, The Old Crem said: Why? 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,180 Posted December 11, 2023 4 hours ago, arrowsmith said: Coverage of his death is everywhere this morning. It’s even on the BBC. I didn’t think posting it would be controversial. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,013 Posted December 12, 2023 @Perhaps I made the exact same decision about those two. Agreed. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sinbabad 826 Posted December 12, 2023 Russian Luger Yevgeny Belousov, silver medalist at the 1984 Games, has died aged 62. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sinbabad 826 Posted December 23, 2023 I found an obituary for an Robert Bruce Dickson who died on 1st December at 92, and who has the exact same name and birthday than Bruce Dickson, an Canadian ice hockey player from the 1952 Games. Granted, he died in Colorado, not Canada, and there is no mention of his Olympic background. What do you think ? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 11,085 Posted December 23, 2023 9 minutes ago, Sinbabad said: I found an obituary for an Robert Bruce Dickson who died on 1st December at 92, and who has the exact same name and birthday than Bruce Dickson, an Canadian ice hockey player from the 1952 Games. Granted, he died in Colorado, not Canada, and there is no mention of his Olympic background. What do you think ? "He later moved to the United States, settling in Littleton, Colorado". Could've just read the Olympedia profile you quoted. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diego 1,833 Posted January 3 Norman Shutt died under the radar in died on February 12, 2022, aged 92, he competed in the Squaw Valley Olympics in 1960 and was the oldest living Olympic biathlete, his successor is Larry Damon, born on December 8, 1933, who represented the United States in that sport in 1960, and in cross-country skiing in 1956, 1964 and 1968 https://olympstats.com/2024/01/03/final-2023-updates-to-oldest-olympian-titleholders/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DoorSlammer 424 Posted January 12 Swedish speed skater Carl-Erik Asplund (wiki), bronze medalist in 1952, dead at 100. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diego 1,833 Posted January 12 27 minutes ago, DoorSlammer said: Swedish speed skater Carl-Erik Asplund (wiki), bronze medalist in 1952, dead at 100. He was Sweden's oldest living Olympic athlete, a position now held by Maud von Rosen, born on December 24, 1925, who was part of the Equestrian team in 1952 and won a bronze medal at this Olympics in Team Dressage. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 11,085 Posted January 12 17 minutes ago, diego said: He was Sweden's oldest living Olympic athlete, a position now held by Maud von Rosen, born on December 24, 1925, who was part of the Equestrian team in 1952 and won a bronze medal at this Olympics in Team Dressage. Do you need to Sigmund Freud everyone's fucking posts? Are they not good enough for you? 5 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,013 Posted January 13 9 hours ago, Ulitzer95 said: Do you need to Sigmund Freud everyone's fucking posts? Are they not good enough for you? What are you on about? I found the added info interesting and quite frankly YES, if you’re going to post an obit and leave out extremely pertinent info such as he was Sweden’s oldest Olympian, then take a lesson on sting obits. Feel free to pick on me ya cunt, and leave wee useless diego be. I’m guessing the four ‘likes’ you got were also from incapable obit posters, but I’ll never know. 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diego 1,833 Posted January 22 On 1/12/2024 at 1:51 PM, DoorSlammer said: Swedish speed skater Carl-Erik Asplund (wiki), bronze medalist in 1952, dead at 100. He was also the oldest living Olympic figure skater, who is now Yury Sergeyev, born on 16 July 1925, who represented the Soviet Union in the 500 meter event at the 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo Olympics and came fourth. https://olympstats.com/2024/01/13/two-more-changes-to-oldest-olympian-titleholders/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,180 Posted January 27 Josef Haas, Swiss cross-country skier who bronze at the 1968 games has died aged 86. Obit (In Italian). 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,180 Posted January 30 Henryk Pytel, Polish Ice Hockey player who competed at the 1976, 1980 and 1984 games has died aged 68. Obit (In Polish). 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chel 316 Posted January 30 Former coach of the national biathlon teams of Belarus and Bulgaria Nikolai Zakharov passed away on January 29. He was 77 years old. Nikolai Zakharov worked with the teams of Bulgaria and Belarus. It was under his guidance that Ekaterina Dafovska won the first and the only Olympic gold medal in biathlon in the history of Bulgaria. In addition, the specialist brought up a pleiad of talented Belarusian sportswomen, including inviting the future four-time Olympic champion Darya Domracheva to join the Belarusian national team. belta.by tass.ru matchtv.ru 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diego 1,833 Posted February 6 Pavel Ploc was born in Pardubice, the Czech died at the age of 80, he was a Czech biathlete. He competed in the 1968 Winter Olympics and the 1972 Winter Olympics https://www.biatlon.cz/2024/02/04/zemrel-pavle-ploc-st-clen-sine-slavy-ceskeho-biatlonu-a-olympionik/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,180 Posted February 12 Antonio Rački, Croatian cross country skier who competed at the 1994 and 1998 games has died aged 50. Obit (In Croatian). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,180 Posted February 15 Gunnar Ström, Swedish speed skater who competed at the 1952 and 1956 games has died aged 93. Obit (In Swedish) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,180 Posted February 18 Robert Huscher, American bobsledder who competed at the 1968 games has died aged 86. Obit 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diego 1,833 Posted February 20 Martin Hole was born in Geilo (Norway) died aged 64, was a cross-country skier, competed in the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. He also won two Norwegian championships; 15 km in 1985 and 30 km in 1986. https://www.bt.no/sport/i/bgRo0v/langrenn-tidligere-norgesmester-martin-hole-er-doed 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,180 Posted February 24 Lorns Skjemstad, Norwegian cross country skier who competed at the 1968 games has died aged 83. Obit (In Norwegian). 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,013 Posted February 24 This thread is coming along nicely. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
P94 36 Posted March 19 Belarusian ice hockey player Konstantin Koltsov died suddenly at age (almost) 43. Participated at 2002 and 2010 Winter Olympics. Privately, he was partner of tennis player Aryna Sabalenka. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
