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While the list below focuses on people murdered while running for exercise, there are a greater number of attacks against runners that did not result in murder. For example, from December 1977 to February 1980, San Francisco Police Department statistics indicate 15 rapes and attempted rapes against joggers occurred in Golden Gate Park alone.
This is a list of lists of deaths of notable people, organized by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in March 2025 ) and then linked below. 2025
As a marathon medical director described the counter-intuitive and under-publicized risk in 2005: "There are no reported cases of dehydration causing death in the history of world running, but there are plenty of cases of people dying of hyponatremia." [2]
McDougall argues that barefoot running is the key to their longevity in the sport—and many other runners have taken Born to Run as their invitation to ditch their sneakers.
Died while racewalking during a race held in his honor. [4] 15 Sep 1950: Jaakko Jouppila Finland: 27: Shot put: Murder-suicide of his wife. [5] 11 Nov 1950: Les McKeand Australia: 26: Triple jump, javelin throw: Car crash. [6] 26 Aug 1951: Jakob Jutz Switzerland: 35-36: Marathon: Suffered heart failure while running the 1951 Swiss Marathon ...
People who have died as a result of participating in, training for, or attending sporting events. Subcategories This category has the following 19 subcategories, out of 19 total.
On January 21, 2017, Baumer was struck and killed by an S.U.V. while walking barefoot in Walton County, Florida. The crash occurred at about 1:15 pm. "He was wearing a high-visibility vest at the time, and walking against the traffic, in accordance with safety conventions," according to The New Yorker. [25] Baumer died on day 101 of his ...
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