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At the modern Olympic Games, as of the conclusion of the 2024 Summer Paralympics, eight Olympic or Paralympic athletes and six horses have died as a result of competing in or practicing their sport at Games venues; three other deaths were potentially a result of competition.
Pre's Rock, a memorial to Steve Prefontaine who died after finishing 4th in the 1972 Olympic 5000 m Memorial to Bronisław Malinowski, who died one year after winning an Olympic gold medal Plaque commemorating Ryan Shay, who died while running the 2008 United States Olympic trials marathon. A number of athletics competitors have died during ...
1928 Summer Olympics [6] Iwao Aizawa Japan (JPN) Athletics: 1928 Summer Olympics [7] Abdurahman Ali Philippines (PHI) Swimming: 1932 Summer Olympics [8] Arno Almqvist Russia (RUS) Modern Pentathlon, Swimming: 1912 Summer Olympics [9] Virgilius Altmann Austria (AUT) Cycling: 1936 Summer Olympics [10] Erich Altosaar Estonia (EST) Basketball: 1936 ...
Bela Karolyi coached Nadia Comaneci to the first Olympics perfect 10 and Mary Lou Retton to all-around gold. ... USA Gymnastics confirmed the news, saying he had died Friday.
All cases in the list below are from alpine or downhill skiing activities; no skiers have been known to have died during any cross-country event, or in any major international ski jumping competitions (e.g. FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup, FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, and the Olympic Games), though many ski ...
The team manager of the top-seeded men's heavyweight boxer at the Paris Olympics died at the athletes village in Saint-Denis. Lionel Fatu Elika died on Friday morning local time at the village ...
Pages in category "Olympic deaths" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Sophie Hediger, an Olympic snowboarder who competed for Switzerland at the 2022 Winter Olympics, has died in an avalanche. She was 26 years old. Hediger’s death was confirmed by the Swiss-Ski ...