1 January 2014

Olympians we lost in 2013 Part 1 January to June

Those who follow my blog will know I love the Olympics and the various sports that only really get highlighted then. However, last year as most years saw the sad demise of many Olympians. Here is a record of those we lost from January to June under the years they competed.

1936

Elvi Svendsen (DEN) 8 January 1920 - 7 February 2013 Swimming 7th women's 4x100m relay, heats of the women's 100m freestyle
Hans Schnitger (NED) 5 August 1915 - 2 March 2013 Hockey bronze medalist men's hockey
Thérèse Blondeau (FRA) 4 December 1913 - 28 June 2013 Swimming competed in first round of women's 100m backstroke

1948

 Elvi Carlsen née Svendsen (see above) took part in the heats of the women's 4x100m, but not in the final where Denmark won a silver medal but under the rules of the time not Elvi.
Bill Smith (USA) 16 May 1924 - 8 February 2013 Swimming gold medalist men's 400m freestyle, gold medalist men's 4x200m freestyle relay
Bill Irwin (CAN) 24 March 1920 - 9 Feb 2013 Skiing competed in downhill, slalom, combined, 18km cross-country, nordic combined and ski jumping.  
Don Scott (GBR) 23 July 1928 - 13 February 2013 Boxing silver medalist light heavyweight  
Cummin Clancey (IRE) 9 November 1922 - 15 February 2013 Athletics competed in discus  
Donald Thompson (USA) 15 January 1928 - 26 February 2013 Fencing competed in epée  
David Bond (GBR) 27 March 1922 - 23 March 2013 Sailing gold medalist swallow class
Hjalmar Andersen (see below) took part in the 10,000m men's speed skating but did not finish
Anton Bühler (see below)  
Johnny Lunde (NOR) 26 October 1923 - 2 April 2013 Skiing DNF in downhill
Gordon Thomas (GBR) 18 August 1921 - 10 April 2013 Cycling silver medalist team road race 
Alberto Valdés (MEX) 25 June 1919 - 14 April 2013 Equestrian gold medalist team show jumping  
Alfred Bieler (SWI) 18 April 1923 - 24 April 2013 Ice Hockey bronze medalist men's ice hockey
Keith Carter (USA) 30 August 1924 - 3 May 2013 Swimming silver medalist men's 200m breaststroke, 4th men's 100m breaststroke
William Havens (USA) 29 January 1929 - 5 May 2013 Canoeing competed
Ottavio Missoni (ITA) 11 February 1921 - 9 May 2013 Athletics 6th in 400m hurdles
Nino Babbia (ITA) 15 March 1922 - 28 May 2013 Skelton/Bobsleigh gold medalist skeleton, 6th in four-man bob, 8th in two-man
Cathy Gibson later Brown (GBR) 21 March 1931 - 25 June 2013 Swimming bronze medalist women's 400m freestyle, also took part in 100m backstroke, 400m individual medley, 4x100m freestyle relay
Nilton Pacheco de Oliveira (BRA) 26 July 1920 - 26 June 2013 Basketball bronze medalist men's event
Alain Mimoun (FRA) 1 January 1921 - 27 June 2013 Athletics silver medalist men's 10,000m
Iván Ruttkay (HUN) 3 February 1926 - 30 June 2013 Speed skating 10th men's 1,500m, 13th 5,000m, 15th 10,000m, 37th 500m

1952 

Petronella "Nel" Büch (NED) 6 December 1931 - 3 February 2013 Athletics 6th women's 4x100m relay
George Wearring (CAN) 2 June 1928 - 3 March 2013 Basketball eliminated in group stages
Deliana Meulenkamp (USA) 3 July 1933 - 13 March 2013 Swimming semi-finalist women's 400m freestyle
Mirja Hietamies-Eteläpää (FIN) 7 January 1931 - 14 March 2013 Cross-country skiing silver medalist women's 10km
Ernest Chapman (AUS) 11 April 1926 - 21 March 2013 Rowing silver medalist men's eight
Jean Pickering née Desforges (GBR) 4 July 1929 - 25 March 2013 Athletics bronze medalist women's 4x 100m
Hjalmar Andersen (NOR) 12 Mar 1923 - 27 March 2013 Speed skating gold medalist men's 1,500m, gold medalist men's 5,000m, gold medalist men's 10,000m
Johnny Lunde (see above) 20th in downhill
Aleksei Komarov (USR) [Russian] 10 December 1921 - 10 May 2013 Rowing silver medalist men's eight
Maurice Marshall (NZL) 12 January 1927 - 16 May 2013 Athletics competed in men's 800m and 1,500m
Edward Stevens (USA) 15 September 1935 - 9 June 2013 Rowing gold medalist men's eight
Ingvar Rydell (SWE) 7 May 1922 - 20 June 2013 Football bronze medalist men's event
Vasile Tiţă (ROM) 21 February 1928 - 24 June 2013 Boxing silver medalist middleweight
Alain Mimoun (see above) silver medalist men's 5,000m, silver medalist men's 10,000m

1956

Timir Pinegin (see below) 8th Star Class
Vladimir Yengibaryan (USR) [Armenian] 24 April 1932 - 1 February 1913 Boxing gold medalist light welterweight
Ragnar Heurlin (SWE) 6 August 1928 - 3 February 2013 Canoeing eliminated in heats K-2 1000m
Toby Graham (GBR) 24 July 1920 - 8 March 2013 Cross-Country Skiing competed in men's 50km
Mirja Hietamies-Eteläpää (see above) gold medalist women's 3x5km relay
Hjalmar Andersen (see above) 6th in the men's 10,000m
Gene Campbell (USA) 17 August 1932 - 8 April 2013 Ice hockey men's silver medalist
Luis Molina (USA) 11 October 1938 - 20 April 2013 Boxing defeated in quarter finals of the lightweight 60kg division
John Somers Payne (IRE) 25 January 1926 - 24 April 2013 Sailing 16th Finn Class
Tony Byrne (IRE) 6 July 1930 - 27 April 2013 Boxing bronze medalist lightweight 60kg division
Petrus Kastenman (SWE) 15 August 1924 - 10 June 2013 Equestrian gold medalist individual eventing
Alain Mimoun (see above) gold medalist men's Marathon

1960

Günther Maritschnigg (GER) 7 November 1933 - 22 January 2013 Wrestling silver medalist welterweight

José Colomer (SPA) 10 June 1935 - 24 January 2013 Hockey bronze medalist men's hockey
Timir Pinegin (USR) [Russian] 12 June 1927 - 31 January 2013 Sailing gold medalist star class
Vladimir Yengibaryan (see above) lost in third round
Ludwig Leitner (GER) 24 February 1940 - 21 March 2013 Skiing 4th slalom
Jimmy Lloyd (GBR) 5 July 1939 - 22 March 2013 Boxing bronze medalist welterweight 67kg
Yuri Radonyak (USR) [Russian] 8 October 1935 - 28 March 2013 Boxing silver medalist welterweight 67kg
Anton Bühler (SWI) 15 June 1922 - 29 March 2013 Equestrian silver medalist team eventing, bronze medalist individual evening
Stan Vickers (GBR) 18 June 1932 - 17 April 2013 Athletics bronze medalist men's 20km walk
John Somers Payne (see above) 18th Finn Class
Frank Salvat (GBR) 30 October 1934 - 24 April 2013 Athletics competed in men's 5,000m
Margret Göbl (FDR) 26 June 1938 - 21 June 2013 Ice skating 5th in pairs
Harry Parker (USA) 28 October 1935 - 25 June 2013 Rowing 5th single sculls
Alain Mimoun (see above) 34th men's Marathon

1964 

Timir Pinegin (see above) 5th Star Class
František Gregor (CZE) 8 December 1938 - 10 March 2013 Ice Hockey bronze medalist men's
Ludwig Leitner (see above) 5th in slalom and 5th in downhill
Hans-Joachim Walde (FDR) 28 June 1942 - 18 April 2013 Athletics bronze medalist decathlon
Judit Ágoston-Mendelényi (HUN) 21 January 1937 - 12 May 2013 Fencing gold medalist women's team foil
Arquímedes Herrera (VEN) 8 August 1935 - 30 May 2013 Athletics 6th men's 4x100m relay, semi-finalist in men's 100m and 200m
Sharon Stouder (USA) 9 November 1948 - 23 June 2013 Swimming gold medalist women's 100m butterfly, gold medalist women's 4x100m freestyle relay, gold medalist women's 4x100m medley relay, silver medalist women's 100m freestyle

1968 

Timir Pinegin (see above) 16th Star Class
Alexis Nihon Jr. (BAH) 10 January 1946 - 24 February 2013 Wrestling took part in the light heavyweight 97kg freestyle
Ronnie Smith (USA) 28 March 1949 - 31 March 2013 Athletics gold medalist men's 4x100m relay
Nicolae Martinescu (ROM) 24 February 1940 - 1 April 2013 Greco-Roman Wrestling bronze medalist light heavyweight
Hans-Joachim Walde (see above) silver medalist decathlon

1972 

Timir Pinegin (see above) 7th Soling Class
Pietro Mennea (ITA) 28 June 1952 - 21 March 2013 Athletics bronze medalist men's 200m
Anton Bühler (see above)
Nicolae Martinescu (see above) gold medalist heavyweight Greco-Roman wrestling
Shirley Firth (CAN) 31 December 1953- 30 April 2013 Cross-country skiing 10th women's 3x5km relay, 24th women's 10km, 35th women's 5km

1976 

John Wood (CAN) 7 June 1950 - 25 January 2013 Canoeing silver medalist C-1 500m
Stefano Simoncelli (ITA) 12 November 1946 - 20 March 2013 Fencing silver medalist men's team foil
Angela Voigt (DDR) 18 May 1951 - 10 April 2013 Athletics silver medalist women's long jump
Shirley Firth (see above) 7th women's 4x5km relay, 27th women's 5km, 29th women's 10km
Vladimir Romanovsky (USR) [Belarusian] 21 June 1957 - 13 May 2013 Canoeing gold medalist men's K-2 1000m, silver medalist men's K-2 500m

1980 

Pietro Mennea (see above) gold medalist men's 200m, bronze medalist men's 4x400m relay
Shirley Firth (see above) 8th women's 4x5km relay, 24th women's 10km, 28th women's 5km
Yordon Angelov (BUL) 28 August 1953 - 6 May 2013 Volleyball men's silver medalist 
Donna Hartley (GBR) 1 May 1955 - 7 June 2013 Athletics bronze medalist women's 4x400m relay  

1984 

Sabine Bischoff (FDR) 21 May 1958 - 5 March 2013 Fencing silver medalist women's team foil
Shirley Firth (see above) 22nd women's 10km, 25th women's 20km, 28th women's 5km
Laslo Babits (CAN) 17 April 1958 - 12 June 2013 Athletics 8th men's javelin  

1988

Helga Arendt (FDR) 24 April 1964 - 11 March 2013 Athletics 7th women's 400m, 4th women's 4x400m relay

1992 

Philippe Gaumont (FRA) 22 February 1973 - 17 May 2013 Cycling bronze medalist men's team time trial
Hervé Boussard (FRA) 8 March 1966 - 25 June 2013 Cycling bronze medalist men's team time trial

1996

Ingrid Visser (NED) 4 Jun 1977 - Bet 13&27 May 2013 Volleyball 5th women's event
Chechen-Ool Mongush (RUS) 28 May 1972 - c. 9 June 2013 Wrestling lost bronze medal match in -52kg category

2000

Soraya Jiménez Mendivil (MEX) 5 August 1977 - 28 March 2013 Weightlifting gold medalist women's -58kg (her nation's first female gold medalist)
Andreas Kiligkaridis (GRE) 5 August 1976 - 11 June 2013 Canoeing eliminated in the heats of men's C-1 500m DQed in C-1 1000m

2004 

Adberrahim Goumri (MOR) 21 May 1976 - 19 January 2013 Athletics 13th men's 5000 metres
Andreas Kiligkaridis (see above) semi-finalist in men's C-1 500m & 1,000m  
Meamea Thomas (KIR) 11 September 1987 - c. 23 June 2013 Weightlifting 13th men's -85kg division

2008

Adberrahim Goumri (see above) 20th men's Marathon  
Acer Nethercott (GBR) 28 November 1977 - 26 January 2013 Rowing silver medalist men's eight (coxwain)  
Andrew Simpson (GBR) 17 December 1976 - 9 May 2013 Sailing gold medalist men's Star class
Andreas Kiligkaridis (see above) semi-finalist in men's C-1 500m & 1,000m

2012 

Andrew Simpson (see above) silver medalist men's Star class

I know this list is probably not complete, it is largely weighted to the medalists as they are the ones that people will remember.

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