2 January 2014

Olympians we lost in 2013 Part 2 July to December

As I said in part 1 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 July to December under the years they competed, details are under first medal, or year if not a medalist.


1936

Basil Dickinson (Aus) 25 April 1915 - 7 October 2013 Athletics 16th in Triple jump was oldest surviving Australian Olympian and last of their 1936 delegation

1948

Nilo Floody (CHI) 16th July 1921 - 2 July 2013 Modern Pentathlon 9th
Erik Ahldén (SWE) 4 September 1923 - 6 July 2013 Athletics 4th men's 5,000m
Jimmy McColl (GBR) 1924 - Aug 2013 Football beaten in the bronze medal men's team match
Gianni Rocca (ITA) 13 June 1929 - 11 August 2013 Athletics finalist in men's 4x400m relay and flag bearer
Henny ter Weer (NED) 7 August 1922 - 12 August 2012 Fencing competed in mens's team foil and sabre
Christopher Barton (GBR) 21 November 1927 - 18 August 2013 Rowing silver medalist men's eight
Dezső Gyarmati (HUN) 23 October 1927 - 18 August 2013 Water polo silver medalist men's team
Wacław Kuźmicki (POL) 27 April 1921 - 19 August 2013 Athletics 16h in decathlon he was last member of his nation's 1948 delegation
Henry Rebello (IND) 17 November 1928 - 27 August 2013 Athletics failed to record a mark in the triple jump
Bob Kurland (USA) 23 December 1924 - 29 September 2013 Basketball gold medalist men's team
Branko Vidović (YUG) [Croatian] 1922 - 5 October 2013 Swimming 5th men's 4x200m freestyle
Rodolfo Rivademar (ARG) 19 October 1927 - 15 October 2013 Sailing silver medalist 6m class
Thomas Summers (GBR) 3 January 1924 - 21 October 2013 Swimming competed in men's 100m backstroke
Ettore Perego (ITA) 11 April 1913 - 23 October 2013 Gymnastics 5th men's team, 12th pommel horse
Ebbe Parsner (DEN) 6 June 1922 - 24 October 2013 Rowing silver medalist double sculls
Hakon Barfod (NOR) 17 August 1926 - 4 November 2013 Sailing gold medalist Dragon class
McDonald Bailey (GBR) 12 August 1920 - 4 December 2013 Athletics 6th men's 100m
Harry Boland (IRE) 1925 - 18 December 2013 Basketball competed in men's event
Wilbur "Moose" Thompson (USA) 6 April 1921 - 25 December 2013 Athletics gold medalist men's shot put

1952

Nilo Floody (see above) Modern Pentathlon 17th
Torbjørn Falkanger (NOR) 8 October 1927 - 16 July 2013 Ski jumping silver medalist individual large hill, also took the athletes oath.
Gianni Rocca (see above) took part in the men's 4x400m relay
Judit Temes (HUN) 10 October 1930 - 11 August 2013 Swimming gold medalist women's 4x100 freestyle relay, bronze medalist 100m freestyle
Dezső Gyarmati (see above) gold medalist men's team
György Gurics (HUN) 27 January 1929 - 10 September 2013 Wrestling bronze medalist middleweight
James Bradford (USA) 1 November 1929 - 13 September 2013 Weightlighting silver medalist heavyweight
Jack Britto (PAK) 16 August 1926 - 16 September 2013 Hockey beaten in the bronze medal match
Birger Kivelä (FIN) 24 December 1920 - 27 September 2013 Diving 13th 10m platform
Bob Kurland (see above) Basketball men's gold medalist 
Noel Harrison (GBR) 29 January 1934 - 20 October 2013 Skiing 58th downhill, 71st giant slalom, DNF slalom
Viktor Tsybulenko (USR) [Ukrainian] 13 July 1930 - 19 October 2013 Athletics 4th in men's javelin
Ebbe Parsner (see above) eliminated in repechage in double sculls
Arne Johansen (NOR) 3 April 1927 - 25 October 2013 Speed skating bronze medalist  men's 500m
Hakon Barfod (see above) sailing gold medalist Dragon class
Carl Lovsted (USA) 4 April 1930 - 8 November 2013 Rowing bronze medalist coxed four
André Filippini (SWI) 13 September 1924 - 19 November 2013 Bobsleigh bronze medalist 4 man bob
Baldassarre Porto (ITA) 19 January 1923 - 30 November 2013 Athletics competed in men's 4x400m relay
McDonald Bailey (see above) bronze medalist men's 100m
Eero Kohelmainen (FIN) 24 March 1918 - 7 December 2013 Cross-country skiing silver medalist men's 50km
Raymond Paul (GBR) 21 November 1928  - December 2013 Fencing quarter finalist foil men's individual and team



1956

Nilo Floody (see above) Modern Pentathlon 24th
Gordon McKenzie (USA) 26 June 1927 - 19 July 2013 Athletics DNF men's 10,000m
Bob Bignell (AUS) 14 March 1922 - 11 August 2013 Football beaten quarter finalist men's team
Dezső Gyarmati (see above) gold medalist men's team
Wellington Burtnett (USA) 26 August 1930 - 21 August 2013 Ice hockey silver medalist men's team
Kauko Hänninen (FIN) 28 January 1930 - 26 August 2013 Rowing bronze medalist coxless four
Lennart Risberg (SWE) 16 April 1935 - 4 September 2013 Boxing KO in first round of light heavyweight
Faith Leech (AUS) 31 March 1941 - 14 September 2013 Swimming gold medalist women's 4x100m freestyle relay, bronze medalist 100m freestyle
Denis Brodeur (CAN) 12 October 1930 - 26 September 2013 Ice hockey silver medalist men's team
Noel Harrison (see above) 47th slalom, 54th giant slalom
Viktor Tsybulenko (see above) bronze medalist javelin
Albie Thomas (AUS) 8 February 1935 - 27 October 2013 Athletics 5th men's 5,000m
Raimondo D'Inzeo (ITA) 8 February 1925 - 25 November 2013 Equestrian silver medalist individual show jumping, silver medalist team show jumping
Vladis Muižnieks (USR) [Latvian] 22 February - c. 29 November 2013 Basketball silver medalist men's team
Yevgeny Yatsinenko (USR) [Russian] 8 January 1925 - 15 December 2013 Canoeing silver medalist men's K-2 1,000m, 5th men's K-2 10,000m
Pyotr Bolotnikov (see below) 9th men's 5,000m
Raymond Paul (see above) 8th men's foil individual, 4th men's épée team, tied 5th men's foil team, tied 7th men's sabre team

1960

Gordon McKenzie (see above) 48th in the Marathon
Bill Hoskyns (GBR) 19 March 1931 - 4 August 2013 Fencing silver medalist men's team épée
Anatoly Albul (USR) [Russian] 1 June 1936 - 13 August 2013 Wrestling bronze medalist men's light heavyweight 
Dezső Gyarmati (see above) bronze medalist men's team
Kauko Hänninen (see above) semi-finalist coxed four
Carl van Gerber (SWE) 23 August 1931 - 8 September 2013 Canoeing semi-finalist K-1 4x500m relay
Josef Němec (CZE) 25 September 1933 - 10 September 2013 Boxing bronze medalist heavyweight
James Bradford (see above) silver medalist heavyweight
Owe Lostad (SWE) 27 June 1922 - 12 October 2013 Rowing cox in coxed pairs, coxed four and eight
Viktor Tsybulenko (see above) gold medalist javelin
Imre Nagy (HUN) 21 February 1933 - 20 October 2013 Modern Pentathlon gold medalist men's team. silver medalist individual
Albie Thomas (see above) competed in men's 1,500m and 5,000m
Walt Bellamy (USA) 24 July 1939 - 2 November 2013 Basketball gold medalist men's team
Nikolai Karpov (USR) 8 November 1929 - 7 November 2013 Basketball bronze medalist men's team
István Telegdy (HUN) 4 December 1927 - 11 November 2013 Sailing 12th Star Class
Raimondo D'Inzeo (see above) gold medalist individual show jumping, bronze medalist team show jumping
Paul Gnaier (GER) 8 March 1926 - 25 November 2013 Fencing 4th individual épée, 5th team épée
Attilio Bravi (ITA) 9 September 1936 - 27 November 2013 Athletics 10th men's long jump
Vladis Muižnieks (see above) silver medalist men's basketball
Pyotr Bolotnikov (USR) [Moldovian] 8 March 1930 - 20 December 2013 Athletics gold medalist 10,000m
Eero Mäntyranta (FIN) 20 November 1937 - 30 December 2013 Cross-country skiing gold medalist men's 4x10km

1964

Claude Arabo (FRA) 3 October 1937 - 3 July 2013 Fencing silver medal individual sabre
Hassan Pakandam (IRN) 19 May 1934 - 16 July 2013 Boxing participated in lightweight division
Bill Hoskyns (see above)  silver medalist individual épée
Dezső Gyarmati (see above) gold medalist men's team
Kauko Hänninen (see above) eliminated in repechage coxless four
Stanislav Stepashkin (USR) [Russian] 1 September 1940 - 4 September 2013 Boxing gold medalist featherweight -57kg
Carl van Gerber (see above) 5th K-4 1000m
Masae Kasai (JAP) 14 July 1933 - 3 October 2013 Volleyball gold medalist women's team
Imre Nagy (see above) bronze medalist men's team modern pentathlon
Albie Thomas (see above) competed in men's 1,500m and 5,000m
Raimondo D'Inzeo (see above) bronze medalist team show jumping
Taisia Chenchik (USR) [Ukrainian] 30 January 1936 - 19 November 2013 Athletics bronze medalist women's high jump
Paul Gnaier (see above) 17th individual épée, 6th team épée
Vladis Muižnieks (see above) silver medalist men's basketball
Pyotr Bolotnikov (see above) 25th men's 5,000m
Eero Mäntyranta (see above) gold medalist men's 15km, gold medalist men's 30km, silver medalist men's 4x10km relay
Eleanor Montgomery (USA) 13 November 1946 - 28 December 2013 Athletics 8th women's high jump

1968

Saturnino Rustrián (GUA) 29 November 1942 - 14 July 2013 Cycling 21st Road Race, 22nd Individual Time Trial 
Ahmed Ishtiaq Mubarak (MAS) 6 February 1948 - 9 August 2013 Athletics competed in 110m hurdles
Vladimir Vikulov (USR) [Russian] 20 July 1946 - 9 August 2013 Ice hockey gold medalist  men's team
Petr Kment (CZE) 20 August 1942 - 22 August 2013 Greco-Roman Wrestling bronze medalist heavyweight
Kauko Hänninen (see above) eliminated in repechage coxless pair 
Viktor Zinger (USR) 29 October 1941 - 24 September 2013 Ice hockey gold medalist men's team
Igor Romishevsky (USR) 25 March 1940 - 28 September 2013 Ice hockey gold medalist men's team
Sergei Belov (USR) [Russian] 23 January 1944 - 3 October 2013 Basketball bronze medalist men's team
Vladimir Musalimov (USR) [Ukrainian] 31 December 1944 - 3 November 2013 Boxing bronze medalist welterweight
Stephen Rexe (CAN) 26 February 1947 - 12 November 2013 Ice hockey bronze medalist men's team
Paul Gnaier (see above) 4th team épée
Eva Davies (GBR) 25 December 1924 - 2 December 2013 Fencing women's team foil
Eero Mäntyranta (see above) silver medalist men's 15km, bronze medalist men's 30km, bronze medalist men's 4x10km relay
Eleanor Montgomery (see above) 19th women's high jump

1972

Flemming Hansen (DEN) 11 September 1948 - 14 July 2013 Handball 13th in men's team
Paul Côté (CAN) 28 January 1944 - 19 July 2013 Sailing bronze
Ahmed Ishtiaq Mubarak (see above) competed in 110m hurdles
Vladimir Vikulov (see above) gold medalist  men's team
Edith Master (see below) 9th Team Dressage and 18th= individual
Matti Murto (FIN) 9 April 1949 - 19 August 2013 Ice hockey 5th men's team
Stanisław Szozda (POL) 25 September 1950 - 23 September 2013 Cycling silver medalist 100km Team Time Trial
Igor Romishevsky (see above) gold medalist men's ice hockey
Sergei Belov (see above) gold medalist men's basketball
Raimondo D'Inzeo (see above) bronze medalist team show jumping


1976

Ahmed Ishtiaq Mubarak (see above) competed in 110m hurdles and Malaysia's flagbearer
Edith Master (USA) 25 August 1932 - 18 August 2013 Equestrian bronze medal team dressage
Matti Murto (see above) 4th men's ice hockey
Stanisław Szozda (see above) silver medalist 100km Team Time Trial
Sergei Belov (see above) bronze medalist men's basketball
Jindřich Balcar (CZE) 22 March 1950 - 21 November 2013 Ski jumping 27th individual normal hill
Jörg Spengler (FDR) 23 December 1938 - 26 November 2013 Sailing bronze medalist Tornado class
Nadezhda Ilyina (USR) [Russian] 24 January 1949 - 7 December 2013 Athletics bronze medalist women's 4x400m relay

1980

Sergei Belov (see above) bronze medalist men's basketball and cauldron lighter
Ian Davies (AUS) 1 January 1956 - 7 November 2013 Basketball 8th men's team



1984


Ibrahim Youssef (EGY) 1 January 1959 - 10 July 2013 Football quarter-finalist in men's event
Todd Bennett (GBR) 6 July 1962 - 16 July 2013 Athletics silver medalist men's 4x400m relay
Det de Beus (NED) 18 February 1958 - 21 July 2013 Hockey gold medalist in women's team
Marco Bucci (ITA) 29 November 1960 - 6 August 2013 Athletics injury prevented him throwing a qualifying distance in discus
 Ian Davies (see above) 7th men's team basketball


1988

Todd Bennett (see above) 5th in men's 4x400m relay 
Det de Deus (see above) bronze medalist in women's hockey
Lázaro Rivas (see below) 5th mne's 52kg Greco Roman wrestling

1992

Alexander Rennie (RSA) 28 September 1959 - 4 December 2013 Slalom 36th men's K-1 

2000 

Lourembam Brojeshori Devi (IND) 1 Jan 1981 - 21 July 2013 Judo semi-finalist in the women's 52kg 
Shinya Taniguchi (JAP) 23 March 1981 - 4 September 2013 Swimming 8th men's 400m individual  medley
Kazem Sarikhani (IRN) 5 April 1978 - 10 October 2013 Judo beaten in semi-final repechage men's Half-Middleweight -81kg
Lázaro Rivas (CUB) 4 April 1975 - 22 December 2013 Greco-Roman wrestling silver medalist men's 54kg

2004

Meskerem Legesse (ETH) 28 September 1986 - 15 July 2013 Athletics competed in women's 1,500m
Wang Kenan (CHN) 3 August 1980 - 5 October 2013 Diving 8th synchronised 3m springboard ]

2008

Christian López (GUA) 30 March 1984 - 6 November 2013 Weightlifting 16th -105kg
Iryna Charnushenka-Stassiuk (BLR) 9 March 1979 - 5 December 2013 Athletics 18th women's long jump
Besik Kudukhov (RUS) 15 August 1986 - 29 December 2013 Wrestling bronze medalist men's 55kg


2012

Billy Ward (AUS) 16 July 1993 - 4 August 2013 Boxing beaten in first men's light flyweight bout
Abdelrahman El-Trabely (EGY) 7 September 1987 - 19 August 2013 Greco-Roman Wrestling competed in men's super heavyweight category
Christian López (see above) 15th +105kg weightlifting
Besik Kudukhov (see above) silver medalist men's freestyle wrestling 60kg

As I said before there are bound to be more, but history does only tend to record those who win (or come close to it) or have longevity in thier sport of a starrling short life. 


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