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In addition, another 16 participants have died at the Olympics from other causes; 11 of these deaths were from the Munich massacre. Several incidents related to the Olympics have caused the death of non-participants. Large numbers were killed during the Lima football riot of 1964 and the Tlatelolco massacre in Mexico City in 1968
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 ...
Deaf Hungarian fencer Ildikó Újlaky-Rejtő won two individual medals (a gold and a bronze) and five team medals at the Olympics between 1960 and 1976. She never competed at the Deaflympics, as fencing was never part of the event's programme. [1] [2] Several athletes with disabilities have competed in both the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games.
List of people who died climbing Mount Everest; List of fatal accidents in sailboat racing; List of fatalities due to wingsuit flying; List of premature professional wrestling deaths (This list includes wrestlers that were active or retired from the sport but died before the age of 65.) List of sumo wrestlers who died during their careers
List of gridiron football players who died during their careers; List of association footballers who died after on-field incidents; List of athletics competitors who died during their careers; Sudden cardiac death of athletes
Three people with disablities have died in the L.A. wildfires. Advocates say disabled people are more likely to die in disasters because of poor planning.
This is a list of sports officials who died while active. This list is organized alphabetically by the sport the individual officiated in, and notes the deaths in chronological order within each sport. Also noted are age, leagues/associations or events they were part of when they died, officiating position (if applicable), cause of death, and ...
Tributes have poured in for the two men who died competing in an ironman contest in Ireland on Sunday. The men have been named locally as Ivan Chittenden, in his 60s and from Toronto in Canada ...