Athlete |
Nation(s) |
Sport(s) |
Role(s) |
Era |
Notes |
Henri Bouckaert |
FRA |
ROW |
Olympics |
1900 |
Died in boat accident, when passenger ship Texas drowned in Gulf of Izmir. |
Jul Braathe |
NOR |
SHO |
Olympics / 1906 |
1906—1912 |
Drowned. |
Ivar Formo |
NOR |
CCS |
Olympics |
1972—1976 |
Drowned on a skating trip on Store Sandungen lake. |
Art Hussey |
USA |
GLF |
Olympics |
1904 |
Drowned on Trinity River, California, while crossing the river on boat in Taylor's Flat, the gold mining village, but now a ghost town. |
Ragnvald Maseng |
NOR |
SHO |
Olympics |
1912 |
Drowned when trying to cross the river Bjoreia at Hardangervidda. |
Freddie McEvoy |
GBR |
BOB |
Olympics / Other |
1936 |
Died trying to save his wife from drowning in a boating accident. |
Hjalmar Mellander |
SWE |
ATH |
1906 |
1906 |
Died while trying to rescue a person from drowning. |
Hans Schönrath |
GER |
BOX |
Olympics |
1928 |
Drowned when hospital ship "DS General von Steuben" was sunk. |
Rich Weiss |
USA |
CSL |
Olympics |
1992—1996 |
Died in a drowning accident. |
Jorge White |
CRC |
FBL |
Olympics |
1980 |
Drowned at the mouth of Vizcaya River. |