100 deaths on this day in history.
Date of death | Athlete | NOC(s) | Sport(s) | Year(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|
17 April 1911 | Riccardo Zardinoni | ITA | ROW | 1906 |
17 April 1913 | Jacques Aumont-Thiéville | FRA | FEN | 1908 |
17 April 1915 | Floyd McFarland | USA | CTR | 1900—1904 |
17 April 1918 | Ronald Sanderson | GBR | ROW | 1908 |
17 April 1923 | Bror Brenner | FIN | SAL | 1912 |
17 April 1924 | Ralph Spotts | USA | SHO | 1912 |
17 April 1932 | Nelson Margetts | USA | POL | 1920 |
17 April 1939 | Harry Stiff | GBR | TOW | 1920 |
17 April 1944 | Gerard Sieverts | NED | KBL | 1920 |
17 April 1946 | Alexandru Papană | ROU | BOB | 1932 |
17 April 1947 | Jim Cater | GBR | BOX | 1920 |
17 April 1948 | John Madden | TCH GBR |
FBL | 1920 |
17 April 1952 | Ville Lehmusvirta | FIN | WRE | 1912 |
17 April 1954 | Béla Mező | HUN | ATH | 1904 |
17 April 1957 | William Murphy | USA | LAX | 1904 |
17 April 1957 | József Ónody | HUN | SWM | 1906—1908 |
17 April 1958 | George Pilkington | RSA | ART | 1948 |
17 April 1959 | Paul Dujardin | FRA | WPO | 1924—1928 |
17 April 1959 | Paul Haëntjens | FRA | EDR/EJP | 1900 |
17 April 1959 | Fredrik Svanström | FIN | ATH | 1908 |
17 April 1962 | Walter Feyerabend | GER | EVE | 1928 |
17 April 1962 | Magnús Tómasson Kjaran | ISL | GLM | 1912 |
17 April 1962 | Henricus Tromp | NED | ROW | 1900 |
17 April 1963 | Bobby Graham | GBR | ATH | 1936 |
17 April 1963 | Lauri Miettinen | FIN | 1939—1940 | |
17 April 1963 | Ivan Törnmarck | SWE | SHO | 1912 |
17 April 1965 | Johnny Worrell | PHI | BKB | 1936 |
17 April 1967 | Giorgio Cesana | ITA | ROW | 1906 |
17 April 1967 | Arne Højme | DEN | ATH | 1908—1912 |
17 April 1967 | Erik Sökjer-Petersén | SWE | SHO | 1912—1920 |
17 April 1967 | Marvin Thomson | USA | CTR | 1948 |
17 April 1969 | Gustaf Andersson | SWE | SHO | 1924—1932 |
17 April 1969 | Charles Fyon | CAN | LAX | 1908 |
17 April 1970 | Ingvar Lindberg | SWE | SSK | 1932 |
17 April 1973 | Cor Adoptie | AHO | FBL | 1952 |
17 April 1973 | Ferdinand de la Serna | BEL | EJP | 1920 |
17 April 1975 | Donald Waldhaus | USA | FEN | 1924 |
17 April 1976 | Charles Frisenfeldt | DEN | WRE | 1920—1924 |
17 April 1976 | Ernie Leacock | GBR | IHO | 1952 |
17 April 1976 | Alfred Louncke | FRA | WLF | 1924 |
17 April 1977 | Cyril Musil | CZE TCH |
CCS | 1936 |
17 April 1980 | Humberto | BRA | FBL | 1952 |
17 April 1981 | Hanns Kilian | GER | BOB | 1928—1936 |
17 April 1983 | Carlo Alberto D'Albertis | ITA | SAL | 1928 |
17 April 1984 | Gérard Vuilleumier | SUI | SJP | 1928 |
17 April 1986 | Paul Costello | USA | ROW | 1920—1928 |
17 April 1986 | Gaston Ducayla | FRA | WRE | 1924 |
17 April 1988 | Marianne Szapáry | HUN | ALP | 1936 |
17 April 1989 | Ivica Jelić | CRO YUG |
GAR | 1948—1952 |
17 April 1992 | Arkady Chernyshov | RUS URS |
IHO | 1956 |
17 April 1993 | Joachim Karliczek | POL | SWM | 1936 |
17 April 1994 | André Oriol | FRA | ROW | 1924 |
17 April 1996 | Adelaide Lambert | USA | SWM | 1928 |
17 April 1998 | Rudolph Opperman | RSA | 1971—1988 | |
17 April 1999 | Georges Miez | SUI | GAR | 1924—1936 |
17 April 2000 | Olive Hasenfus | USA | ATH | 1928—1936 |
17 April 2000 | Vladimir Panteley | URS UKR |
ATH | 1972 |
17 April 2002 | Urs-Ulrich Bucher | SUI | SAL | 1960—1964 |
17 April 2002 | Rune Öberg | SWE | WPO | 1948—1952 |
17 April 2003 | Godfrey Brunner | CAN | SHO | 1960 |
17 April 2003 | Frank Donovan | GBR | FBL | 1948 |
17 April 2004 | Hoo Cha-Pen | TPE | BKB | 1956 |
17 April 2005 | Lucien Masset | FRA | GAR | 1936—1948 |
17 April 2006 | Aleksandr Dolgushin | RUS URS |
WPO | 1968—1976 |
17 April 2006 | Peter Pospíšil | TCH SVK |
HBL | 1972 |
17 April 2006 | Bryce Thomas | AUS | ARF | 1956 |
17 April 2007 | Bruce Haslingden | AUS | CCS | 1952 |
17 April 2008 | Hans Graber | SUI | ROW | 1960 |
17 April 2008 | Viktor Pryazhnikov | RUS URS |
IHO | 1960 |
17 April 2009 | Väinö Hakkarainen | FIN | WRE | 1956 |
17 April 2009 | Abdel Mohamed Halim | SUD | 1956—2009 | |
17 April 2010 | Ferenc Kellner | HUN | BOX | 1960 |
17 April 2011 | Christy Elliott | IRL | BOX | 1972 |
17 April 2011 | Wolfram Koppen | FRG | JUD | 1972 |
17 April 2011 | Josefa Köster | GER FRG |
CSP | 1952 |
17 April 2011 | Oldřich Lomecký | CZE TCH |
CMA | 1952 |
17 April 2012 | Sukenobu Kudo | JPN | SSK | 1952 |
17 April 2013 | Tony Harper | BER | ATH | 1968 |
17 April 2013 | Kauko Kangasniemi | FIN | WLF | 1972 |
17 April 2013 | Stan Vickers | GBR | ATH | 1956—1960 |
17 April 2015 | Jaroslav Holík | CZE TCH |
IHO | 1972 |
17 April 2015 | Phil Lundgren | GBR | BOX | 1960 |
17 April 2015 | Unang Sukardja | INA | BDM | 2000—2012 |
17 April 2015 | Greg Woodcroft | CAN | WRE | 1996 |
17 April 2016 | Henry Corenthin | MLI | 1968—1970 | |
17 April 2016 | Jack Keane | USA | FEN | 1968—1976 |
17 April 2017 | Othman Bin Wok | SGP | 1959—1969 | |
17 April 2017 | Marta Kroutilová | CZE TCH |
CSP | 1952 |
17 April 2017 | Theresa Offredy | GBR | FEN | 1960—1964 |
17 April 2020 | Francisco Romualdo Gómez | AHO | FBL | 1952 |
17 April 2020 | Lukman Niode | INA | SWM | 1984 |
17 April 2021 | Gert Metz | FRG | ATH | 1968 |
17 April 2021 | Sándor Szabó | HUN | SWM | 1968—1972 |
17 April 2022 | Eduardo Barbeiro | POR | SWM/WPO | 1952 |
17 April 2023 | Viktoriya Divak | RUS | HBL | 2010 |
17 April 2023 | Lázár Lovász | HUN | ATH | 1968 |
17 April 2023 | James Melcher | USA | FEN | 1972 |
17 April 2023 | Ernst Oberaigner | AUT | ALP | 1960—1964 |
17 April 2023 | Fernando Vanoye | MEX | JUD | 2010 |
17 April 2023 | Miguel Ángel Zaworotny | ARG | HBL | 1988 |