123 deaths on this day in history.
Date of death | Athlete | NOC(s) | Sport(s) | Year(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|
21 January 1916 | Victor von Podbielski | GER | 1909—1916 | |
21 January 1916 | Arthur Wilde | GBR | SHO | 1908 |
21 January 1924 | Zoltán Jelenffy-Tóth | HUN | SHO | 1912 |
21 January 1931 | Bob LeGendre | USA | ATH | 1920—1924 |
21 January 1933 | Wally Brickett | GBR | WPO | 1912 |
21 January 1934 | André-Marie Rabel | FRA | FEN | 1900 |
21 January 1935 | Hugo Clason | SWE | SAL | 1912 |
21 January 1940 | John Duha | USA | GAR | 1904 |
21 January 1940 | Geoffrey Hall-Say | GBR | FSK | 1908 |
21 January 1942 | Albert Robbe | BEL | BOX | 1936 |
21 January 1944 | Alfred Schmalzer | AUT | HBL | 1936 |
21 January 1947 | Henry Grote | USA | DIV | 1908 |
21 January 1950 | Henri Achille Fould | FRA | BOB | 1948 |
21 January 1951 | Geoffrey Cornewall | GBR | ARC | 1908 |
21 January 1951 | Nestori Järvelä | FIN | ATH | 1924 |
21 January 1952 | Bruce Turnbull | GBR | HOC | 1928—1936 |
21 January 1955 | Jim Duncan | USA | ATH | 1912 |
21 January 1955 | Archie Hahn | USA | ATH | 1904—1906 |
21 January 1958 | Germain Van Haelen | BEL | BOX | 1924 |
21 January 1959 | Alex Duncan | GBR | ATH | 1908 |
21 January 1959 | Sepp Hipp | GER FRG |
ATH | 1952 |
21 January 1959 | Lajos Wick | HUN | ROW | 1924 |
21 January 1960 | Antonín Janda | CZE TCH |
FBL | 1920 |
21 January 1962 | Harry Dickason | GBR | GAR | 1912 |
21 January 1963 | Ingar Nielsen | NOR | SAL | 1920—1924 |
21 January 1964 | Juho Jaakonaho | FIN | CRD | 1912 |
21 January 1965 | Arie Bieshaar | NED | FBL | 1920 |
21 January 1966 | Claude Douthett | USA | USF | 1904 |
21 January 1966 | Willy Etzenberger | AUT | WLF | 1924 |
21 January 1966 | Cyril Seedhouse | GBR | ATH | 1912 |
21 January 1968 | Jacob Gundersen | NOR | WRE | 1908 |
21 January 1969 | William Beamish | FRA | BOB | 1928 |
21 January 1969 | Léon Deloy | FRA | SHO | 1924 |
21 January 1969 | Viktor Knutsson | SWE | SHO | 1920—1924 |
21 January 1970 | Franz Aigner | AUT | WLF | 1924 |
21 January 1970 | Tommie Quinn | ARG | HOC | 1948 |
21 January 1970 | Arnie Sundberg | USA | WLF | 1932 |
21 January 1971 | Teun Sprong | NED | ATH | 1924—1928 |
21 January 1972 | Piet Kloppenburg | NED | CRD | 1920 |
21 January 1973 | William Langford | CAN | ROW | 1924 |
21 January 1973 | Erik Hammer Sørensen | DEN | FEN | 1936 |
21 January 1976 | Dinty Moore | CAN | IHO | 1936 |
21 January 1977 | John Carleton | USA | CCS/NCB | 1924 |
21 January 1978 | Tibor Püspöki | HUN | ATH | 1924—1928 |
21 January 1978 | Olav Sundal | NOR | GAR | 1920 |
21 January 1979 | Caro Dahl | NOR | TEN | 1920—1924 |
21 January 1979 | Isidor Eriksson | SWE | FBL | 1936 |
21 January 1979 | Daniel Pierre | FRA | ATH | 1920—1928 |
21 January 1979 | Hans Tauscher | AUT | HBL | 1936 |
21 January 1981 | William Findlay | USA | FBL | 1924—1928 |
21 January 1982 | Elvio Banchero | ITA | FBL | 1928 |
21 January 1982 | Käthe Lettner | AUT | ALP | 1936 |
21 January 1983 | Johan Grøttumsbraaten | NOR | CCS/NCB | 1924—1932 |
21 January 1983 | Antonio Siddi | ITA | ATH | 1948—1952 |
21 January 1985 | Jan Peka | CZE TCH |
IHO | 1920—1936 |
21 January 1986 | Bogna Krasnodębska-Gardowska | POL | ART | 1936 |
21 January 1986 | Anders Törnkvist | SWE | CCS | 1948—1952 |
21 January 1987 | Conrado Castañon | MEX | BOX | 1948 |
21 January 1987 | David Cummings | GBR | ATH | 1924 |
21 January 1989 | José de Chávarri | ESP | HOC | 1928 |
21 January 1989 | Mahmoud Namdjou | IRI | WLF | 1948—1956 |
21 January 1990 | Rosa Gutiérrez | MEX | DIV | 1948 |
21 January 1991 | Cor Aalten | NED | ATH | 1932 |
21 January 1991 | Eigil Hansen | DEN | HOC | 1948 |
21 January 1992 | Marita Katusheva | RUS URS |
VVO | 1964 |
21 January 1993 | Edward Harvey | ZIM | HOC | 1964 |
21 January 1993 | Ferdinanda Martini-Pautasso | SUI | DIV | 1952 |
21 January 1994 | Andrejs Kapmals | LAT RUS |
ATH | 1912 |
21 January 1994 | Timo Suviranta | FIN | BKB | 1952 |
21 January 1995 | Armando Alemán | ESP | FEN | 1928 |
21 January 1995 | Alex Groza | USA | BKB | 1948 |
21 January 1995 | Attila Szekrényessy | HUN | FSK | 1936 |
21 January 1996 | Liliana Scaricabarozzi | ITA | GAR | 1952 |
21 January 1997 | Eduardo Assam | MEX | WRE | 1948—1952 |
21 January 1997 | Gunnar Galin | SWE | 1955—1963 | |
21 January 1999 | Johann Koller | AUT | HOC | 1948—1952 |
21 January 1999 | Marvin Rick | USA | ATH | 1924 |
21 January 2001 | Birger Bühring-Andersen | NOR | SHO | 1948 |
21 January 2001 | Pier Giorgio Cazzola | ITA | ATH | 1960 |
21 January 2001 | Reg Leafe | GBR | FBL | 1948—1960 |
21 January 2002 | Max Angst | SUI | BOB | 1956 |
21 January 2002 | Makhan Singh | IND | ATH | 1964 |
21 January 2002 | Zenon Snylyk | USA | FBL | 1956 |
21 January 2005 | Leonel Gabriel | URU | WPO | 1948 |
21 January 2005 | Václav Kubíčka | CZE TCH |
GAR | 1964—1968 |
21 January 2005 | Neville Scott | NZL | ATH | 1956—1964 |
21 January 2007 | Maria Cioncan | ROU | ATH | 2004 |
21 January 2007 | Joe Reynolds | USA | BOX | 1952 |
21 January 2007 | Ali de Vries | NED | ATH | 1936 |
21 January 2009 | Lajos Kiss | HUN | ROW | 1960 |
21 January 2010 | Knud Gleie | DEN | SWM | 1952—1956 |
21 January 2010 | Staniša Radmanović | SRB YUG |
CSP | 1960—1968 |
21 January 2011 | Giuseppe Brumatti | ITA | BKB | 1972—1976 |
21 January 2011 | Robert Cohu | FRA | BKB | 1936 |
21 January 2011 | Peter Demos | AUS | BKB | 1956 |
21 January 2012 | Daniel Alba | MEX | WRE | 1968 |
21 January 2012 | Vasco Ramires, Sr. | POR | EJP | 1972 |
21 January 2013 | Anna Ólafsdóttir | ISL | SWM | 1948 |
21 January 2014 | Ramón Cora | CUB | ROW | 1948 |
21 January 2014 | Vít Matlocha | TCH | GAR | 1952 |
21 January 2014 | Natalie Myburgh | RSA | SWM | 1956 |
21 January 2014 | Roar Woldum | NOR | SWM | 1952 |
21 January 2015 | Frieda Dänzer | SUI | ALP | 1956 |
21 January 2015 | Harry Gordon | AUS | 2001 | |
21 January 2015 | Beryl Marshall | ARG | SWM | 1948 |
21 January 2016 | Bill Johnson | USA | ALP | 1984 |
21 January 2016 | Robert Sassone | FRA | CTR | 2000 |
21 January 2017 | Bernd Drechsel | GDR | WRE | 1972 |
21 January 2017 | Vadim Kurach | RUS EUN |
ATH | 1992 |
21 January 2018 | Tsukasa Hosaka | JPN | FBL | 1964 |
21 January 2018 | Jim Johannson | USA | IHO | 1988—1992 |
21 January 2019 | Göran Högberg | SWE | ATH | 1980 |
21 January 2019 | Ismail Mačev | YUG | ATH | 1988 |
21 January 2019 | John M. Russell | GBR | ROW | 1960—1964 |
21 January 2019 | Raghbir Singh Bhola | IND | HOC | 1956—1960 |
21 January 2020 | Larry Amar | USA | HOC | 1996 |
21 January 2020 | Ulf Norrman | SWE | SAL | 1968 |
21 January 2020 | Turl Wagner | AUT | FBL | 1948 |
21 January 2021 | Anthony Mwamba | ZAM | BOX | 1988 |
21 January 2022 | Rex Cawley | USA | ATH | 1964 |
21 January 2022 | Jim Forbes | USA | BKB | 1972 |
21 January 2022 | Harry Kurschat | GER FRG |
BOX | 1956 |
21 January 2023 | Dave Howard | CAN | SAL | 1956 |