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Olympians Who Were Murdered (93)

Athlete	Nation(s)	Sport(s)	Era	Notes
Frank Adams	TTO	ATH	1976—1980	Died from gunshot wounds.
Jorge Agostini	CUB	FEN	1948	Murdered.
Marwan Arafat	SYR	FTB/Referee	1980	Killed at the Jordan-Syria border in Nasib by armed militants
Yuliya Balykina	BLR	ATH	2012	Murdered.
Celia Barquín	ESP	GOL	2014	Murdered
Isaac Barrientos	PUR	BOX	1984	Shot and killed.
William Bartholomae	USA	SAI	1936	Murdered.
Trevor Berbick	JAM	BOX	1976	Murdered.
François Bonlieu	FRA	ASK	1956—1964	Eventually killed in a fight after an argument.
Chris Brathwaite	TTO	ATH	1976—1980	Killed by a sniper at the University of Oregon.
Jack Brinck	USA	ROW	1928	Murdered.
Danie Burger	RSA	ATH	1956	Killed during a home invasion.
Wojciech Bursa	POL	SHO	1936	Murdered by Soviet NKWD.
Sol Butler	USA	ATH	1920	Murdered.
Jairo Calanche	COL	FTB	1992	Killed by a gunman at a public market.
Omar Cañas	COL	FTB	1992	Murdered, along with two other men and a woman, in an execution style killing linked to the drug trade.
Raúl Castañeda	MEX	BOX	2004	Shot dead as a result of a drive-by shooting.
José da Conceição	BRA	ATH	1952—1960	Murdered.
Alex de Jesús	PUR	BOX	2004	Shot 12 times on the street.
Peter Dix	IRL	SAI	1976	A victim of the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland
Samuel Félix	MEX	MOP	2000	Shot in Lamont, California by and died from his injuries.
Nasir Gadžihanov	MKD	WRE	2000	Shot in his car.
Francisco García	MEX	WAP	1968—1976	Assaulted and shot when he did his training routine.
Aladár Háberl	HUN	CCS/NCO/SKJ	1924	Was killed in a robbery at home
Aden Hagi Yeberow	SOM	SOC	2009—2012	Killed in a suicide bombing.
Ronnie Harris	USA	BOX	1964	Shot and killed in an apparent holdup attempt.
Noé Hernández	MEX	ATH	2000—2004	Died 17 days after being shot in his head on 30 December 2012.
Jan Hettema	RSA	CTR/CYC	1956	Shot during a home invasion.
James Hewson	USA	ATH	1956	Murdered.
Tom Hicks	USA	BOB	1948	Murdered together with his wife during home invasion.
Gustavo Huet	MEX	SHO	1932—1948	Killed by a drunk driver whilst working as a policeman.
Kira Ivanova	RUS URS	FSK	1980—1988	Found stabbed to death in her apartment.
Ji Yong-Ju	KOR	BOX	1968	Stabbed during a fight with his neighbor and died after five days of excessive bleeding.
Christina Johannpeter	BRA	EQU	1988	Shot and killed in her car when thieves attempted to steal her jewels.
Anatoly Kamnev	RUS URS	BOX	1972	Stabbed to death while trying to stop a robbery he witnessed.
Sergey Karamchakov	RUS URS	WRE	1988	Murdered.
Elias Katz	FIN	ATH	1924	Killed by a sharpshooter.
Howell King (DNS)	USA	BOX	1936	Stabbed to death.
Mohiddin Mohamed Kulmiye	SOM	ATH	1984—1988	Killed in a random shooting in Mogadishu.
Valter Külvet	EST URS	ATH	1988	Killed during a carjacking.
Grigorios Lambrakis	GRE	ATH	1936	Murdered.
Dave Laut	USA	ATH	1984	Shot by his wife, who claimed self-defense for spousal abuse.
Joseph Lazarus	USA	BOX	1924	In 1943 Lazarus was killed after mediating a street brawl between a client and two British merchant seamen. After everyone had shaken hands, one of the sailors punched Lazarus through a drugstore window. An artery in his thigh was severed, and he bled to death.
Charles de Ligne	BEL	SSK	1936	Murdered by a killer hired by his wife.
Matija Ljubek	CRO YUG	CAN	1976—1988	Shot by a relative due to family dispute.
Walter López	HON	FTB	2000	Shot by gangs at the border Mexico-Guatemala.
Antônio Lyra	BRA	ATH	1932—1936	Shot and killed by a young man who was upset with Brazil’s government.
Mauro Cabeçâo	BRA	FTB	1976	Shot and killed.
Sonja McCaskie	GBR	ASK	1960	Murdered.
Floyd McFarland	USA	CTR	1900—1904	Murdered.
Rogelio Melencio	PHI	BAS	1968—1972	Stabbed and killed in a bar brawl
Galo Miño	ECU	SHO	1984	Killed in a shootout with criminals while serving as Police Captain
Chechen-Ool Mongush	RUS	WRE	1996	Strangled with a whip and buried in a forest.
Henry Morshead	GBR	ALP	1924	Murdered by an unknown attacker whilst out riding.
Edwin Mosquera	COL	WLT	2008—2016	Shot and killed.
John Muhato	KEN	SHO	1972	Died as a result of a carjacking
Elena Murgoci	ROU	ATH	1992	Stabbed to death by her former partner.
Pedro Nolasco	DOM	BOX	1984	Murdered during a home invasion.
Lawrence Ogwang	UGA	ATH	1956	Murdered by the Idi Amin regime in the 1970s
John Oladipo Oladitan	NGR	ATH	1960	Murdered by his chauffeur.
Jakkrit Panichpatikum	THA	SHO	1996—2012	Shot and killed by motorcycle gunmen whilst driving his car.
Arnold Peralta	HON	FTB	2012	Shot dead as a result of a drive-by shooting.
Álex Quiñónez	ECU	ATH	2012	Murdered by gunshots
Paul Raschid (DNS)	PAK	BOX	1948	Killed during political unrest in the former East Pakistan in 1965.
Corinne Rey-Bellet	SUI	ASK	1992—2002	Murdered by her husband.
Colin Ridgeway	AUS	ATH	1956	In 1993, he was gruesomely murdered in his home in University Park, Texas, after being shot seven times by a man waiting for him.
Lázaro Rivas	CUB	WRE	1996—2004	Stabbed to death
Gian Mario Roveraro	ITA	ATH	1956	Murdered after investigation into the collapse of the food and dairy conglomerate Parmalat. His body was chopped into pieces and found beneath a motorway bridge 30 km. from Parma.
Spider Sabich	USA	ASK	1968	Shot by his girlfriend in the bathroom of their home.
Mário Sabino Júnior	BRA	JUD	2000—2004	Shot and killed by a military co-worker.
Irina Salomykova-Vaag	RUS URS EUN	CAN	1988—1992	Murdered by her husband during domestic dispute.
Raatbek Sanatbayev	KGZ	WRE	1996—2000	Shot and killed while campaigning for the Presidency of Kyrgyzstan.
Lucas Sang	KEN	ATH	1988	Stoned to death in the violent aftermath to the 2007 Kenyan presidential elections.
Dave Schultz	USA	WRE	1984	Shot and killed by his sponsor while in training for the 1996 Olympics.
Sándor Sebők	HUN	SAI	1928	Murdered
Pritam Singh Sandhu	KEN	HOK	1960	Shot dead by robbers at his home in Nairobi, Kenya on 19 March 1999
Prithipal Singh	IND	HOK	1960—1968	Assassinated by one of his students in the campus of the Punjab Agriculture University, Ludhiana, on 20 May 1982
Bud Smith	USA	BOX	1948	Shot and killed.
Marian Spojda	POL	FTB	1924	Murdered by the Soviet Army in the Katyn Massacre.
Inkululeko Suntele	LES	BOX	2016	Stabbed to death while out with friends.
Joe Swindells (DNS)	GBR	LAX	1948	Killed at his home in Cyprus by an intruder.
Abrar Hussain Syed	PAK	BOX	1984—1992	Shot dead during sectarian violence in Baluchistan.
Man Bahadur Tamang	NEP	TKW	1988	Killed by Maoists who hacked off his hands and feet.
David Tarsey	GBR	DIV	1956	Shot dead together with his wife.
Denis Ten	KAZ	FSK	2010—2018	Stabbed to death on a street in Almaty.
Artyom Teryan	AZE URS	WRE	1952	Murdered following a domestic dispute.
Agnes Jebet Tirop	KEN	ATH	2020	Stabbed to death in her home
Abdelrahman El-Trabily	EGY	WRE	2012	Shot in the head during a march in support of Egypt's ousted president Mohamed Morsi.
Dele Udo	NGR	ATH	1976—1980	Shot and killed at a police checkpoint
Ingrid Visser	NED	VOL	1996	After going missing, she and her partner found dead, half-buried in an orchard 12 km from their home.
Stanisława Walasiewicz	POL	ATH	1932—1936	Shot by muggers in a Cleveland parking lot.
Lorenzo Wright	USA	ATH	1948	Shot and killed by his wife.
Eduard Zakharov	RUS	BOX	1996	Stabbed to death in a dispute.