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Olympians Who Were Murdered (87)

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.
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 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 URS BOX 1972 Stabbed to death while trying to stop a robbery he witnessed.
Sergey Karamchakov 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 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 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.
Corinne Rey-Bellet SUI ASK 1992—2002 Murdered by her husband.
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 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.
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 URS WRE 1952 Murdered following a domestic dispute.
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.