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Olympians Who Died in Motor Vehicle Accidents (Boat/Car/Motorcycle/Train) (567)

Athlete Nation(s) Sport(s) Role(s) Era Notes
Olubayo Adefemi NGR FBL Olympics 2008 Died in a car accident.
Mohamed Mahbub Alam BAN ATH Olympics 2000 Died in a car accident.
Mohamed Shah Alam BAN ATH Olympics 1988 Died in a road accident.
Boris Aleksandrov KAZ
URS		 IHO Olympics / Coach 1976—1998 Died in a car accident.
Tânia Anacleto MOZ SWM Olympics 2000 Anacleto and her husband Reginaldo Correia died in a car accident after their car crashed into the tree across the Mozambican countryside.
Franco Anderlini ITA VVO Coach 1976 Died in a car accident on the motorway near Croci di Calenzano in Tuscany.
Carl-Georg Andersson SWE WRE Olympics 1912 Died after being hit by a truck.
Curt Andstén FIN SAL Olympics 1912 Died in a car accident.
Frank Anger USA FEN Olympics 1964 Died in a head-on collision when the other driver drifted into his lane.
Aleksander Antson EST ATH Olympics 1924 Died in a car accident.
Aleksandr Anufriyev RUS
URS		 ATH Olympics 1952 Died in a boating accident on river Pechora, about 10 km from Narjan-Mara.
Elnur Aslanov AZE WRE Olympics 2004 Died in a car accident.
Adil Atan TUR WRE Olympics 1952—1956 Died in a traffic accident.
Antonio Attanasio ITA SWM Olympics 1968 Died in a car accident.
Raafat Attia EGY
UAR		 FBL Olympics 1960—1964 Died in a car accident.
Lauri Aus EST CRD Olympics 1992—2000 Died when hit by a truck during training.
Roland Baar GER
FRG		 ROW Olympics / Administrator 1988—2004 Died in a car accident.
Breda Babošek SLO
YUG		 ATH Olympics 1972 Died November 2025 as a result of a car accident in Croatia in August.
Lotfi Baccouche TUN FBL Olympics 1996 Died after being hit by a car on his wedding day.
Roberto Balado CUB BOX Olympics 1992 Died in a crash at a train crossing.
László Balogh HUN SHO Olympics 1988 Died in a motorcycle accident.
Lucien Bangels BEL ATH Olympics 1920 Died in a car accident.
Bruce Banks GBR SAL Olympics 1952—1956 Died following a motor car accident while driving home after taking part in a regatta near to his Hampshire home.
Peter Barker IVB SAL Olympics 1984 Died in an automobile accident.
Rinaldo Barlassina ITA FBL Referee 1936 Died as a result of a motor vehicle accident.
Gianmario Baroni ITA IHO Olympics 1936 Died in a car accident near Glen, a suburb north of Bloemfontein.
Daniel Batman AUS ATH Olympics 2000 Died in a car accident.
Jiří Baumruk CZE
TCH		 BKB Olympics 1952—1960 Died in a car accident.
Pierre Béchu FRA FSK Olympics 1984 Died in a car accident.
Bronislav Bechyňský CZE SHO Olympics 1996—2000 Died in a car accident.
Henri Beconnais FRA MCS Non-Medal 1900 Died with his mechanic Lucien Bernard in a car accident when he trains.
John Beedell CAN CSP Olympics 1960 Died some weeks after being struck by a school bus in New Edinburgh.
Joseph Beeken BEL BOX Olympics 1924 Died in a motor vehicle accident while returning to Liège from Brussels along with Delanaye, president of the Liège section of the Belgian Boxing Federation.
Vasile Belous MDA BOX Olympics 2012 Died in a car accident.
Kyle Bennett USA BMX Olympics 2008 Died when his truck went off the road and crashed.
Oleksandr Beresh UKR GAR Olympics 2000 Died in a car accident.
Nicholas Bett KEN ATH Olympics 2016 Bett was killed while driving near Nandi County in west Kenya, just one day after competing in the Continental Championships in Nigeria. His trainer, Vincent Mumo, said that the athlete’s SUV hit bumps in the road and rolled as it went off the tarmac in the high-altitude training region in west Kenya early on Wednesday morning.
Aleksander Bielaczyc POL SAL Olympics 1972 Died in a traffic accident.
Harry Billings GBR BOX Non-starter 1924 Died after being hit by an oncoming train near Hayes railway station, London.
Ryan Birch GBR JUD Olympics 1992—1996 Died in a car accident.
Leon Birkholc POL ROW Olympics 1928 Died as the result of a motorcycle accident.
Jacob Björnström FIN SAL Olympics 1912 Died in an automobile accident in Lapland when one of the rear wheels came off and the car cartwheeled. He was killed when his head was crushed between the car and a rock.
Waldemar Blatskauskas BRA BKB Olympics 1960 Died in a car accident.
Garen Bloch RSA CTR Olympics 2000 Died in a motorcycle accident.
Doug Blubaugh USA WRE Olympics 1960 Riding a motorcycle, he was struck by a pickup truck at an intersection.
Don Boal CAN ROW Olympics / Non-starter 1932—1936 Died in a car accident.
Gé Bohlander NED WPO Olympics 1920—1924 Died in a car accident.
Jos Boons BEL CRD Olympics 1964 Died in a car accident.
Edwin Borja PHI SWM Olympics 1972—1976 Died in hospital 11 days after being hit by another vehicle driving the wrong way down Route 70 in Lakewood, New Jersey.
Lajos Börzsönyi HUN SHO Olympics 1948 He died as a result of a car accident.
Severino Bottero FRA
ITA		 ALP Referee 1998—2002 Died in a car accident while he went to the training camp in Switzerland as coach of the French giant slalom team.
Oprando Bottura ITA ATH Olympics / Non-starter 1920—1924 Died in hospital in Ostiglia due to injuries sustained in a car accident near Ghisione, Villa Poma.
Pierre Bouillin FRA IHO Non-starter 1924 Died in the 1955 Le Mans disaster racing a Mercedes-Benz.
Cláudio Brito BRA HBL Olympics 1992 Killed in a head on collision between two buses at Campo Mourão, Brazil, which killed eight people including Cláudio Oliveira Brito and four members of the Chapecó junior handball team, on their way to the Brazilian junior men's national championship at Maringá
Henryk Bromowicz POL IHO Olympics 1948—1956 Died of injuries sustained in a bus accident.
Herb Brooks USA IHO Olympics / Coach 1964—2002 Died in a single-car accident.
Benny Brown USA ATH Olympics 1976 Died in a car accident.
Cyril Brown GBR WRE Olympics 1908 Died in a motor vehicle accident near Thames Ditton.
Tarzan Brown USA ATH Olympics 1936 Run over by a car following an argument.
Jim Buchanan CAN ATH Olympics 1976 Buchanan died in a car accident at the age of only 21 years.
Frits Bührman NED ATH Olympics 1928 Died in a traffic accident.
Ondřej Bureš CZE
TCH		 SWM Olympics 1988 Was hit by a passing truck at the Santa Monica Boulevard in Los Angeles and died in hospital the following day.
Ezra Burnham BAR ATH Olympics 1968 Died when car struck a utility pole and he was thrown from the vehicle.
Wilbur Burroughs USA ATH/TOW Olympics / Non-starter 1900—1908 Died in a car accident together with his wife.
Memè Busietta MLT WPO Olympics 1928 Died after being hit by a lorry while walking to church.
Yevhen Buslovych UKR WRE Olympics 2000 Was hit by bus and died near village Kalynivka on the 38th km of the highway from Kyiv to Zhytomyr.
Robert Busnel FRA BKB Coach / Administrator 1948—1990 Died in a traffic accident.
David Butler RHO
ZIM		 SAL Olympics 1960—1964 Died in a road accident in Belgium.
Jack Butula CAN BOX Olympics 1952 According to his death certificate, he was a passenger in a car that went off the highway and into a river.
Roberto Cabrejas ESP ATH Olympics 1980 Died in Motor Vehicle Accident: He was hit by a bus while riding his motorcycle.
Delfo Cabrera ARG ATH Olympics / Opening Flagbearer 1948—1952 Died in a car accident.
Paolo Caldarella ITA WPO Olympics 1988—1992 Crashed his motorcycle into a turning van.
Mauro Calligaris ITA SWM Olympics 1972 Died in a minibus accident, while transporting 8 teenage athletes from Schio Nuoto (who were unharmed).
Maria Rosa Candido ITA STK Olympics / Non-Medal 1988—1992 Died in a car accident.
José Canevaro PER FEN Referee 1900 Canevaro died in the Sud-Express train derailment in November 1900.
Leopoldo Cantancio PHI BOX Olympics 1984—1988 Died in a motorcycle accident.
Luigi Carpaneda ITA FEN Olympics 1956—1960 Died after being struck by a car whilst crossing the road.
Raúl Cascaret CUB WRE Olympics 1980 Died in a car accident.
Norman Casmir GER
FRG		 FEN Olympics 1952 Died in a car accident.
Antonio Castellini ITA BOX Olympics 1972 Died in a motorcycle accident.
Zlatko Celent CRO
YUG		 ROW Olympics 1976—1988 Died in a car accident.
Kelly Chan SGP SAL Olympics 1984 Died in a car accident.
Gary Chapman AUS SWM Olympics 1956 Died in a boat accident.
Panagiotis Chatzikyriakakis GRE SWM/WPO Olympics / Non-starter 1948 Died in a traffic accident.
Nikolay Chebotko KAZ CCS Olympics 2002—2014 Died in a car accident.
Anatoly Cherepovich URS
UKR		 CRD Olympics 1956 Died in a car accident.
Valentin Chistyakov RUS
URS		 ATH Olympics 1960—1964 Died in a car accident.
Donald Christian ANT CTR Olympics 1976 Died after being struck by a car whilst riding his motorcycle.
Karianne Christiansen NOR ALP Olympics 1972 Died in a car accident.
Chua Boon Huat MAS HOC Olympics 2000 Died in a traffic accident.
Maria Cioncan ROU ATH Olympics 2004 Died in a car accident.
Andrew Clough GBR CSL Olympics 1992 Died in a car accident.
Avi Cohen ISR FBL Olympics 1976 Died in a motorcycle accident.
Mickey Coll PUR BKB Olympics 1972 Died in a motorcycle accident.
Tom Compernolle BEL ATH Olympics 2004 At a training in Zedelgem in June 2008, the truck carrying Compernolle got off the road and crashed.
Cecil Cooke BAH SAL Olympics 1964 Died along with his wife in a car accident.
Tom Cooper USA CTR Non-Medal 1900 Died in a car accident.
Bob Cowell USA SWM Olympics 1948 Died in a head-on car collision.
Dino Crescentini SMR BOB Olympics / Opening Flagbearer 1994 Died in a car accident during a race at Mosport International Raceway.
Óscar Cristi CHI EJP Olympics 1952 Died in a car accident.
Herbert Crowther GBR CTR Olympics / 1906 1906—1908 Died from the effects of a motor cycling accident.
Louis Culot BEL WRE Olympics 1948 Died in a traffic accident.
Arthur Cumming GBR FSK Olympics 1908 Died of tetanus following a motorcycle accident.
Natália Cunha e Silva POR GAR Olympics 1952 Died in a car accident with her husband and son at the age of 31.
Georgi Dakov BUL ATH Olympics 1992 Died in a car accident.
Sammy Dalzell IRL WLF Olympics 1960 Died in a traffic accident while bicycling.
Béla Dánér HUN ATH/GAR 1906 / Non-starter 1906—1908 Died in a car accident.
Henri Dartigues FRA ATH Olympics 1928 Died when his bicycle was struck by a car.
Randall Davey USA ART Olympics 1932 Died in a car accident.
Victor Davis CAN SWM Olympics 1984—1988 Died in a hit-and-run accident.
Emirto de Lima COL ART Olympics 1932 Died after a traffic accident due to inadequate treatment.
Jack Dearlove GBR ROW Olympics 1948 Died in a car accident, possibly as a result of having a heart attack.
Peter Deer CAN ATH Olympics 1904 Died of injuries from a motor vehicle accident.
Fritz Dennerlein ITA SWM/WPO Olympics / Coach 1956—1988 Died in a car accident.
René Dérency FRA BKB Olympics 1948 Died in a car accident.
Kazimierz Deyna POL FBL Olympics 1972—1976 Died in a car accident.
Lou Dijkstra NED SSK Olympics 1936 Died in a car accident.
Dirceu BRA FBL Olympics 1972 Died when his car has been hit by a street racer.
Frank Dixon CAN LAX Olympics 1908 Died in a car accident.
Félix Dockx BEL CTR Olympics 1920 Died after he was stuck by a vehicle while cycling.
Ibrahim Dossey GHA FBL Olympics 1992 After spending three months in a coma he died of injuries sustained in a car accident.
John Douglas GBR BOX Olympics / Non-starter 1908 Died when the "Oberon" sank in the Kattegat together with his father, John H. Douglas.
John H. Douglas GBR BOX Referee / Administrator 1908—1930 Died when the "Oberon" sank in the Kattegat together with his son John Douglas.
Frank Dove GBR BOX Olympics 1920 Died in a car accident.
Sreten Dragojlović SRB
YUG		 BKB Olympics 1960 Died in a traffic accident near Gornji Milanovac on September 2, 1971, when he was rushing to visit his sick father.
Eduardo Dualde ESP HOC Olympics / Opening Flagbearer 1960—1964 Died in a traffic accident.
Constantin Duțu ROU FEN Olympics 1972 He died in an accident involving a Romanian Federation minibus on the Craiova-Bucharest highway.
Roman Dzeneladze GEO
URS		 WRE Olympics 1956 Died in a car accident together with Avtandil Koridze.
Marlene Elejalde CUB ATH Olympics 1968—1972 Died in a car accident.
Ernesto Endter BRA ROW Olympics 1960 Died in a car accident.
Imre Erdődy HUN GAR Olympics 1912—1928 Died in a car accident.
Juan Escutia MEX ATH Olympics 1924 Died after being hit by a train.
Mahmoud Ezzat EGY BOX Olympics 1936 Died in hospital following a motor vehicle accident.
Pål Arne Fagernes NOR ATH Olympics 1996—2000 Died in a car accident on the European route E6 north of Moss, when his car collided with a lorry.
Eduard Farda TCH IHO Coach 1960 Died in a car accident.
Housseyn Fardjallah ALG WLF YOG 2010 Died in a traffic collision.
Armanno Favalli ITA FBL Non-starter 1960 Died in a car accident.
Ion Ferenz ROU IHO Olympics 1964 Died in a car accident.
Francisco Figueredo PAR ATH Olympics 1984 Died after being struck by a truck.
Don Finlay GBR ATH Olympics / Athlete Oath Taker 1932—1948 Was severely injured in a motor vehicle accident which led to his death.
Stein Olav Fiskebeck NOR SHO Olympics 1992 Died in an accident with a snowmobile.
Jacques Flury SUI WLF Olympics 1952 Died when his bicycle was struck by a car.
Jack Foster NZL ATH Olympics 1972—1976 Died after being struck by a vehicle when riding his bicycle.
Théophile Fras FRA CTR Olympics 1900 Died in a car accident.
Edi Frühwirth AUT FBL Coach 1948 Died instantly on the motorway between Munich and Salzburg when his car crashed into a parked lorry.
Peter Fuchs GBR ALP Olympics 1976 Died in a car accident.
George Gaidzik USA DIV Olympics 1908—1912 Died in a boating accident.
Michał Gajownik POL CSP Olympics 2000 Died in a car accident.
Marek Galiński POL MTB Olympics 1996—2008 Died in a car accident, when he lost control of his car and crashed into a tree.
Bruno Galliker SUI ATH Olympics 1960 Died in a car accident.
Juan Ulises García Saleta DOM Administrator 1962—1974 Died in a car accident.
Amar Garibović SRB CCS Olympics 2010 Died in a car accident on his 19th birthday
Susy Garland GBR FSK Olympics 1980—1984 Died in a car accident.
Patrick Gasienica USA SJP Olympics 2022 Died in a motorcycle accident.
Wacław Gąssowski POL ATH Non-starter 1936 Died in a car accident.
Petar Georgiev BUL GAR Olympics 1988 Died in a car accident.
Blagoja Georgievski MKD
YUG		 BKB Olympics / Opening Flagbearer 1972—2004 Died in a car accident.
Friedrich Gerdes GER ATH Olympics 1936 Died in a motor car accident.
Roger Gill GUY ATH Olympics 1996 Died in a car accident.
Clas Gille SWE ATH Olympics 1912 Died when he was run over by a motorcycle.
Piotr Gładki POL ATH Olympics 2000 Died in a car crash 20 days after winning the Kraków marathon.
Valery Goborov URS
UKR		 BKB Olympics 1988 Died in a car accident.
Auguste Goditiabois BEL HOC Olympics 1928 Died in hospital of injuries sustained in a car accident.
Arkadiusz Gołaś POL VVO Olympics 2004 Died in a car accident.
Ralph Goldstein USA FEN Olympics / Referee 1948—1960 Died in a car accident.
Otto Gollnhuber AUT FBL Olympics 1952 Died in a road accident.
Armando Gomes ANG HBL Coach 2004 Died 2008 in a car accident.
Miguel Ángel Gómez ESP ATH Olympics 1992 Died in a motorcycle accident.
Bernardo González ESP CTR Olympics 1988—1996 Died in a car accident.
Domingo González COL FBL Olympics 1972 Died in a bus accident.
Julio César González MEX BOX Olympics 1996 Died when his motorcycle was hit by a car.
Robert Góralczyk POL IHO Olympics 1972—1976 Died of injuries sustained as a passenger in an accident involving a taxi.
Robert Goullieux FRA ATH Olympics 1920 Died in a road accident.
Abderrahim Goumri MAR ATH Olympics 2004—2008 Died in a car accident.
Alfredo Goyeneche ESP EJP Olympics / Administrator 1960—2002 Died in a car accident.
Fred Grace GBR BOX Olympics 1908—1920 Died after being struck by a car while out walking.
Robert Grasing USA CRD Non-starter 1920 Died in a car accident.
Gerry Gratton CAN WLF Olympics 1948—1952 Died from severe injuries in an automobile accident.
Matt Gribble USA SWM Olympics 1984 Died in a head-on traffic collision.
Brigitte Groh FRG FSK Olympics 1988 Died in a motorcycle accident.
Timo Grönlund FIN CSP Olympics 1976—1988 Died after the car he was driving was involved in a head-on collision with a heavy vehicle.
Drago Grubelnik SLO ALP Olympics 1998—2006 Died after the car he was driving swerved off a mountain road and rolled down a hill.
Aurel Guga ROU FBL Olympics 1924 Died in a car accident.
Emilio Carlos Guruceta ESP FBL Referee 1976—1980 Died in an accident in heavy rain on the A-2 Autopista on his way to referee the Spanish King's Cup match between Osasuna and Real Madrid. The BMW driven by Guruceta aquaplaned into a stationary maintenance vehicle killing him and one of his linesmen, Eduardo Vidal.
Klara Guseva-Nesterova RUS
URS		 SSK Olympics 1960—1964 Died after being hit by a car.
Bob Gutowski USA ATH Olympics 1956 Died in a car accident.
Mohamed Hachaichi ALG WRE Olympics 1980 Died in a train accident.
Eddie Haddad CAN BOX Olympics 1948 Died in a highway accident with a logging truck.
Hubert Hajm SLO
YUG		 ALP Olympics 1936 Died in a car accident.
Steven Hancock GBR CSP Olympics 1980 Died a few weeks after being hit by a car while riding his bike.
Leslie Handunge SRI BOX Olympics 1948—1952 Died after being hit by a truck as pedestrian.
Abdalelah Haroun QAT ATH Olympics 2016 Died in a car accident.
Henry Harper CAN CSP Olympics 1948 Died after being struck by a vehicle while working as a policeman.
Ernesto Hartkopf ARG EJP Olympics 1960 Died in a vehicle accident alongside his wife.
Kamal Ali Hassan EGY DIV Olympics 1948—1952 Died while driving home from the airport.
Ahmed Mohamed Hassanein EGY FEN Olympics / Non-starter / Opening Flagbearer 1912—1924 Died in an accident with the British military presence on the Qasr al-Nil bridge.
Bruce Hay GBR Administrator 1957—1959 Died in a car accident.
Brian Hebditch GBR SHO Olympics 1976
Charles Hefferon RSA ATH Olympics 1908 Died after being hit by a car on duty as a policeman.