Olympians Who Died in Motor Vehicle Accidents (Boat/Car/Motorcycle/Train) (496)

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 crash.
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 were killed instantly in a road accident after their car crashed into the tree across the Mozambican countryside.
Franco Anderlini ITA VVO Coach 1976 Lost his life in a car accident on the motorway near Croci di Calenzano in Tuscany.
Carl-Georg Andersson SWE WRE Olympics 1912 Was hit by a truck in Copenhagen and died.
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.
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 He 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 in Bremen (Germany)
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.
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 crash
Jos Boons BEL CRD Olympics 1964 Died in 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.
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 Killed in a motor vehicle accident in 1929 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 crash at the age of only 21 years.
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 He and his wife died in a car accident together.
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.
Delfo Cabrera ARG ATH Olympics / Other 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.
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.
Kelly Chan SGP SAL Olympics 1984 Died in a car accident.
Chang Myung-Sam KOR TKW Non-Medal 1988 Died in a car accident.
Gary Chapman AUS SWM Olympics 1956 Died in a boat 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.
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 / Other 1994 Killed in a crash 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 crash.
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.
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 sonny John Douglas.
Frank Dove GBR BOX Olympics 1920 Died in an accident with a motor car at Wolverhampton in 1957.
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 / Other 1960—1964 Died in a traffic accident.
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.
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 in August 2003, when his car collided with a lorry.
Eduard Farda TCH IHO Coach 1960 Died in a car accident.
Housseyn Fardjallah ALG WLF YOG 2010 Killed 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 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.
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 in Belgium.
Petar Georgiev BUL GAR Olympics 1988 Died in a car accident.
Blagoja Georgievski MKD
YUG
BKB Olympics 1972—1976 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 crash.
Otto Gollnhuber AUT FBL Olympics 1952 Died in a road 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.
Abderrahim Goumri MAR ATH Olympics 2004—2008 Died in a car accident.
Alfredo, Conde 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.
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 in Miami, Florida.
Brigitte Groh FRG FSK Olympics 1988 Died in 1997 in a motorcycle accident in Colombia.
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 Killed 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"
Steven Hancock GBR CSP Olympics 1980 Died a few weeks after being hit by a car while riding his bike.
Abdalelah Haroun QAT ATH Olympics 2016 Died in a car accident.
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 / Other 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
Anton Hegarty GBR ATH Olympics 1920 Died in a traffic accident.
Ezra Henniger CAN ATH Olympics 1948 Killed in a single vehicle accident.
Stefan Henze GER CSL Olympics 2004 Died three days after a taxi-cab accident during the 2016 Olympics.
Ivan Hlinka CZE
TCH
IHO Olympics / Coach 1972—1998 Died in a car accident.
Karl Holmström SWE SJP Olympics 1952 Died in a road accident.
Rolf Hoppe CHI ATH Olympics / Other 1968 Died in a car accident.
Ernst Hoppenberg GER SWM Olympics 1900 Died in a car accident.
Klaudia Hornung FRG ROW Olympics 1984 Died of head injuries caused when a taxi driver opened his door and knocked her off her bicycle.
Joachim Hunger FRG SAL Olympics 1984—1988 In 1990, he was cycling through Berlin when he collided with a pedestrian. Hunger was so badly injured in the accident that he died after being in a coma for two days in the intensive care unit of a Berlin hospital.
Maksim Hustsik BLR FRS Olympics 2018—2022 Died when a car hit him as he was crossing a road in Minsk.
Ali Ibrahim EGY ROW Olympics / Other 1996—2008 Died in a car accident.
Aldis Intlers LAT BOB Olympics 1992—1994 Died in a car accident.
Gian Paolo Iraldo ITA ATH Non-starter 1964 Killed when his car lost control while driving and ended up in a field.
Isaac Israëls NED ART Olympics 1924—1932 Died at home, two days after he was hit by a car.
Mohamed Issangar MAR ATH Olympics 1992 Died along with a number of young athletes he was coaching when their bus was in collision with a lorry.
Rado Istenič SLO
YUG
NCB Olympics 1936 Died in a motor vehicle collision.
Robert Jacquet FRA ROW Olympics 1936 Died in an accident on a road at Perthes.
Khashaba Jadhav IND WRE Olympics 1948—1952 Died in a motorcycle accident.
Otakar Jandera CZE
TCH
ATH Olympics 1924—1928 Died in a hospital of injuries sustained after a collision with a tram in Letná, Praha.
Aurelio Janet CUB ATH Olympics 1968 Died in a traffic accident four weeks after his Olympic appearance.
Milan Janić CRO
YUG
CSP Olympics 1980—1984 Died in a car accident.