89 deaths on this day in history.
Date of death | Athlete | NOC(s) | Sport(s) | Year(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|
17 January 1933 | Ruurd Leegstra | NED | ROW | 1900 |
17 January 1933 | Josef Rössler-Ořovský | BOH | TEN | 1908 |
17 January 1939 | Mario Gruppioni | ITA | WRE | 1932 |
17 January 1939 | Eric, Vicomte De Spoelberch | BEL | BOB | 1936 |
17 January 1942 | Walter von Reichenau | GER | 1938—1942 | |
17 January 1949 | Henry Hering | USA | ART | 1932 |
17 January 1949 | Camillo Isnardi | ITA | SHO | 1920—1924 |
17 January 1950 | Andreas von Flotow | GER | EDR | 1912 |
17 January 1955 | Albert Hicks | USA | USF | 1904 |
17 January 1956 | Andrés Recalde | URU | BOX | 1924 |
17 January 1958 | Eric Crockford | GBR | HOC | 1920 |
17 January 1958 | Erich Laeisz | GER | SAL | 1928 |
17 January 1958 | Rudolf Senti | LIE | SHO | 1936 |
17 January 1959 | Norman Coe | GBR | LAX | 1948 |
17 January 1961 | Ken Glass | CAN | SAL | 1932 |
17 January 1961 | Jan Linsen | BEL | ATH | 1928 |
17 January 1962 | Károly Radóczy | HUN | ATH | 1908—1912 |
17 January 1963 | Henri Masson | FRA | FEN | 1900 |
17 January 1964 | Joseph Cook | GBR | GAR | 1908—1912 |
17 January 1967 | Louis Brasseur | FRA | IHO | 1924 |
17 January 1968 | Jennie Fletcher | GBR | SWM | 1912 |
17 January 1968 | Ernest Moreau de Melen | BEL | FBL | 1900 |
17 January 1968 | Alois Petřina | CZE TCH |
BOX | 1948 |
17 January 1968 | John Shene | USA | BOB | 1936 |
17 January 1968 | Giuseppe Tarella | ITA | ATH | 1908 |
17 January 1969 | Grażyna Bacewicz | POL | ART | 1948 |
17 January 1969 | Jacobus Lorenz | NED | WRE | 1908 |
17 January 1969 | Mahan Singh | KEN | HOC | 1956 |
17 January 1972 | Charles Hall | USA | ATH | 1908 |
17 January 1972 | Alojz Klančnik | SLO YUG |
CCS | 1936—1948 |
17 January 1973 | Frantz Oscar Jørgensen | DEN | FEN | 1908 |
17 January 1974 | Ugo Pistolesi | ITA | SHO | 1936 |
17 January 1975 | Curt Hartzell | SWE | GAR | 1912 |
17 January 1975 | Marius Skram-Jensen | DEN | GAR | 1906 |
17 January 1981 | Ilmari Kuokka | FIN | ATH | 1928 |
17 January 1981 | Timo Murama | FIN | NCB/SJP | 1936 |
17 January 1982 | Mario Minai | HUN | ATH | 1936 |
17 January 1982 | Johannes Pedersen | DEN | GAR | 1920 |
17 January 1982 | Bert Richardson | CAN | ROW | 1928 |
17 January 1982 | Mahmoud Salem | EGY | FBL | 1928 |
17 January 1984 | Neville Gadsden | AUS | ATH | 1956 |
17 January 1985 | Ezio Acchini | ITA | ROW | 1948 |
17 January 1985 | Oldřich Kolář | CZE TCH |
CCS | 1924 |
17 January 1987 | Mario Checcacci | ITA | ROW | 1936 |
17 January 1990 | Danie Burger | RSA | ATH | 1956 |
17 January 1991 | Denis Johansson | FIN | ATH | 1948—1952 |
17 January 1991 | Olav, Kronprins av Norge | NOR | SAL | 1928 |
17 January 1993 | Liu Yunchang | CHN | BKB | 1936 |
17 January 1994 | Roman Budzyński | POL | ATH | 1952 |
17 January 1994 | Helen Stephens | USA | ATH | 1936 |
17 January 1995 | Harold Austad | NZL | 1960—1983 | |
17 January 1996 | F. Don Miller | USA | 1984 | |
17 January 2000 | Arthur Sager | USA | ATH | 1928 |
17 January 2001 | Sigurd Vestad | NOR | CCS | 1932 |
17 January 2003 | León Lyon | PUR | SHO | 1960—1964 |
17 January 2004 | Harold Laurance | GBR | WLF | 1936 |
17 January 2005 | Anatoly Kartashov | RUS URS |
WPO | 1960 |
17 January 2005 | Carlos Saldías | ARG | FBL | 1960 |
17 January 2005 | Morits Skaugen | NOR | SAL | 1948—1964 |
17 January 2009 | Tomislav Crnković | CRO YUG |
FBL | 1952 |
17 January 2011 | Jürgen Barth | FRG | CTR | 1968—1972 |
17 January 2011 | Marcello Bazzana | ITA | SJP | 1976 |
17 January 2012 | Michael Tucker | AUS | BKB | 1976—1980 |
17 January 2013 | Ilmar Aluvee | EST | NCB | 1994 |
17 January 2013 | Sumihiro Tomii | JPN | ALP | 1972—1976 |
17 January 2014 | Nadia Boudesoque | MEX | FEN | 1948 |
17 January 2014 | Holger Hansson | SWE | FBL | 1952 |
17 January 2014 | Gustavo Magariños | URU | BKB | 1948 |
17 January 2015 | Walter Bauza | ARG | SHO | 1984 |
17 January 2015 | Marie Foucher-Creteau | FRA | SWM | 1948 |
17 January 2016 | Ion Panțuru | ROU | BOB | 1964—1976 |
17 January 2017 | Heng Freylinger | LUX | WRE | 1952 |
17 January 2018 | Bashir Mohamed Attarabulsi | LBA | 1971—1999 | |
17 January 2018 | Brooks Dodge, Jr. | USA | ALP | 1952—1956 |
17 January 2018 | Jerzy Gros | POL | ATH | 1976 |
17 January 2018 | Susan Johnson | USA | FSK | 1998 |
17 January 2018 | Edwin Lins | AUT | WRE | 1984—1988 |
17 January 2018 | Raúl Olivo | VEN | SHO | 1956 |
17 January 2019 | Francis Coutou | FRA | HOC | 1972 |
17 January 2019 | Léo Rooman | BEL | HOC | 1952 |
17 January 2019 | Vladimir Sitkin | URS UKR |
ATH | 1956 |
17 January 2020 | Roger Schneider | SUI | SSK | 2010 |
17 January 2020 | Kaj Sylvan | DEN | CSP | 1956 |
17 January 2020 | Rhona Wurtele | CAN | ALP | 1948 |
17 January 2021 | Carlos Burga | PER | BOX | 1972 |
17 January 2021 | Muriel Davis-Grossfeld | USA | GAR | 1956—1964 |
17 January 2022 | Juan Caviglia | ARG | GAR | 1952—1960 |
17 January 2023 | Bjarne Eltang | DEN | ROW | 1988 |
17 January 2023 | Ferenc Varga | HUN | CMA | 1952 |