105 deaths on this day in history.
Date of death | Athlete | NOC(s) | Sport(s) | Year(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|
21 April 1911 | Oluf Landnes | USA | GAR | 1904 |
21 April 1913 | Charles Newton Robinson | GBR | FEN | 1900—1906 |
21 April 1921 | Juan Camps | ESP | ROW | 1900 |
21 April 1926 | Andy Wilson | GBR | CRD | 1924 |
21 April 1932 | Klaas Jan Pen | NED | SHO | 1920 |
21 April 1932 | John Penrose | GBR | ARC | 1908 |
21 April 1933 | Frank McConnell | CAN | ATH | 1912 |
21 April 1935 | Thaddeus McClain | USA | ATH | 1900 |
21 April 1937 | George Caridia | GBR | TEN | 1908—1912 |
21 April 1938 | Hannes Kärkkäinen | FIN | DIV | 1924 |
21 April 1941 | Fritz Manteuffel | GER | ATH/CRD/GAR | 1896—1900 |
21 April 1944 | Gaston Ratelot | FRA | GAR | 1908 |
21 April 1944 | Gus Voerg | USA | ROW | 1904 |
21 April 1945 | János Garay | HUN | FEN | 1924—1936 |
21 April 1945 | Giorgio Guglielmi | ITA | 1919—1929 | |
21 April 1946 | Auguste Trante | FRA | ATH | 1900 |
21 April 1948 | Paul de Borman | BEL | 1919—1947 | |
21 April 1948 | Kaufman Geist | USA | ATH | 1920 |
21 April 1952 | Robert Zurbriggen | SUI | CCS/MSP | 1948 |
21 April 1953 | Ivar Nyholm | DEN | 1922—1931 | |
21 April 1954 | Lou Heim | USA | ROW | 1904 |
21 April 1957 | Alfredo Gollini | ITA | GAR | 1912 |
21 April 1958 | Prince Isma'il Daoud | EGY | 1938—1946 | |
21 April 1961 | Jean René Gauguin | DEN | ART | 1924 |
21 April 1961 | Serafino Mazzarocchi | ITA | GAR | 1912 |
21 April 1963 | James Lintott | GBR | ATH | 1908 |
21 April 1963 | Elmar Reimann | EST RUS |
ATH | 1912—1924 |
21 April 1964 | Konstantinos Kleinias | GRE | SWM | 1906 |
21 April 1964 | Vernon Padgett | USA | EJP/EVE | 1924 |
21 April 1968 | Hans Horn | NOR | 1916—1917 | |
21 April 1968 | Albert Schaff | FRA | FBL | 1908 |
21 April 1970 | Leroy Brown | USA | ATH | 1924 |
21 April 1972 | Nic Felgen | LUX | WRE | 1948 |
21 April 1972 | Rudolf Wåhlin | SWE | ATH | 1920 |
21 April 1973 | Max Brupbacher | SUI | BOB | 1932 |
21 April 1973 | Evert Jan Bulder | NED | FBL | 1920 |
21 April 1976 | Michał Boruciński | POL | ART | 1928—1932 |
21 April 1976 | Frank Brewin | IND | HOC | 1932 |
21 April 1976 | René Jubeau | FRA | ATH | 1924 |
21 April 1976 | Giuseppe Riccobaldi del Bava | ITA | ART | 1948 |
21 April 1983 | Édouard Bader | FRA | RGB | 1920 |
21 April 1985 | Ghost Mulenga | ZAM | FBL | 1980 |
21 April 1985 | Władysław Nadratowski | POL | ROW | 1924 |
21 April 1986 | Nanna Egedius | NOR | FSK | 1936 |
21 April 1986 | Jozef Kalina | TCH SVK |
BKB | 1948 |
21 April 1987 | Pat Martin | USA | BOB | 1948—1952 |
21 April 1988 | Carl Årmann | SWE | MPN | 1924 |
21 April 1989 | Lou Gregory | USA | ATH | 1932 |
21 April 1990 | Salvatore Cascino | ITA | ATH | 1948—1952 |
21 April 1990 | Pavao Pintarić | CRO YUG |
FEN | 1936 |
21 April 1991 | Bernard Laidebeur | FRA | ATH | 1964 |
21 April 1992 | Louis Diercxsens | BEL | HOC | 1920—1928 |
21 April 1993 | Josef Bušek | CZE TCH |
WPO | 1928—1936 |
21 April 1993 | Lincoln Hurring | NZL | SWM | 1952—1956 |
21 April 1993 | Niels Rohweder | DEN | ART | 1932 |
21 April 1993 | Ray Smillie | CAN | BOX | 1928 |
21 April 1994 | Rolf Schønheyder | NOR | ATH | 1936 |
21 April 1995 | José del Carmen | COL | FEN | 1956 |
21 April 1995 | Ingvar Ericsson | SWE | CRD | 1936 |
21 April 1995 | Eddie Moule | AUS | BBL | 1956 |
21 April 1996 | Bebbe Storskrubb | FIN | ATH | 1948 |
21 April 1998 | Rabi Das | IND | FBL | 1948 |
21 April 2001 | Erna Steinberg | GER | ATH | 1928 |
21 April 2002 | Romana Calligaris | ITA | SWM | 1952 |
21 April 2002 | Józef Reszpondek | POL | BOX | 1972 |
21 April 2002 | Leo Roininen | CAN | ATH | 1948 |
21 April 2002 | Walter Siegfried | SUI | BOX | 1936 |
21 April 2002 | Harry Tarraway | GBR | ATH | 1948 |
21 April 2003 | Ivan Hausen | BRA | ATH | 1948 |
21 April 2004 | Rıza Doğan | TUR | WRE | 1956 |
21 April 2004 | Jean-François Ravelinghien | FRA | SWM | 1968 |
21 April 2004 | Kaj Schmidt | DEN | CSP | 1960 |
21 April 2005 | Giordano Abbondati | ITA | FSK | 1964—1968 |
21 April 2006 | Erik Åberg | FIN | BDY | 1952 |
21 April 2007 | Åke Carlsson | SWE | WRE | 1960 |
21 April 2007 | Stanisław Dragan | POL | BOX | 1968 |
21 April 2007 | Parry O'Brien | USA | ATH | 1952—1964 |
21 April 2008 | Eileen Hyndman | GBR | 1971—1983 | |
21 April 2010 | Juan Antonio Samaranch | ESP | 1966—2010 | |
21 April 2013 | Boureima Kimba | NIG | ATH | 1992—1996 |
21 April 2013 | István Kolossa | HUN | SWM | 1968 |
21 April 2013 | Osman El-Sayed | UAR | WRE | 1960 |
21 April 2014 | Tage Grøndahl | DEN | ROW | 1956—1960 |
21 April 2015 | Ferenc Konrád | HUN | WPO | 1968—1976 |
21 April 2015 | Gábor Kucsera | HUN | SWM | 1968 |
21 April 2015 | Borislav Pisić | YUG | ATH | 1980 |
21 April 2016 | Franz Lorette | BEL | HOC | 1956—1964 |
21 April 2016 | Ferenc Paragi | HUN | ATH | 1976—1980 |
21 April 2017 | Bizhan Zarnegar | IRI | FEN | 1964—1976 |
21 April 2019 | László Balogh | HUN | SHO | 1988 |
21 April 2019 | Sigurður Jónsson | ISL | SWM | 1948 |
21 April 2020 | Muhammad Afzal | PAK | WRE | 1964 |
21 April 2020 | Eva Kolínská | CZE TCH |
CSP | 1960 |
21 April 2021 | Håkon Brusveen | NOR | CCS | 1956—1960 |
21 April 2021 | Demchigjavyn Zagdsüren | MGL | 2001—2020 | |
21 April 2021 | Ásgeir Eyjólfsson | ISL | ALP | 1952 |
21 April 2021 | Carlos Lugo | COL | FBL | 1972 |
21 April 2022 | Jan Ceulemans | BEL | BKB | 1952 |
21 April 2022 | Younès Chetali | TUN | 2011—2013 | |
21 April 2022 | Lindsay Cox | AUS | TEN | 1988 |
21 April 2022 | Kazumi Watanabe | JPN | ATH | 1960—1964 |
21 April 2022 | Viktor Zvyagintsev | URS UKR |
FBL | 1976 |
21 April 2023 | Ernő Béres | HUN | ATH | 1952 |
21 April 2023 | John O'Sullivan | AUS | CRD | 1956 |
21 April 2023 | Viktor Olsen | NOR | ATH | 1952 |