Deaths on 21 April

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