Olympians Who Died in Competition or Training

Olympians Who Died in Competition or Training

Most of them had been died with heart attack 

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Athlete	Gender	Country	Sport	Notes
Agustín Alcántara	Male	MEX	CYC	Died during the Tour of Cuba.
Carlos Barreto	Male	VEN	BOX	Died three days after he lost against José Luis Valbuena by technical KO.
Viktor Blinov	Male	URS	ICH	Died of a heart attack during practice.
Vigor Bovolenta	Male	ITA	VOL	Died during a volleyball match.
Jacinto Brito	Male	MEX	CYC	Died after a crash during a training session at the Olympic velodrome.
Bernhard Britz	Male	SWE	CYC	Died after being hit by a car during a cycling race.
Felix Bwalya	Male	ZAM	BOX	Died of injuries sustained in a boxing match.
Harry Campbell	Male	USA	BOX	Died of injuries sustained in a boxing match.
Reto Capadrutt	Male	SUI	BOB	Died in a bobsleigh accident.
Allan Carlsson	Male	SWE	CYC	During the 1953 Nordic Championships, Carlsson was hit by a truck and was paralyzed. He died two weeks later in Sofiahemmet Hospital in Stockholm.
Fabio Casartelli	Male	ITA	CYC	Died from a crash during a descent on the 15th stage of the 1995 Tour de France.
Régine Cavagnoud	Female	FRA	ASK	After colliding with another a German coach during a training run in Austria, she sustained heavy brain damage, and died later at an Innsbruck hospital.
Andrea Clemente	Male	ITA	BOB	Died in a bobsleigh accident.
Fabrizio De Chiara	Male	ITA	BOX	Died two days after he lost against Vincenzo Imperata by technical KO.
Felix Endrich	Male	SUI	BOB	Killed in a bobsleigh accident.
David Foster	Male	IRL	EQU	Killed whilst competing.
Jean-Jacques Fussien	Male	FRA	CYC	Died while training.
Isaac Gálvez	Male	ESP	CYC	Died of injuries sustained in an accident during competition.
Diego García	Male	ESP	ATH	Died by the sudden cardiac death during a training run. At the point of death close to the Sanctuary of Loyola, a statue was erected in his honor. Also the race between his birthplace and his home - a half marathon - Azkoitia-Azpeitia was renamed to Diego Garcia Memorial.
Jaime García	Male	ESP	EQU	Died of fall from horse.
Hernán Gaviria	Male	COL	FTB	Died after being hit by lightning along with a teammate during a practice session.
Sergey Grinkov	Male	URS, RUS	FSK	Died from a heart attack while training.
Moritz Heidegger	Male	LIE	BOB	Died in a bobsleigh accident.
Max Houben	Male	BEL	BOB, ATH	Died in a bobsleigh accident.
Flo Hyman	Female	USA	VOL	Died during a volleyball match.
Jonatan Johansson	Male	SWE	SNB	In practice for a competition in Lake Placid (USA), he badly fell in a jump and immediately died of his injuries.
Stone Johnson	Male	USA	ATH	Broke his neck in a pre-season football game and died of the injuries 10 days later.
Graeme Jose	Male	AUS	CYC	Died several days after a fall in the Tour d'Autriche.
Andreas Kilingaridis	Male	GRE	CAN	Died at the age of 37 while at a competition in Poland after falling into a coma brought on by leukaemia.
Kim Hyeong-Chil	Male	KOR	EQU	Died from fall during 3-day event at 2006 Asian Games.
Andrey Kivilyov	Male	KAZ	CYC	Died one day after a crash following a collision with two other riders during the second stage of Paris–Nice.
György Kolonics	Male	HUN	CAN	Died of cardiac arrest while training.
Bert Lowe	Male	NZL	BOX	Died of injuries sustained in a professional boxing match.
Ulrike Maier	Female	AUT	ASK	During a World Cup downhill race in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Maier crashed and broke her neck, dying of her injuries shortly after being taken to hospital in nearby Murnau, Germany.
Philippe Massu	Male	FRA	SAI	Died during the Course des Iles in the Bay of Biscay.
Davey Moore	Male	USA	BOX	Died from injuries sustained in bout against Sugar Ramos in 1963, dying several days later after lapsing into a coma in the locker room.
Néstor Mora	Male	COL	CYC	Killed together with the non-Olympians Hernán Patiño and Augusto Triana (all team Postobón) when the group was hit by a truck while training on a highway.
Jimmy Morgan	Male	USA	BOB	Died in a bobsleigh accident.
Samuel Okwaraji	Male	NGR	FTB	Collapsed ten minutes from the end of a World Cup Qualifier against Angola in Lagos and died from congestive heart failure.
Stanisław Paczka	Male	POL	LUG	Died during the 1969 luge World Championships.
Donato Pavesi	Male	ITA	ATH	Died in 1946 during a veteran competition.
Charles Peguilhan	Male	FRA	BOX	Died of injuries sustained in a boxing match.
Shamo Quaye	Male	GHA	FTB	Died in a training match.
Jan Remie	Male	NED	BOX	Died of cerebral hemorrhage sustained in a bout against Jan Nicolaas (1936 Olympian).
Emil Richli	Male	SUI	CYC	Died of injuries sustained in a fall during a track race.
Al Robinson	Male	USA	BOX	Died of injuries sustained in a sparring session.
Ed Sanders	Male	USA	BOX	Died of injuries sustained in a boxing match.
Cinto Sertorelli	Male	ITA	ASK	Died of injuries sustained in a ski accident in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
Andrew Simpson	Male	GBR	SAI	Died in San Francisco Bay while training for the America's Cup.
Darren Smith	Male	AUS	CYC	Hit by a truck while training.
Volodymyr Smyrnov	Male	URS	FEN	Died following a fencing accident at the World Championships when his opponent's weapon broke, pierced his mask and went into his brain.
Giuseppe Soravia	Male	ITA	BOB	Died in a bobsleigh accident.
Zinaida Stagurskaya	Female	EUN, BLR	CYC	Died in 2009 after being struck by a car while training.
Burry Stander	Male	RSA	CYC	Died after being hit by a taxibus while on training.
Bjørn Stenersen	Male	NOR	CYC	Died during his very last pro race when he crashed and went off the road. Although he was immediately reanimated, his life could not have been saved. In a few months later he should have started a job as managing director of a racing team.
Asle Strand	Male	NOR	LUG	Died after a luge accident during a film recording session in the Lyngen Alps in Troms, Northern Norway. Died in hospital after some days on a respirator.
Sepp Walcher	Male	AUT	ASK	Killed in a skiing competition.
Robert Wangila	Male	KEN	BOX	Died of injuries sustained in a professional boxing match.
Mel Zajac	Male	CAN	SWI	Died in a canoeing accident.