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List of athletics competitors who died during their careers

A number of athletics competitors have died during their careers. Sometimes, the deaths came during competition or practice, while other times deaths occurred due to road accidents or other non-sports-related reasons.

Pre's Rock, a memorial to Steve Prefontaine who died after finishing 4th in the 1972 Olympic 5000 m
Memorial to Bronisław Malinowski, who died one year after winning an Olympic gold medal
Plaque commemorating Ryan Shay, who died while running the 2008 United States Olympic trials marathon

The list does not include athletes who died during World War I or during World War II, when international athletics competitions were largely put on pause.

List

The following is an incomplete list of athletics competitors who died or disappeared during their professional or amateur careers.

DateImageNameNationalityAgeEventsCause
15 Jul 1912 Francisco Lázaro  Portugal24MarathonCollapsed during the 1912 Olympic marathon due to dehydration and high body temperature.[1]
18 Aug 1931 Eric Krenz  United States25Discus throwDrowning.[2]
15 Apr 1933George Saling  United States23110 metres hurdlesCar crash.[3]
30 Jun 1946 Donato Pavesi  Italy5710 kilometres walkDied while racewalking during a race held in his honor.[4]
15 Sep 1950Jaakko Jouppila  Finland27Shot putMurder-suicide of his wife.[5]
11 Nov 1950 Les McKeand  Australia26Triple jump, javelin throwCar crash.[6]
26 Aug 1951Jakob Jutz  Switzerland35-36MarathonSuffered heart failure while running the 1951 Swiss Marathon Championships.[7]
2 Aug 1960Bob Gutowski  United States25Pole vaultCar accident.[8]
11 Dec 1962 Jorma Valkama  Finland34Long jumpCar crash.[9]
9 Jan 1968 Kōkichi Tsuburaya  Japan27MarathonSuicide.[10]
23 Nov 1968Aurelio Janet  Cuba23Javelin throwCar crash.[11]
22 Dec 1969Rolf Hoppe  Chile24Javelin throwCar accident.[12]
8 Dec 1971A. K. M. Miraj Uddin  Bangladesh23Pole vault, long jump, 110 metres hurdlesDisappearance after capture by Pakistani army.[13]
17 Feb 1973Ezra Burnham  Barbados25400 metresCar accident.[14]
30 May 1975 Steve Prefontaine  United States245000 metres, 10,000 metres, mileCar accident.[15]
29 Dec 1976 Ivo Van Damme  Belgium24800 metres, 1500 metresCar accident.[16]
7 Jun 1977 Jim Buchanan  Canada21Long jumpCar accident.[17]
26 Aug 1977 Tadeusz Zieliński  Poland313000 metres steeplechaseCar accident.[18]
Jul 1981Dele Udo  Nigeria24400 metresKilled by a Nigerian police officer following an argument.[19]
27 Sep 1981 Bronisław Malinowski  Poland303000 metres steeplechaseCar accident.[20]
12 Nov 1984Christopher Brathwaite  Trinidad and Tobago36100 metres, 200 metresMurdered by a sniper.[21]
29 May 1990Mohamed Shah Alam  Bangladesh27100 metres, 200 metresMotorcycle accident.[22]
23 Aug 1990Yutaka Kanai  Japan3010,000 metresCar crash.[23]
Tomoyuki Taniguchi [ja]  Japan29Marathon
1 Sep 1992Desta Asgedom  Ethiopia201500 metres, 800 metresStruck by a pickup truck, ruled a suicide.[24]
6 Apr 1993 Miguel Ángel Gómez  Spain24200 metresMotorcycle accident.[25]
13 Aug 1994Simon Robert Naali  Tanzania28MarathonDied from hit-and-run injuries.[26]
1 Oct 1994Oluyemi Kayode  Nigeria26200 metresCar crash.[27]
29 Jul 1996Georgi Dakov  Bulgaria28High jumpCar accident.[28]
31 Mar 2001Diego García  Spain39MarathonSudden cardiac death during a training run.[29]
4 Aug 2003 Pål Arne Fagernes  Norway29Javelin throwCar accident.[30]
25 Dec 2004Ian Syster  South Africa28MarathonDrowning after car accident.[31]
14 Aug 2004Robert Howard  United States28Triple jumpMurder-suicide of his wife.[32]
27 May 2005 Piotr Gładki  Poland33MarathonCar accident.[33]
5 Jun 2005Matic Šušteršič  Slovenia2560 metres, 100 metresCar accident along with two other Slovak athletes, Patrik Cvetan (23) and Nejc Lipnik (17).[34]
9 Sep 2006Émilie Mondor  Canada255000 metresCar crash.[35]
21 Jan 2007Maria Cioncan  Romania291500 metresCar accident.[36]
3 Nov 2007Ryan Shay  United States28MarathonCollapsed during the U.S. marathon trials for the 2008 Olympics, died due to heart failure and cardiac arrhythmia.[37]
16 Jun 2008 Tom Compernolle  Belgium325000 metresCar accident.[38]
29 Aug 2010Dejene Berhanu  Ethiopia295000 metresSuicide.[39]
11 Sep 2010Taavi Peetre  Estonia27Shot put, discus throwBoat accident.[40]
15 May 2011 Samuel Wanjiru  Kenya24MarathonFall from balcony.[41]
26 Jun 2012Daniel Batman  Australia31200 metres, 400 metresCar crash.[42]
5 Dec 2012 Yves Niaré  France35Shot putCar crash.[43]
19 Jan 2013 Abderrahim Goumri  Morocco36MarathonCar crash; died one year into his doping ban.[44]
10 Jul 2014Peter Mutuku  Kenya203000 metres steeplechaseCar crash.[45]
28 Jul 2014Torrin Lawrence  United States25400 metresCar crash.[46]
Oct 2015 Yuliya Balykina  Belarus31100 metresMurdered by boyfriend.[47]
28 Aug 2017 David Torrence  Peru311500 metres, 5000 metresDrowning.[48]
8 Aug 2018 Nicholas Bett  Kenya28400 metres hurdlesCar accident.[49]
7 Jan 2020Kennedy Njiru  Kenya32-333000 metres steeplechaseCar accident.[50]
26 Feb 2020 Braian Toledo  Argentina26Javelin throwMotorcycle crash.[51]
24 Sep 2020Ondřej Hodboď [cs]  Czech Republic193000 metres steeplechaseSuicide.[52]
8 Nov 2020Clevonte Lodge-Bean  Bermuda18400 metresCar crash.[53]
26 Jun 2021 Abdalelah Haroun  Qatar24400 metresCar accident.[54]
9 Aug 2021 Cameron Burrell  United States26100 metres, long jumpSuicide.[55]
13 Oct 2021 Agnes Tirop  Kenya2510,000 metres, cross countryStabbing.[56]
22 Oct 2021 Álex Quiñónez  Ecuador32200 metres, 100 metresMurdered outside a shopping centre.[57]
10 Jan 2022 Deon Lendore  Trinidad and Tobago29400 metresCar crash.[58]
16 Apr 2022Damaris Muthee  Bahrain285000 metres, cross countryMurdered.[59]
24 Apr 2022Kaushalya Madushani  Sri Lanka26400 metres hurdlesSuicide.[60]
23 Jan 2023Edrissa Marong  Gambia27800 metresUnspecified illness.[61]
23 Apr 2023 Tori Bowie  United States32100 metres, long jumpComplications of childbirth.[62]
23 Apr 2023Samuel Kiplimo Kosgei  Kenya37MarathonRoad accident.[63]
11 Feb 2024 Kelvin Kiptum  Kenya24MarathonCar accident.[64]

Former athletics competitors who died during other sporting careers

See also

References

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