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Olympians Who Died After Contracting the Coronavirus (COVID-19) (113)

Athlete Nation(s) Sport(s) Role(s) Era Notes
Muhammad Afzal PAK WRE Olympics 1964
Hussain Ahmed IND FBL Olympics 1956
Anatoly Alyabyev RUS
URS		 BTH Olympics 1980
Aleksandar Anđelić SRB
YUG		 IHO Olympics 1964
Paco Aritmendi ESP ATH Olympics 1964
Frank Arok AUS FBL Coach 1988
Samar Banerjee IND FBL Olympics 1956
Bob Beck USA FEN/MPN Olympics 1960—1968
Goyo Benito ESP FBL Olympics 1968
Sepp Benz SUI BOB Olympics 1976—1980
István Bérczi HUN GAR Olympics / Referee 1972—2016
Ismail Bhamjee BOT Administrator 1988—2001
Carlos Burga PER BOX Olympics 1972
Ingamay Bylund SWE EDR Olympics 1984
Roger Chappot SUI IHO Olympics 1964
Daniele Cioni ITA SHO Olympics 1984—1992
Osvaldo Cochrane Filho BRA WPO Olympics 1964
Ernesto Contreras ARG CRD/CTR Olympics 1960—1968 Tested positive for coronavirus but apparently died from other causes.
Szilveszter Csollány HUN GAR Olympics / Closing Flagbearer 1992—2000
Celso Dayrit PHI Administrator 1999—2004
Eric Denis BEL HOC Referee 2000
Laurent Dona Fologo CIV Other 1983
Petar Fajfrić SRB
YUG		 HBL Olympics 1972
Ken Farnum JAM CTR Olympics 1952
Aslanbek Fidarov UKR WRE Olympics 1996
Fortunato Franco IND FBL Non-starter 1960 died of Covid-19 complications at a hospital in south Goa
Bob Garff USA Administrator
Bruno Ghedina ITA IHO Olympics 1964
Attila Horváth HUN ATH Olympics 1992—1996
Milan Hurtala TCH
SVK		 ROW Olympics 1968
Aydın İbrahimov AZE
URS		 WRE Olympics 1964
Diána Igaly HUN SHO Olympics 1992—2008
Vladimir Ivanov BUL ATH Olympics 1980
Allan Jay GBR FEN Olympics / Closing Flagbearer 1952—1968
Rahim Jeddi IRI WRE Referee 2000
Dennis Johnson JAM
WIF		 ATH Olympics 1960—1964
Pearson Jordan BAR ATH Olympics 1976
Jan Józwik POL SSK Olympics 1980
Vadim Kapranov RUS
URS		 BKB Olympics / Coach 1968—2004
Reşit Karabacak TUR WRE Olympics 1984
Maharaj Krishon Kaushik IND HOC Olympics 1980
Danil Khalimov KAZ WRE Olympics 2004
Gulam Mohammad Khan IND EVE Olympics 1980
Hans-Viggo Knudsen DEN CSP Olympics 1964—1968 Died from the effects of the coronavirus on pre-existing pulmonary fibrosis.
Paul Kölliker SUI ROW Olympics 1960
Adam Kopczyński POL IHO Olympics 1972
Jonathan Kpakpo GHA FBL Olympics 1968
Alfred Kucharczyk POL GAR Olympics / Non-starter 1960—1968
Francesco La Rosa ITA FBL Olympics 1952
Ahmed Laghrissi MAR FBL Non-starter 1964
Jud Logan USA ATH Olympics 1984—2000
Marianne Lundquist SWE SWM Olympics 1948—1952
Roseli Machado BRA ATH Olympics 1996
Roger Maes BEL VVO Olympics 1968
Ivo Mahlknecht ITA ALP Olympics 1964—1968
Adlin Mair-Clarke JAM ATH Olympics 1964—1968
Ibrahim Mbombo Njoya CMR Other 1984
Rich McGeagh USA SWM Olympics 1964
Kay McNamee CAN SWM Olympics 1948—1952
Lee McNeill USA ATH Olympics 1988
Azmi Megahed EGY VVO Olympics 1976
Mohammed Yaseen Mohammed IRQ WLF Olympics 1980—1984
Janos Mohos SUI FEN Olympics 1972
Anthony Mwamba ZAM BOX Olympics 1988
Adramé N'Diaye SEN BKB Olympics 1980
Paul Nihill GBR ATH Olympics 1964—1976
Lukman Niode INA SWM Olympics / Opening Flagbearer 1984
Kiyoko Ono JPN GAR Olympics 1960—1964
Joel Otim UGA ATH Olympics 1992
Dragan Pantelić SRB
YUG		 FBL Olympics 1980
Leonidas Pelekanakis GRE SAL Olympics 1984—2004
Francesco Perrone ITA ATH Olympics 1960
Quarto Pianesi ITA HOC Olympics 1960
Rubén Placánica ARG CRD Olympics 1964
Eva-Maria Pracht CAN EDR Olympics 1984—1988
Giovanni Pretorius RSA BOX Olympics 1992
Yevgeny Pupkov KAZ IHO Olympics 2006
Silvio Quintero COL FBL Olympics 1972
Ahmed Radhi IRQ FBL Olympics 1988
Jacques Reymond SUI ALP Referee 1988
Melecio Rivera ESA Administrator 1987—1999
Arnie Robinson USA ATH Olympics 1972—1976
Giuseppe Ros ITA BOX Olympics 1964
Huba Rozsnyai HUN ATH Olympics 1964
Ruth BRA BKB Olympics 1992
Donato Sabia ITA ATH Olympics 1984—1988
Abdul Karim Salman IRQ FBL Non-starter 1988
Fernando Sandoval BRA WPO Olympics 1968
Manuel Sanguily CUB SWM Olympics / Opening Flagbearer 1952—1956
Ulisses dos Santos BRA ATH Olympics 1956
José Shiumoto MEX EVE Non-starter 1976
Viktor Shuvalov RUS
URS		 IHO Olympics 1956
Aleksandr Sidorenko URS
UKR		 SWM Olympics 1980
Milkha Singh IND ATH Olympics 1956—1964
Ravinder Pal Singh IND HOC Olympics 1980—1984
Surat Singh IND ATH Olympics 1952
Valery Skvortsov URS
UKR		 ATH Olympics 1964—1968
Reanna Maricha Solomon NRU WLF Olympics 2004
Nestor Soriano PHI SAL Olympics 1988
Gennady Strakhov RUS
URS		 WRE Olympics 1972
Mikhail Studenetsky RUS
URS		 BKB Olympics 1956
Suíço BRA VVO Olympics 1976—1980
Ildegarda Taffra ITA CCS Olympics 1952—1956
Aleksandr Timoshinin RUS
URS		 ROW Olympics 1968—1972
Sol Tolchinsky CAN BKB Olympics 1948
István Turu HUN BOX Olympics 1988
Marius van Heerden RSA ATH Olympics 1996
Jan Veentjer NED HOC Olympics 1964
Higinio Vélez CUB BBL Coach 2004
Vemuri Sudhakar IND BDM Referee 2000
Peter Whiteside GBR MPN Olympics 1980
Carmen Williamson USA BOX Referee 1984
Daniel Yuste ESP CTR Olympics 1968 Died on 26 March 2020. First Olympian known to have died in the coronavirus pandemic.