Olympians Who Died in Motor Vehicle Accidents (Boat/Car/Motorcycle/Train) (496)

Athlete	Nation(s)	Sport(s)	Role(s)	Era	Notes
Olubayo Adefemi	NGR	FBL	Olympics	2008	Died in a car accident.
Mohamed Mahbub Alam	BAN	ATH	Olympics	2000	Died in a car accident.
Mohamed Shah Alam	BAN	ATH	Olympics	1988	Died in a road crash.
Boris Aleksandrov	KAZ URS	IHO	Olympics / Coach	1976—1998	Died in a car accident.
Tânia Anacleto	MOZ	SWM	Olympics	2000	Anacleto and her husband Reginaldo Correia were killed instantly in a road accident after their car crashed into the tree across the Mozambican countryside.
Franco Anderlini	ITA	VVO	Coach	1976	Lost his life in a car accident on the motorway near Croci di Calenzano in Tuscany.
Carl-Georg Andersson	SWE	WRE	Olympics	1912	Was hit by a truck in Copenhagen and died.
Curt Andstén	FIN	SAL	Olympics	1912	Died in a car accident.
Frank Anger	USA	FEN	Olympics	1964	Died in a head-on collision when the other driver drifted into his lane.
Aleksander Antson	EST	ATH	Olympics	1924	Died in a car accident.
Aleksandr Anufriyev	RUS URS	ATH	Olympics	1952	Died in a boating accident on river Pechora, about 10 km from Narjan-Mara.
Elnur Aslanov	AZE	WRE	Olympics	2004	Died in a car accident.
Adil Atan	TUR	WRE	Olympics	1952—1956	Died in a traffic accident.
Antonio Attanasio	ITA	SWM	Olympics	1968	Died in a car accident.
Raafat Attia	EGY UAR	FBL	Olympics	1960—1964	Died in a car accident.
Lauri Aus	EST	CRD	Olympics	1992—2000	Died when hit by a truck during training.
Roland Baar	GER FRG	ROW	Olympics / Administrator	1988—2004	Died in a car accident.
Lotfi Baccouche	TUN	FBL	Olympics	1996	Died after being hit by a car on his wedding day.
Roberto Balado	CUB	BOX	Olympics	1992	Died in a crash at a train crossing.
László Balogh	HUN	SHO	Olympics	1988	Died in a motorcycle accident.
Lucien Bangels	BEL	ATH	Olympics	1920	Died in a car accident.
Bruce Banks	GBR	SAL	Olympics	1952—1956	Died following a motor car accident while driving home after taking part in a regatta near to his Hampshire home.
Peter Barker	IVB	SAL	Olympics	1984	Died in an automobile accident
Rinaldo Barlassina	ITA	FBL	Referee	1936	Died as a result of a motor vehicle accident.
Gianmario Baroni	ITA	IHO	Olympics	1936	Died in a car accident near Glen, a suburb north of Bloemfontein.
Daniel Batman	AUS	ATH	Olympics	2000	Died in a car accident.
Jiří Baumruk	CZE TCH	BKB	Olympics	1952—1960	Died in a car accident.
Pierre Béchu	FRA	FSK	Olympics	1984	Died in a car accident.
Bronislav Bechyňský	CZE	SHO	Olympics	1996—2000	Died in a car accident.
Henri Beconnais	FRA	MCS	Non-Medal	1900	He died with his mechanic Lucien Bernard in a car accident when he trains.
John Beedell	CAN	CSP	Olympics	1960	Died some weeks after being struck by a school bus in New Edinburgh.
Joseph Beeken	BEL	BOX	Olympics	1924	Died in a motor vehicle accident while returning to Liège from Brussels along with Delanaye, president of the Liège section of the Belgian Boxing Federation.
Vasile Belous	MDA	BOX	Olympics	2012	Died in a car accident.
Kyle Bennett	USA	BMX	Olympics	2008	Died when his truck went off the road and crashed.
Oleksandr Beresh	UKR	GAR	Olympics	2000	Died in a car accident.
Nicholas Bett	KEN	ATH	Olympics	2016	Bett was killed while driving near Nandi County in west Kenya, just one day after competing in the Continental Championships in Nigeria. His trainer, Vincent Mumo, said that the athlete’s SUV hit bumps in the road and rolled as it went off the tarmac in the high-altitude training region in west Kenya early on Wednesday morning.
Aleksander Bielaczyc	POL	SAL	Olympics	1972	Died in a traffic accident in Bremen (Germany)
Harry Billings	GBR	BOX	Non-starter	1924	Died after being hit by an oncoming train near Hayes railway station, London.
Ryan Birch	GBR	JUD	Olympics	1992—1996	Died in a car accident.
Leon Birkholc	POL	ROW	Olympics	1928	Died as the result of a motorcycle accident.
Waldemar Blatskauskas	BRA	BKB	Olympics	1960	Died in a car accident.
Garen Bloch	RSA	CTR	Olympics	2000	Died in a motorcycle accident.
Doug Blubaugh	USA	WRE	Olympics	1960	Riding a motorcycle, he was struck by a pickup truck at an intersection.
Don Boal	CAN	ROW	Olympics / Non-starter	1932—1936	Died in a car accident.
Gé Bohlander	NED	WPO	Olympics	1920—1924	Died in a car crash
Jos Boons	BEL	CRD	Olympics	1964	Died in a car accident.
Severino Bottero	FRA ITA	ALP	Referee	1998—2002	Died in a car accident while he went to the training camp in Switzerland as coach of the French giant slalom team.
Oprando Bottura	ITA	ATH	Olympics / Non-starter	1920—1924	Died in hospital in Ostiglia due to injuries sustained in a car accident near Ghisione, Villa Poma.
Pierre Bouillin	FRA	IHO	Non-starter	1924	Died in the 1955 Le Mans disaster racing a Mercedes-Benz.
Henryk Bromowicz	POL	IHO	Olympics	1948—1956	Died of injuries sustained in a bus accident.
Herb Brooks	USA	IHO	Olympics / Coach	1964—2002	Died in a single-car accident.
Benny Brown	USA	ATH	Olympics	1976	Died in a car accident.
Cyril Brown	GBR	WRE	Olympics	1908	Killed in a motor vehicle accident in 1929 near Thames Ditton.
Tarzan Brown	USA	ATH	Olympics	1936	Run over by a car following an argument.
Jim Buchanan	CAN	ATH	Olympics	1976	Buchanan died in a car crash at the age of only 21 years.
Ondřej Bureš	CZE TCH	SWM	Olympics	1988	Was hit by a passing truck at the Santa Monica Boulevard in Los Angeles and died in hospital the following day.
Ezra Burnham	BAR	ATH	Olympics	1968	Died when car struck a utility pole and he was thrown from the vehicle.
Wilbur Burroughs	USA	ATH/TOW	Olympics / Non-starter	1900—1908	He and his wife died in a car accident together.
Memè Busietta	MLT	WPO	Olympics	1928	Died after being hit by a lorry while walking to church.
Yevhen Buslovych	UKR	WRE	Olympics	2000	Was hit by bus and died near village Kalynivka on the 38th km of the highway from Kyiv to Zhytomyr.
Robert Busnel	FRA	BKB	Coach / Administrator	1948—1990	Died in a traffic accident.
David Butler	RHO ZIM	SAL	Olympics	1960—1964	Died in a road accident in Belgium.
Jack Butula	CAN	BOX	Olympics	1952	According to his death certificate, he was a passenger in a car that went off the highway and into a river.
Delfo Cabrera	ARG	ATH	Olympics / Other	1948—1952	Died in a car accident.
Paolo Caldarella	ITA	WPO	Olympics	1988—1992	Crashed his motorcycle into a turning van.
Mauro Calligaris	ITA	SWM	Olympics	1972	Died in a minibus accident, while transporting 8 teenage athletes from Schio Nuoto (who were unharmed).
Maria Rosa Candido	ITA	STK	Olympics / Non-Medal	1988—1992	Died in a car accident.
Leopoldo Cantancio	PHI	BOX	Olympics	1984—1988	Died in a motorcycle accident.
Luigi Carpaneda	ITA	FEN	Olympics	1956—1960	Died after being struck by a car whilst crossing the road.
Raúl Cascaret	CUB	WRE	Olympics	1980	Died in a car accident.
Norman Casmir	GER FRG	FEN	Olympics	1952	Died in a car accident.
Antonio Castellini	ITA	BOX	Olympics	1972	Died in a motorcycle accident.
Kelly Chan	SGP	SAL	Olympics	1984	Died in a car accident.
Chang Myung-Sam	KOR	TKW	Non-Medal	1988	Died in a car accident.
Gary Chapman	AUS	SWM	Olympics	1956	Died in a boat accident.
Nikolay Chebotko	KAZ	CCS	Olympics	2002—2014	Died in a car accident.
Anatoly Cherepovich	URS UKR	CRD	Olympics	1956	Died in a car accident.
Donald Christian	ANT	CTR	Olympics	1976	Died after being struck by a car whilst riding his motorcycle.
Karianne Christiansen	NOR	ALP	Olympics	1972	Died in a car accident.
Chua Boon Huat	MAS	HOC	Olympics	2000	Died in a traffic accident.
Maria Cioncan	ROU	ATH	Olympics	2004	Died in a car accident.
Andrew Clough	GBR	CSL	Olympics	1992	Died in a car accident.
Avi Cohen	ISR	FBL	Olympics	1976	Died in a motorcycle accident.
Mickey Coll	PUR	BKB	Olympics	1972	Died in a motorcycle accident.
Tom Compernolle	BEL	ATH	Olympics	2004	At a training in Zedelgem in June 2008, the truck carrying Compernolle got off the road and crashed.
Cecil Cooke	BAH	SAL	Olympics	1964	Died along with his wife in a car accident.
Tom Cooper	USA	CTR	Non-Medal	1900	Died in a car accident.
Bob Cowell	USA	SWM	Olympics	1948	Died in a head-on car collision.
Dino Crescentini	SMR	BOB	Olympics / Other	1994	Killed in a crash during a race at Mosport International Raceway.
Óscar Cristi	CHI	EJP	Olympics	1952	Died in a car accident.
Herbert Crowther	GBR	CTR	Olympics / 1906	1906—1908	Died from the effects of a motor cycling accident.
Louis Culot	BEL	WRE	Olympics	1948	Died in a traffic accident.
Arthur Cumming	GBR	FSK	Olympics	1908	Died of tetanus following a motorcycle accident.
Natália Cunha e Silva	POR	GAR	Olympics	1952	Died in a car accident with her husband and son at the age of 31.
Georgi Dakov	BUL	ATH	Olympics	1992	Died in a car crash.
Sammy Dalzell	IRL	WLF	Olympics	1960	Died in a traffic accident while bicycling.
Béla Dánér	HUN	ATH/GAR	1906 / Non-starter	1906—1908	Died in a car accident.
Henri Dartigues	FRA	ATH	Olympics	1928	Died when his bicycle was struck by a car.
Randall Davey	USA	ART	Olympics	1932	Died in a car accident.
Victor Davis	CAN	SWM	Olympics	1984—1988	Died in a hit-and-run accident.
Jack Dearlove	GBR	ROW	Olympics	1948	Died in a car accident, possibly as a result of having a heart attack.
Peter Deer	CAN	ATH	Olympics	1904	Died of injuries from a motor vehicle accident.
Fritz Dennerlein	ITA	SWM/WPO	Olympics / Coach	1956—1988	Died in a car accident.
René Dérency	FRA	BKB	Olympics	1948	Died in a car accident.
Kazimierz Deyna	POL	FBL	Olympics	1972—1976	Died in a car accident.
Lou Dijkstra	NED	SSK	Olympics	1936	Died in a car accident.
Dirceu	BRA	FBL	Olympics	1972	Died when his car has been hit by a street racer.
Frank Dixon	CAN	LAX	Olympics	1908	Died in a car accident.
Félix Dockx	BEL	CTR	Olympics	1920	Died after he was stuck by a vehicle while cycling.
Ibrahim Dossey	GHA	FBL	Olympics	1992	After spending three months in a coma he died of injuries sustained in a car accident.
John Douglas	GBR	BOX	Olympics / Non-starter	1908	Died when the "Oberon" sank in the Kattegat together with his father, John H. Douglas.
John H. Douglas	GBR	BOX	Referee / Administrator	1908—1930	Died when the "Oberon" sank in the Kattegat together with his sonny John Douglas.
Frank Dove	GBR	BOX	Olympics	1920	Died in an accident with a motor car at Wolverhampton in 1957.
Sreten Dragojlović	SRB YUG	BKB	Olympics	1960	Died in a traffic accident near Gornji Milanovac on September 2, 1971, when he was rushing to visit his sick father.
Eduardo Dualde	ESP	HOC	Olympics / Other	1960—1964	Died in a traffic accident.
Roman Dzeneladze	GEO URS	WRE	Olympics	1956	Died in a car accident together with Avtandil Koridze.
Marlene Elejalde	CUB	ATH	Olympics	1968—1972	Died in a car accident.
Imre Erdődy	HUN	GAR	Olympics	1912—1928	Died in a car accident.
Juan Escutia	MEX	ATH	Olympics	1924	Died after being hit by a train.
Mahmoud Ezzat	EGY	BOX	Olympics	1936	Died in hospital following a motor vehicle accident.
Pål Arne Fagernes	NOR	ATH	Olympics	1996—2000	Died in a car accident on the European route E6 north of Moss in August 2003, when his car collided with a lorry.
Eduard Farda	TCH	IHO	Coach	1960	Died in a car accident.
Housseyn Fardjallah	ALG	WLF	YOG	2010	Killed in a traffic collision.
Armanno Favalli	ITA	FBL	Non-starter	1960	Died in a car accident.
Ion Ferenz	ROU	IHO	Olympics	1964	Died in a car accident.
Francisco Figueredo	PAR	ATH	Olympics	1984	Died after being struck by a truck.
Don Finlay	GBR	ATH	Olympics	1932—1948	Was severely injured in a motor vehicle accident which led to his death.
Stein Olav Fiskebeck	NOR	SHO	Olympics	1992	Died in an accident with a snowmobile.
Jacques Flury	SUI	WLF	Olympics	1952	Died when his bicycle was struck by a car.
Jack Foster	NZL	ATH	Olympics	1972—1976	Died after being struck by a vehicle when riding his bicycle.
Théophile Fras	FRA	CTR	Olympics	1900	Died in a car accident.
Peter Fuchs	GBR	ALP	Olympics	1976	Died in a car accident.
George Gaidzik	USA	DIV	Olympics	1908—1912	Died in a boating accident.
Michał Gajownik	POL	CSP	Olympics	2000	Died in a car accident.
Marek Galiński	POL	MTB	Olympics	1996—2008	Died in a car accident, when he lost control of his car and crashed into a tree.
Bruno Galliker	SUI	ATH	Olympics	1960	Died in a car accident.
Juan Ulises García Saleta	DOM		Administrator	1962—1974	Died in a car accident.
Amar Garibović	SRB	CCS	Olympics	2010	Died in a car accident on his 19th birthday
Susy Garland	GBR	FSK	Olympics	1980—1984	Died in a car accident.
Patrick Gasienica	USA	SJP	Olympics	2022	Died in a motorcycle accident.
Wacław Gąssowski	POL	ATH	Non-starter	1936	Died in a car accident in Belgium.
Petar Georgiev	BUL	GAR	Olympics	1988	Died in a car accident.
Blagoja Georgievski	MKD YUG	BKB	Olympics	1972—1976	Died in a car accident.
Friedrich Gerdes	GER	ATH	Olympics	1936	Died in a motor car accident.
Roger Gill	GUY	ATH	Olympics	1996	Died in a car accident.
Clas Gille	SWE	ATH	Olympics	1912	Died when he was run over by a motorcycle.
Piotr Gładki	POL	ATH	Olympics	2000	Died in a car crash 20 days after winning the Kraków marathon.
Valery Goborov	URS UKR	BKB	Olympics	1988	Died in a car accident.
Auguste Goditiabois	BEL	HOC	Olympics	1928	Died in hospital of injuries sustained in a car accident.
Arkadiusz Gołaś	POL	VVO	Olympics	2004	Died in a car accident.
Ralph Goldstein	USA	FEN	Olympics / Referee	1948—1960	Died in a car crash.
Otto Gollnhuber	AUT	FBL	Olympics	1952	Died in a road accident.
Miguel Ángel Gómez	ESP	ATH	Olympics	1992	Died in a motorcycle accident.
Bernardo González	ESP	CTR	Olympics	1988—1996	Died in a car accident.
Domingo González	COL	FBL	Olympics	1972	Died in a bus accident.
Julio César González	MEX	BOX	Olympics	1996	Died when his motorcycle was hit by a car.
Robert Góralczyk	POL	IHO	Olympics	1972—1976	Died of injuries sustained as a passenger in an accident involving a taxi.
Abderrahim Goumri	MAR	ATH	Olympics	2004—2008	Died in a car accident.
Alfredo, Conde Goyeneche	ESP	EJP	Olympics / Administrator	1960—2002	Died in a car accident.
Fred Grace	GBR	BOX	Olympics	1908—1920	Died after being struck by a car while out walking.
Gerry Gratton	CAN	WLF	Olympics	1948—1952	Died from severe injuries in an automobile accident.
Matt Gribble	USA	SWM	Olympics	1984	Died in a head-on traffic collision in Miami, Florida.
Brigitte Groh	FRG	FSK	Olympics	1988	Died in 1997 in a motorcycle accident in Colombia.
Timo Grönlund	FIN	CSP	Olympics	1976—1988	Died after the car he was driving was involved in a head-on collision with a heavy vehicle.
Drago Grubelnik	SLO	ALP	Olympics	1998—2006	Died after the car he was driving swerved off a mountain road and rolled down a hill.
Aurel Guga	ROU	FBL	Olympics	1924	Died in a car accident.
Emilio Carlos Guruceta	ESP	FBL	Referee	1976—1980	Killed in an accident in heavy rain on the A-2 Autopista on his way to referee the Spanish King's Cup match between Osasuna and Real Madrid. The BMW driven by Guruceta aquaplaned into a stationary maintenance vehicle killing him and one of his linesmen, Eduardo Vidal.
Klara Guseva-Nesterova	RUS URS	SSK	Olympics	1960—1964	Died after being hit by a car.
Bob Gutowski	USA	ATH	Olympics	1956	Died in a car accident.
Mohamed Hachaichi	ALG	WRE	Olympics	1980	Died in a train accident.
Eddie Haddad	CAN	BOX	Olympics	1948	Died "in a highway accident with a logging truck"
Steven Hancock	GBR	CSP	Olympics	1980	Died a few weeks after being hit by a car while riding his bike.
Abdalelah Haroun	QAT	ATH	Olympics	2016	Died in a car accident.
Ernesto Hartkopf	ARG	EJP	Olympics	1960	Died in a vehicle accident alongside his wife.
Kamal Ali Hassan	EGY	DIV	Olympics	1948—1952	Died while driving home from the airport.
Ahmed Mohamed Hassanein	EGY	FEN	Olympics / Non-starter / Other	1912—1924	Died in an accident with the British military presence on the Qasr al-Nil bridge.
Bruce Hay	GBR		Administrator	1957—1959	Died in a car accident.
Brian Hebditch	GBR	SHO	Olympics	1976
Anton Hegarty	GBR	ATH	Olympics	1920	Died in a traffic accident.
Ezra Henniger	CAN	ATH	Olympics	1948	Killed in a single vehicle accident.
Stefan Henze	GER	CSL	Olympics	2004	Died three days after a taxi-cab accident during the 2016 Olympics.
Ivan Hlinka	CZE TCH	IHO	Olympics / Coach	1972—1998	Died in a car accident.
Karl Holmström	SWE	SJP	Olympics	1952	Died in a road accident.
Rolf Hoppe	CHI	ATH	Olympics / Other	1968	Died in a car accident.
Ernst Hoppenberg	GER	SWM	Olympics	1900	Died in a car accident.
Klaudia Hornung	FRG	ROW	Olympics	1984	Died of head injuries caused when a taxi driver opened his door and knocked her off her bicycle.
Joachim Hunger	FRG	SAL	Olympics	1984—1988	In 1990, he was cycling through Berlin when he collided with a pedestrian. Hunger was so badly injured in the accident that he died after being in a coma for two days in the intensive care unit of a Berlin hospital.
Maksim Hustsik	BLR	FRS	Olympics	2018—2022	Died when a car hit him as he was crossing a road in Minsk.
Ali Ibrahim	EGY	ROW	Olympics / Other	1996—2008	Died in a car accident.
Aldis Intlers	LAT	BOB	Olympics	1992—1994	Died in a car accident.
Gian Paolo Iraldo	ITA	ATH	Non-starter	1964	Killed when his car lost control while driving and ended up in a field.
Isaac Israëls	NED	ART	Olympics	1924—1932	Died at home, two days after he was hit by a car.
Mohamed Issangar	MAR	ATH	Olympics	1992	Died along with a number of young athletes he was coaching when their bus was in collision with a lorry.
Rado Istenič	SLO YUG	NCB	Olympics	1936	Died in a motor vehicle collision.
Robert Jacquet	FRA	ROW	Olympics	1936	Died in an accident on a road at Perthes.
Khashaba Jadhav	IND	WRE	Olympics	1948—1952	Died in a motorcycle accident.
Otakar Jandera	CZE TCH	ATH	Olympics	1924—1928	Died in a hospital of injuries sustained after a collision with a tram in Letná, Praha.
Aurelio Janet	CUB	ATH	Olympics	1968	Died in a traffic accident four weeks after his Olympic appearance.
Milan Janić	CRO YUG	CSP	Olympics	1980—1984	Died in a car accident.