Olympians Who Died in Motor Vehicle Accidents (Boat/Car/Motorcycle/Train) (568)

Athlete	Nation(s)	Sport(s)	Role(s)	Era	Notes
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.
John Holsinger	HKG	TEN	Referee	1988	Died in a motorcycle accident.
Rolf Hoppe	CHI	ATH	Olympics / Opening Flagbearer	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.
Melissa Hoskins	AUS	CTR	Olympics	2012—2016	Died after being hit by a car.
Hour Jiunn-Yih	TPE	WRE	Olympics	1988	Died in a car accident.
Joachim Hunger	FRG	SAL	Olympics	1984—1988	Collided with a pedestrian whilst cycling. He 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 being hit by a car as he was crossing a road.
Robert Hutcheson	CAN	SHO	Olympics	1912	Died after being struck by an automobile leaving the funeral service of a friend
Ali Ibrahim	EGY	ROW	Olympics / Opening Flagbearer	1996—2008	Died in a car accident.
Hristo Iliev	BUL	FBL	Olympics	1960	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	Died 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 accident.
Marica Ivandekić	YUG	GAR	Olympics	1952	Died in motor vehicle collision near Novi Sad, SRB alongside her father (and coach), Béla.
Robert Jacquet	FRA	ROW	Olympics	1936	Died in a road accident.
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.
Jang Myeong-Sam	KOR	TKW	Non-Medal	1988	Died in a car accident.
Milan Janić	CRO YUG	CSP	Olympics	1980—1984	Died in a car accident.
Jhon Jarrín	ECU	CTR	Olympics	1980	Died when his bicycle was hit by a car.
Edward Jefferys	RSA	ATH	Olympics	1960	Died in a motorcycle accident.
Graeme Jennings	AUS	FEN	Olympics	1968	Died in a car accident near Ovid, New York
Wolfgang Jöchl	AUT	IHO	Olympics	1956	Died in a traffic accident.
Adrienne Jouclard	FRA	ART	Olympics	1932—1948	Died from the injuries she suffered from a car accident in Versailles after 14 days in coma. Her sister Camille survived after spending months in a hospital.
Juanito	ESP	FBL	Olympics	1976	Died in a traffic accident.
Leon Jucewicz	POL	SSK	Olympics	1924	Died in a road accident.
Henk Kamerbeek	NED	ATH	Olympics	1924—1928	Died of injuries sustained when being hit by a car.
Yutaka Kanai	JPN	ATH	Olympics	1984	Died in a traffic accident.
Hamit Kaplan	TUR	WRE	Olympics / Opening Flagbearer	1956—1964	Died in a traffic accident.
Pavel Karelin	RUS	SJP	Olympics	2010	Died in a car accident.
Charles Karle	USA	ROW	Olympics	1928	Died after being hit by a car while training one day in Philadelphia.
Sagardeep Kaur	IND	ATH	Non-starter	2004	Died in a traffic accident.
Oluyemi Kayode	NGR	ATH	Olympics	1992	Died in a car crash in Northern Arizona, United States.
Edwin Keller	SUI	FSK	Non-starter	1936	Killed in a car accident.
Nic Kettel	LUX	FBL	Olympics	1948	Died in a traffic accident.
Naji Keyrouz	LBN	JUD	Olympics	1980	Died after being struck by a car while riding his bike.
Valery Kharlamov	RUS URS	IHO	Olympics	1972—1980	Died in a car accident.
Anatoly Khrapaty	KAZ URS	WLF	Olympics	1988—2000	Died when his motorcycle was struck by a car.
Nikolay Khrenkov	RUS	BOB	Olympics	2014	Died when his car was involved in a head-on collision with another vehicle.
Desiet Kidane	ERI	CRD	YOG	2018	Died after being struck by car whilst training.
Kim Hyeon-Jun	KOR	BKB	Olympics	1988	Died in a traffic accident.
Aldis Kļaviņš	LAT	CSL	Olympics	1996	Died in a car accident.
Dirk Köhler	FRG	SHO	Olympics	1988	Died in a traffic accident.
Peter Kohnke	GER FRG	SHO	Olympics	1960—1968	Died in a car accident.
Küllo Kõiv	EST	WRE	Olympics	1992—1996	Died in a car accident.
Junia Koivu	FIN	ATH	YOG	2010	Died in a car accident.
Nadezhda Kolesnikova-Ilyina	RUS URS	ATH	Olympics	1972—1976	Died in a car accident.
Władysław Komar	POL	ATH	Olympics	1964—1972	Died in a car accident.
Gennady Komnatov	RUS URS	CRD	Olympics	1972	Died in a car accident.
Radivoj Korać	SRB YUG	BKB	Olympics	1960—1968	Died of injuries sustained in a car crash.
Avtandil Koridze	GEO URS	WRE	Olympics	1960	Died in a car accident together with Roman Dzeneladze.
Herbert Koschel	GER FRG	ATH	Olympics	1952—1956	Died from injuries received in a car accident.
Larysa Krause	POL	JUD	Olympics	1996	Died in a traffic accident on her way to the trainings camp in Zakopane.
Besik Kudukhov	RUS	WRE	Olympics	2008—2012	Died in a car accident.
Erich Kuhn	GER	ART	Olympics	1936	Died when he was hit by a following car while trying to set up a warning triangle on a highway.
Frits Kuipers	NED	FBL	Olympics	1920	Died when his motorcycle collided with a train.
Anita Kulcsár	HUN	HBL	Olympics	2000—2004	Died in a car accident.
Akın Kuloğlu	GEO TUR	BOX	Olympics	1996—2000	Died when the taxi he was driving crashed.
Jože Kuralt	SLO YUG	ALP	Olympics	1980—1984	Died in a car accident.
Rajko Kušić	BIH YUG	JUD	Olympics	1980	Died in a traffic accident.
Andrey Kuznetsov	RUS URS EUN	VVO	Olympics	1988—1992	Died in a car accident.
Doug Kyle	CAN	ATH	Olympics	1956—1960	Died following a single-vehicle rollover accident.
Siarhei Lahun	BLR	WLF	Olympics	2008	Died in a car accident.
Gheorghe Langa	ROU	EJP/EVE	Olympics	1956—1960	Died in a motor vehicle accident alongside 1952 Olympian Mihai Timu.
Larraza	ESP	FBL	Olympics	1924	Died in a motorcycle accident on the country road of Miravalles.
Erik Larsen	DEN	ROW	Olympics	1948	Died following injuries received in a car crash.
Joe Lavery	GBR IRL	CTR	Olympics	1908	Died eight days after motor vehicle accident.
Ramón Lavín	ESP	SWM	Olympics	1980	Died in a car accident.
Sam LaVoice	USA	CTR	Olympics	1904	Fell off a railroad car and was run over by several other cars, badly mangling his body.
Nataliya Lavrova	RUS	GRY	Olympics	2000—2004	Died in a head-on car accident while riding in a car driven by her sister, who was also killed.
Jim Lee-Nicholson	GBR	ROW	Olympics	1964	Died in a car accident on a motorway.
Bryan Lefley	CAN ITA	IHO	Coach	1994	Died on his way home from a Euroleague Ice Hockey match when the Mercedes he was driving collided head-on with an oncoming truck.
Clark Leiblee	USA	ATH	Olympics	1900	Died in an automobile accident.
Jesús María Leiceaga	ESP	ROW	Olympics	1960	Died farily young in a traffic accident
Iñaki Lejarreta	ESP	MTB	Olympics	2008	Died after been hit by a car whilst out on a training run.
Deon Lendore	TTO	ATH	Olympics	2012—2020	Died in a car accident.
Pavlos Lespouridis	GRE	WLF	Olympics	1980—1984	Died in a car accident.
Andrew Lewis	GUY	BOX	Olympics	1992	Struck and killed by a car whilst riding a bicycle.
Len Lilyholm	USA	IHO	Olympics	1968	Died in a head-on collision on Interstate 35 in northern Iowa.
Pelle Lindbergh	SWE	IHO	Olympics	1980	Died from injuries sustained in a car accident.
Giovanni Linscheer	SUR	SWM	Olympics	1992—1996	Died in a car accident.
Diego Lizardi	PUR	GAR	Olympics	1996—2000	Died in a car accident.
Clevonte Lodge-Bean	BER	ATH	YOG	2018	Died in a motorcycle accident.
Peter Longbottom	GBR	CRD	Olympics	1992	Died after being hit by a white Nissan and then by several other cars.
Alfred Loth	POL		Administrator	1946—1952	Died in a car accident.
Jack Lovelock	NZL	ATH	Olympics / Opening Flagbearer	1932—1936	Fell on subway tracks, where he was hit by a moving train.
Fidel Luna	MEX	FEN	Olympics	1948	Died in a car accident.
Ivano Lussignoli	ITA	CSP	Olympics	1996	Died in a moto cycle accident at Peschiera Borromeo (Milano).
László Magdics	HUN	ATH	Olympics	1928	Died in a tram accident.
Aristide Maillol	FRA	ART	Referee	1924	Died in a car accident.
Sigisfredo Mair	ITA	LUG	Olympics	1964—1972	Died in a car accident.
Waldemar Malak	POL	WLF	Olympics	1992	Died in a traffic accident.
Muhammad Asad Malik	PAK	HOC	Olympics	1964—1972	Died in a traffic accident.
Bronisław Malinowski	POL	ATH	Olympics	1972—1980	Died in a car accident.
Bernard Malivoir	FRA	ROW	Olympics	1952	Died in a traffic accident.
Philippe Malivoir	FRA	ROW	Olympics	1964	Died in a traffic accident.
Jo Mallon	NED	ATH	Olympics	1928	Died in a car accident.
Nenad Manojlović	SCG	WPO	Coach	2000—2004	He died near Osmakovo, Pirot while driving his car on the way to Sofia to participate in a seminar.
Ido Marang	FRA	HOC	Olympics	1960	Died during the 1970 London to Mexico City World Cup Auto Rally
José Luis Marello	ARG	CSP	Olympics	1988—1992	Marello and his partner, and fellow canoer, Gabriela Cassano where killed when returning home from a triathlon event in Las Grutas, when a lorry driven by a drunk driver crossed into their lane, killing them instantly.
Péter Marót	HUN	FEN	Olympics	1972—1976	He died three weeks later from injuries received in a car accident.
John Marshall	AUS	SWM	Olympics	1948—1956	Died in a car accident.
Albert Martin	GBR	ROW	Non-starter	1928	Died when the Rolls Royce he was driving collided with a lorry on the MI Motorway,
Fernando Martín	ESP	BKB	Olympics	1984	Died in a car accident.
Armando Martínez	MEX	CRD	Olympics	1960
József Marton	HUN	ATH	Olympics	1928	Died in a car accident.
Giustiniano Marucco	ITA	FBL	Olympics	1920	Died in a car accident.
John Marvin	USA	SAL	Olympics	1956	Died in a car accident.
Hana Mašková	CZE TCH	FSK	Olympics	1964—1968	Died in a car accident.
Germaine Mason	GBR	ATH	Olympics	2008	Died in a motorcycle accident.
Ron Masters	AUS	DIV	Olympics	1936	Died in a car accident.
Peter Matheka Mutuku	KEN	ATH	YOG	2010	Died in a car accident along the Machakos - Kangundo road
Julius Maus	GER	CRD	Olympics	1932	Died in the SS Morro Castle disaster.
Hana Mazi	SLO	CCS	YOG	2020	Died after being struck by truck whilst training.
Arthur McAleenan	USA	DIV	Olympics	1912	Died to injuries sustained in a taxi-cab accident on Long Island City. He was in a cab with fellow Olympians Tedford Cann (1924 water polo reserve) and Stephen Ruddy.
Damian McDonald	AUS	CRD	Olympics	1996	He was one of three men who died in a collision and explosion in the Burnley Tunnel in Melbourne, Victoria.
Les McKeand	AUS	ATH	Olympics	1948	Died in a car accident shortly after competing at the 1950 British Empire Games.
George McLoughlin	IRL	BKB	Non-starter	1948	Died in a collision with a lorry.
Pat McNamara	USA	SSK	Olympics	1952—1956	Died a few weeks after being hit by a car while riding his bike.
Brad McStravick	GBR	ATH	Olympics	1980—1984	Died after being struck by a van while cycling.
Jaap Meijer	NED	CTR	Olympics	1924	Died when his car slipped, flipped and landed in the water.
Arsen Mek'ok'ishvili	GEO URS	WRE	Olympics	1952	Died from injuries sustained in a car accident.
Sergio Méndez	ESA	FBL	Olympics	1968	Died in a car accident.
Mario Meneghetti	ITA	FBL	Olympics	1920	Died when struck by a train.
Arrigo Menicocci	ITA	ROW	Olympics	1956	Died in car accident shortly before the end of the Melbourne Olympics.
Eric Mergenthaler	MEX	SAL	Olympics	1984—1992	Died two days after going into a coma following a cycling accident.
Ernie Merlin	GBR	CRD	Olympics	1912	Died after being knocked off his bike following a collision with a car.
John Merricks	GBR	SAL	Olympics	1996	Died in a car accident.
David Merwin	USA	CSP	Olympics	1956	He died quite young in an automobile accident when he fell asleep at the wheel and his car ran off the road near Greenville, Pennsylvania
Margarita Mkrtychan	RUS	TKW	Olympics	2004	Died in a car accident.
Russell Mockridge	AUS	CRD/CTR	Olympics	1948—1952	Died after being hit by a bus during the 1958 Tour of Gippsland.
Navid Mohammadi	IRI	KTE	YOG	2018	Died in a car accident.
André Moillen	SUI	BOB	Olympics	1928	Died together with his cousin Jean Moillen, when their car crashed into an unlit lorry at night.
Jean Moillen	SUI	BOB	Olympics	1928	Died together with his cousin André Moillen, when their car crashed into an unlit lorry at night.
Émilie Mondor	CAN	ATH	Olympics	2004	Died of injuries sustained in a car accident.
Néstor Mora	COL	CRD	Olympics	1984	Killed when hit by a truck while training on a highway together with the non-Olympians Hernán Patiño and Augusto Triana (all team Postobón).
Paul Moreau-Vauthier	FRA	ART	Olympics	1928—1932	Died in a car accident.
Mustapha Moussa	ALG	BOX	Olympics	1984	Died as a result of a road accident he was in a month earlier.
César Muciño	MEX	CTR	Olympics	1992	Died after being hit by a bus.
Mbulaeni Mulaudzi	RSA	ATH	Olympics / Opening Flagbearer	2004—2008	Died in a car accident.
Henry Murray	ANZ NZL	ATH	Olympics / Opening Flagbearer	1908	Died as the result of a motor vehicle accident while training in New Zealand.
Carmel Muscat	MLT	CRD	Olympics	1980	Died after an empty bus reversed onto him.
Pertti Mutru	FIN	BKB	Olympics	1952	Died in a car accident.
Aliaksei Mzhachyk	BLR	WLF	Olympics	2016	Died in a car accident.
Simon Robert Naali	TAN	ATH	Olympics	1992	Died two days after a hit-and-run accident.
Eric Namesnik	USA	SWM	Olympics	1992—1996	Died in an automobile accident caused by icy road conditions.
Robert Nay	AUS	SWM	Olympics	1972	Died in a car accident.
Yves Niaré	FRA	ATH	Olympics	2008	Died in a car accident.
Jamie Nicolson	AUS	BOX	Olympics	1992	Died in a car accident.
Rudi Nierlich	AUT	ALP	Olympics	1988	Died in a car accident.
Pantelis Nikolaidis	GRE	ATH	Olympics	1968	Died in a road accident that occurred in Yugoslavia (at the 38th km of the Belgrade-Zagreb highway) together with his wife Christina.
Bruno Nöckler	ITA	ALP	Olympics	1980	Died in a car accident.
Dieudonné Ntep	CMR	CRD	Olympics	1984	Died in a car accident between Yaoundé and Douala.
Eric Ny	SWE	ATH	Olympics	1932—1936	Died in a sailing accident.
Christian Obi	NGR	FBL	Olympics	1988	Died in a bus accident.
Osaro Obobaifo	NGR	FBL	Olympics	1988	Died in a road accident.
Oh Se-Jong	KOR	STK	Olympics	2002—2006	Died in a motorcycle accident.
Samuel Okoye Garba	NGR	FBL	Olympics	1968	Died in a motor vehicle accident along Lafia-Akwanga road.
Art Oliver	USA	BOX	Olympics	1936	Died when the truck he was riding on the job was hit by a train.
Ilrey Oliver	JAM	ATH	Olympics	1984	Died in a car accident.
John Olulu	KEN	BOX	Olympics	1964—1968	Died in a road accident on the Karatina-Nairobi main road.
Henri Oreiller	FRA	ALP	Olympics	1948—1952	Died in auto racing accident during the Grand Prix de Paris of 1962.
Tibor Oross	HUN	HBL	Olympics	1988	Died in a car accident.
Adolphe Osselaer	BEL	WRE	Olympics	1936	Died in a car-train collision.
Nils Östensson	SWE	CCS	Olympics	1948	Died in a motorcycle accident.
John Oxley	USA	ATH	Olympics	1904	Died when his car was struck by a train.
George Oywello	UGA	BOX	Olympics	1960—1964	Died in a car accident.
Zoltán Pálkovács	SVK	JUD	Olympics	2004—2008	Died in a car accident.
Ervin Palmer	USA	CUR	Non-Medal	1932	Died in a car accident while driving back from a Florida vacation.
Giovanni Parisi	ITA	BOX	Olympics	1988	Died in a head-on collision with a truck while driving a car.
Park Dong-Hui	KOR	BBL	Non-Medal	1988	Died in a car accident.
Frank Parks	GBR	BOX	Olympics	1908	Died at home to the injuries sustained in a car crash.
Guilherme Patrone	POR	SWM/WPO	Olympics / Non-starter	1952	Died in an auto racing accident.
Pat Patterson	USA	ATH	Olympics	1936	Died in sinking of submarine Squalus off coast of Portsmouth, NH.
Alexandra Paul	CAN	FSK	Olympics	2014	Died in a traffic accident when her car was hit by a truck.
Georges Paulus	FRA	SWM	Olympics	1924	Died in a car accident, when he was thrown from the car he was driving.
Yadier Pedroso	CUB	BBL	Olympics	2008	Died in a car accident.
Taavi Peetre	EST	ATH	Olympics	2004—2008	Drowned while on a fishing trip with friends when their boat turned over on Lake Tamula.
José Miguel Pérez	PUR	FEN	Olympics	1968	Killed when hit by a vehicle in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Breda Pergar	SLO YUG	ATH	Olympics	1980	Died in a car accident.
Bernhard Perren	SUI	ALP	Olympics	1952	Died in a car accident.
Jorge Perry	COL	ATH	Olympics / Non-starter / Opening Flagbearer	1932—1936	Died in a motorcycle accident.
Odirlei Pessoni	BRA	BOB	Olympics	2014—2018	Died in a motorcycle accident.
Thorald Petersen	DEN	FBL	Non-starter	1906	Died in a boating accident in the Roskilde Fjord with fellow Olympian Ernst Schultz.
Dražen Petrović	CRO YUG	BKB	Olympics / Closing Flagbearer	1984—1992	Died in a car accident.
Léon Pickers	BEL	WPO	Olympics	1960—1964	Died in a car accident.
Howard Plumb	GBR	SAL	Olympics	1996	Died of injuries sustained when hit by a car whilst cycling.
Władysław Podgórski	POL	CCS	Olympics	1976	Died after being hit by a car.
Anna Polatou	GRE	GRY	Olympics	2000	Died when her car was in collision with a pick-up truck.
Josef Ponn	GER	CCS	Olympics	1936	Died in a motorcycle accident.
Fon, Marqués de Portago	ESP	BOB	Olympics	1956	Died while racing in the Mille Miglia.