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

Athlete	Nation(s)	Sport(s)	Role(s)	Era	Notes
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.
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 / Other	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.
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	Killed in a motorcycle on the country road of Miravalles.
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 crash 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 near Bolzano.
Clark Leiblee	USA	ATH	Olympics	1900	Died in an automobile 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	Killed in a car crash
Andrew Lewis	GUY	BOX	Olympics	1992	Struck and killed by a car whilst riding a bicycle.
Pelle Lindbergh	SWE	IHO	Olympics	1980	Died from injuries sustained in a car crash.
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 / Other	1932—1936	Fell on subway tracks in New York, where he was hit by a moving train.
Fidel Luna	MEX	FEN	Olympics	1948	Died in a car accident in 1966.
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.
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.
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.
Julius Maus	GER	CRD	Olympics	1932	Died in a 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 killed 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	Killed in a collision with a lorry in 1955.
Pat McNamara	USA	SSK	Olympics	1952—1956	Died a few weeks after being hit by a car while riding his bike.
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 crash 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.
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 crash.
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.
César Muciño	MEX	CTR	Olympics	1992	Died after being hit by a bus.
Mbulaeni Mulaudzi	RSA	ATH	Olympics / Other	2004—2008	Died in a car accident.
Henry Murray	ANZ NZL	ATH	Olympics / Other	1908	Died as the result of a motor vehicle accident while training in New Zealand.
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	Was tragically killed when only 35 in an automobile accident caused by icy road conditions in his native Michigan.
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	He was killed in a road accident that occurred in Yugoslavia (at the 38th km of the Belgrade-Zagreb highway) on October 28, 1979, 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.
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	Killed 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.
Adolphe Osselaer	BEL	WRE	Olympics	1936	Killed in a car-train collision.
Nils Östensson	SWE	CCS	Olympics	1948	Died in a motorcycle accident.
John Oxley	USA	ATH	Olympics	1904	Killed 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-Hee	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	Killed in an auto racing crash.
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.
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 / Other	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 / Other	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.
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.
Viktor Potapov	RUS URS	SAL	Olympics	1972—1980	Struck and killed by a car whilst standing on the sidewalk.
Philippe Pradayrol	FRA	JUD	Olympics	1992	Died in a traffic accident.
Ned Pratt	CAN	ROW	Olympics	1932	Died in a traffic accident.
Steve Prefontaine	USA	ATH	Olympics	1972	Died in a car accident.
Aleksey Prokurorov	RUS URS EUN	CCS	Olympics / Other	1988—2002	Died when his car was hit by a drunk driver.
Pavel Pulda	CZE TCH	SHO	Olympics	1976—1980	Pavel Pulda, a native of Pelhřimov, died on November 30, 1999 in a traffic accident
Mamie Rallins	USA	ATH	Olympics	1968—1972	Died in a multi-vehicle accident on State Route 53 in Sandusky County.
Davide Rebellin	ITA	CRD	Olympics	1992—2008	Died after being struck by a truck when riding his bicycle.
Reda	UAR	FBL	Olympics	1960	Died in a car accident.
Carl Reiser	GER	ART	Olympics	1936	Died of a brain hemorrhage after a motorcycle accident.
Josef Reisinger	AUT	SSK	Olympics	1964	Died as passenger in a traffic accident.
Marcel Renault	FRA	AUT	Non-Medal	1900	Died of injuries sustained in the 1903 Paris–Madrid race.
Ronald Rhodes	GBR	CSP	Olympics	1960	Died in a motorcycle accident.
Akihiro Rinzaki	JPN	SHO	Olympics	1964	died in a traffic accident
Albert Robbe	BEL	BOX	Olympics	1936	Died in a hospital of injuries sustained after a collision with a tram near Bourgeois, Rixensart.
Manuel Rodrigues	POR	ART	Non-Medal	1952	Victim of a car accident.
Isobel Roe	GBR	ALP	Olympics	1948	Died in road accident.
Gilberto Román	MEX	BOX	Olympics	1980	Died in a car accident.
Vladimiro Romero	ANG	BKB	Coach	1996	Died due to complications following a traffic accident
Raymond Rosier	BEL	ATH	Olympics	1948	Died in hospital of injuries sustained in a car accident at Rue du Cardinal Mercier & Boulevard de l'Impératrice.
Arulraj Rosli	MAS	CRD/CTR	Olympics	1964	Struck and killed by a car whilst riding a motorcycle.
Otto Rothe	GER FRG	EVE	Olympics	1952—1956	Died in a traffic accident.
Vladimer Rubashvili	GEO URS	WRE	Olympics	1960	Died in a car accident.
Eddie Rudolph, Jr.	USA	SSK	Olympics	1960—1964	Died in a car accident.
Christophe Ruer	FRA	MPN	Olympics	1988—1996	Died in a motorcycle accident.
Kathleen Russell	JAM	ATH	Olympics	1948—1952	Died in a traffic accident.
Yury Ryazanov	RUS	GAR	Olympics	2008	Died in an automobile accident only five days after placing third at the 2009 World Gymnastics All-Around Championship.
Colin Ryrie	AUS	SAL	Olympics	1956—1964	Drowned when the boat he was driving hit an unlit buoy near Clark Island in Sydney Harbour as he and his wife were returning from the Royal Prince Edward Yacht Club.
Amy Safe	AUS	ROW	Olympics	1996	Killed by a runaway car while training with six of her Australian cycling teammates.
Aleksandr Safronov	RUS URS	SSK	Olympics	1976	Died in a traffic accident.
George Saling	USA	ATH	Olympics	1932	Died in a car accident.
Rich Sanders	USA	WRE	Olympics	1968—1972	Died in a car accident.
Jean Sarrazin	FRA	EVE	Olympics	1968	Died in a car accident.
Bekzat Sattarkhanov	KAZ	BOX	Olympics	2000	Died in a car accident.
Ali Sayed Darwish	UAE	CRD	Olympics	1996	Died when his bicycle was struck by a car.
Heinz Schäfer	FRG	WRE	Olympics	1976	At the age of 33, he died in a motorcycle crash when he crashed into a tree.
Edsard Schlingemann	NED	SWM	Olympics	1984	Died in a car accident.
Sandra Schmitt	GER	FRS	Olympics	1998	Died in the Kaprun fire disaster of the glacier lift on 11 November 2000 together with her parents and a training group of the German Skiing Association.
Art Scholes	CAN	ATH	Olympics	1920	Struck by a car while walking home from his brother's funeral.
Hans Schönrath	GER	BOX	Olympics	1928	Drowned when hospital ship "DS General von Steuben" was sunk.
Ernst Schultz	DEN	ATH	Olympics	1900	Died in a boating accident in the Roskilde Fjord with fellow Olympian Thorald Petersen.
Alois Schwarz	AUT	CCS	Olympics	1988—1992	Died in a car accident.
Todd Scully	USA	ATH	Olympics	1976	Died in a truck accident, ran off the side of the road and overturned.
Christoph Seifriedsberger	AUT	ROW	YOG	2014	Died after being struck by a car when riding his bicycle.
Frank Seipelt	GER FRG	WLF	Olympics	1984—1992	Died in a traffic accident.
Gabriele Sella	ITA	CTR	Olympics	1984	Crashed his motorcycle into a wall.
Sergey Sharikov	RUS	FEN	Olympics	1996—2004	Died in car accident.
Andrei Shcharbakou	BLR	FBL	Non-starter	2012	Died in a car accident.