Deaths on 24 December

118 deaths on this day in history.

Date of death Athlete NOC(s) Sport(s) Year(s)
24 December 1926 Peggy Bettinson GBR BOX 1908
24 December 1926 Wesley Coe USA ATH/TOW 1904—1908
24 December 1929 Hippolyte Peyrol FRA ART 1928
24 December 1931 Leonard Fackner USA ATH 1904
24 December 1933 Aribert von Anhalt GER 1899—1900
24 December 1940 Hugo Scherzer USA ART 1932
24 December 1941 Fred Moloney USA ATH 1900
24 December 1941 Sueo Oe JPN ATH 1936
24 December 1944 Károly Győry HUN ROW 1936
24 December 1945 Max Amann GER WPO 1928
24 December 1945 Giunio Fedreghini ITA FEN 1900
24 December 1945 Torben Grut SWE ART 1928
24 December 1946 Hervé Marc FRA FBL 1928
24 December 1946 George Schiller USA ATH 1920
24 December 1949 Mark Frowde GBR FBL 1908
24 December 1950 Conrad Langaard NOR TEN 1912—1924
24 December 1950 Hjalmar Wollgarth SWE TOW 1908
24 December 1952 Anton Johanson SWE FBL 1908
24 December 1956 Harry Jones CAN SAL 1932
24 December 1958 Sándor Lumniczer HUN SHO 1924
24 December 1959 William Cameron Forbes PHI 1911—1913
24 December 1960 Robert Maysack USA GAR 1904
24 December 1960 Gaston de Trannoy BEL EDR/EJP/EVE 1912—1960
24 December 1961 Henry Crofts GBR LAX 1928
24 December 1961 Jenő Réti HUN GAR 1912
24 December 1963 Mariano Arrate ESP FBL 1920
24 December 1964 Charles Reiff LUX BOX 1960
24 December 1966 Arthur De Laender BEL ATH 1920
24 December 1966 Erik Sætter-Lassen DEN SHO 1920—1948
24 December 1966 Knut Torell SWE GAR 1912
24 December 1967 Georges Baltus BEL ART 1932
24 December 1967 Marguerite Chaudoir BEL TEN 1920
24 December 1967 Louis Rathke USA GAR 1904
24 December 1968 Frank Troeh USA SHO 1920
24 December 1968 Marjan Zaninović CRO
YUG
ROW 1936
24 December 1969 Jean Sarrazin FRA EVE 1968
24 December 1970 Otto Cordes GER WPO 1928—1932
24 December 1970 Gustaf Malmström SWE WRE 1908—1912
24 December 1973 Erling Lindboe NOR SSK 1932
24 December 1973 Jorge Soto PUR WLF 1952
24 December 1974 Juan Delgado ESP FEN 1924—1928
24 December 1974 Zensaku Motegi JPN ATH 1920
24 December 1975 Ben Piessens BEL ROW 1948
24 December 1975 Arnold Schwartz DEN ROW 1928
24 December 1975 Roger Tredgold GBR FEN 1936—1952
24 December 1976 Vladimir Seunig SLO
YUG
EDR 1924
24 December 1978 Ned Holiday SGP SAL 1956—1960
24 December 1979 John Huffman USA FEN 1928—1936
24 December 1980 Heikki Liimatainen FIN ATH 1920—1924
24 December 1982 Doral Pilling CAN ATH 1928—1932
24 December 1985 Birabongse, Prince Bhanubandh THA SAL 1956—1972
24 December 1985 Giulio Lamberti ITA ROW 1928
24 December 1986 Gerda Munck DEN FEN 1932
24 December 1987 Asfò Bussotti ITA ATH 1952
24 December 1988 Evie Pinching GBR ALP 1936
24 December 1989 Victor Fontana ROU BTH 1972—1976
24 December 1990 Rodolfo Orlandini ARG FBL 1928
24 December 1991 Sayed El-Dhizui EGY FBL 1948—1952
24 December 1991 Ivan Duke RSA BOX 1932
24 December 1991 Georg Höltig GER
FRG
EJP 1952
24 December 1991 Ghulam Rasool PAK HOC 1956—1972
24 December 1991 Fritz Stude USA LAX 1928—1932
24 December 1992 Dursun Bozkurt TUR ALP 1948
24 December 1993 Milena Foltýnová-Gschiessl AUT
CZE
TCH
HBL 1980—1984
24 December 1993 Ivano Fontana ITA BOX 1948
24 December 1994 Vera Harsányi HUN SWM 1936
24 December 1994 Graham Palmer GBR CMA 1952
24 December 1994 André Rasenberg NED BOX 1936
24 December 1994 Aleksandr Uvarov RUS
URS
IHO 1956
24 December 1996 Pierre de Maupeou d'Ableiges FRA EJP 1948
24 December 1996 Milan Vasojević SRB
YUG
BKB 1980—1988
24 December 1997 Vic Feller LUX FBL 1948
24 December 1998 Syl Apps CAN ATH 1936
24 December 1998 Daan Kagchelland NED SAL 1936
24 December 1999 Dušan Drška TCH
SVK
WLF 1976—1980
24 December 1999 Irenio Jara CHI FBL 1952
24 December 1999 Alf Noble GBR FBL 1952
24 December 2000 Lucienne Laudré FRA ATH 1928
24 December 2001 Lucie Petit-Diagre BEL ATH 1928
24 December 2002 Erroll Fraser IVB SSK 1984
24 December 2002 Gaston Gerosa SUI CTR 1948
24 December 2002 Yury Lorentsson RUS
URS
ROW 1960—1976
24 December 2002 Mihai Țurcaș ROU CSP 1964—1968
24 December 2003 Juan García CUB BKB 1948—1952
24 December 2003 Fernando Gazapo ESP EVE 1948
24 December 2004 Per Fossum NOR ALP 1936
24 December 2004 Elwira Seroczyńska POL SSK 1960—1964
24 December 2004 Lauri Silvennoinen FIN CCS 1948
24 December 2006 Mirko Sandić SRB
YUG
WPO 1960—1972
24 December 2008 Ian Ballinger NZL SHO 1968—1976
24 December 2009 Eysteinn Þórðarson ISL ALP 1956—1960
24 December 2010 Yury Starunsky RUS
URS
VVO 1972—1976
24 December 2011 István Jutasi HUN SAL 1960
24 December 2012 Vera Hagemann SUI FEN 1948
24 December 2013 Amedeo Banci ITA HOC 1952
24 December 2013 Gunnar Ericsson SWE 1965—2013
24 December 2013 Ștefan Konyelicska ROU ROW 1952
24 December 2013 Raino Koskenkorva FIN CRD 1952
24 December 2013 Jörg Reichel AUT IHO/WPO 1948—1952
24 December 2015 László Bánhegyi HUN BKB 1952—1960
24 December 2015 Suprovat Chakravarty IND CRD/CTR 1952
24 December 2015 Sam Felton USA ATH 1948—1952
24 December 2015 Carl-Erik Ohlson SWE SAL 1952
24 December 2015 Carlo Vittori ITA ATH 1952
24 December 2017 Brian Jenkins GBR SWM 1964
24 December 2017 Mária Littomeritzky HUN SWM 1948—1956
24 December 2017 Hossein Shah-Hosseini IRI 1979—1980
24 December 2018 Bill Barnett USA WPO 1988—1992
24 December 2018 Dionne Rose JAM ATH 1992—1996
24 December 2020 Ben Binnendijk NED ROW 1952
24 December 2020 Bernard M'vondo Etoga CMR JUD 2004
24 December 2020 Adramé N'Diaye SEN BKB 1980
24 December 2020 Hans Oberer SUI CCS 1964
24 December 2022 Vittorio Adorni ITA 2000
24 December 2022 Franco Frattini ITA 2011
24 December 2022 Franjo Jurjević CRO
YUG
GAR 1952
24 December 2022 Andrzej Pstrokoński POL BKB 1960—1964
24 December 2022 Manolo Romero ESP 1996