Sportspeople who died during their careers

Sportspeople who died during their careers are covered in lists by sport, and in the case of motorsports by location.

Ed Sanders (right) won Olympic gold in 1952, died of a brain injury in 1954

Lists of sportspeople who died during their careers

• List of American football players who died during their careers
• List of association football players who died during their careers
• List of Australian rules footballers who died during their careers
• List of basketball players who died during their careers
• List of baseball players who died during their careers
• List of deaths due to injuries sustained in boxing
• List of fatal accidents in cricket
• List of professional cyclists who died during a race
• List of ice hockey players who died during their careers
• List of marathon fatalities
• List of triathlon fatalities
• List of fatal accidents in motorboat racing
• Rider deaths in motorcycle racing
• Driver deaths in motorsport
  • List of Billown Course fatal accidents
  • List of Brands Hatch Circuit fatal accidents
  • List of fatal Champ Car accidents
  • List of Daytona International Speedway fatalities
  • List of Dundrod Circuit fatal accidents
  • List of Formula One fatalities
  • List of Hockenheimring fatal accidents
  • List of fatalities at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway
  • List of Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit fatal accidents
  • List of 24 Hours of Le Mans fatal accidents
  • List of Autodromo Nazionale Monza fatal accidents
  • List of NASCAR fatalities
  • List of Nürburgring fatal accidents
  • Driver and co-driver deaths in rallying events
    • List of Dakar Rally fatal accidents
    • List of fatal World Rally Championship accidents
  • List of Snaefell Mountain Course fatal accidents
  • List of Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps fatal accidents
  • List of Suzuka Circuit fatal accidents
  • List of Watkins Glen International fatalities
• List of deaths on eight-thousanders
  • List of people who died climbing Mount Everest
• List of fatal accidents in sailboat racing
• List of premature professional wrestling deaths (This list includes wrestlers that were active or retired from the sport but died before the age of 65.)
• Sudden cardiac death of athletes

Other sports

• Ilona Lucassen (1997–2020), Dutch judoka, suicide.^[1]
• Lara van Ruijven (1992–2020), Dutch short track speed skater, auto immune disease.^[2]
• Nicholas Bett (1990-2018), Kenyan hurdler, car accident.^[3]
• Samuel Wanjiru (1986-2011), Kenyan marathon Olympic champion, domestic dispute.^[4]
• Tori Bowie (1990-2023), American sprinter and long jumper, complications of childbirth.^[5]
• Gabriele Grunewald (1986-2019), American middle-distance runner, cancer.^[6]
• David Torrence (1985-2017), American middle-distance runner, accidental drowning.^[7]
• Bronisław Malinowski (1951-1981), Polish steeplechase Olympic champion, car accident.^[8]
• Steve Prefontaine (1951-1975), American middle-distance runner, car accident.^[9]
• A. K. M. Miraj Uddin (1948-1971), Pakistani pole vault record-holder, disappearance after capture by Pakistani army.^[10]
• Agnes Tirop (1995-2021), Kenyan long-distance runner, stabbing.^[11]
• Kennedy Njiru (1987-2020), Kenyan steeplechase runner, car accident.^[12]
• Cameron Burrell (1994-2021), American sprinter, suicide.^[13]

See also

• List of cricketers who were killed during military service
• List of footballers killed during World War II
• List of Victorian Football League players who died on active service
• List of accidents involving sports teams

References

1. Judoka Ilona Lucassen (23) overleden (in Dutch)
2. "Shorttrackster Lara van Ruijven (27) overleden". NOS. July 10, 2020.
3. "Shock, grief as ex-World champ Nicholas Bett dies in tragic accident". Nation. 4 July 2020. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
4. "Kenya Olympic marathon star Sammy Wanjiru dies in fall". BBC News. 16 May 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
5. "Olympic sprint champion Tori Bowie dies at 32". NBC Sports. 3 May 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
6. Layden, Tim (11 June 2019). "Grunewald showed true self in courageous battle vs. cancer". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
7. sport, Guardian (29 August 2017). "David Torrence, Olympic 5,000m finalist, found dead at age of 31". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
8. "SPORTS PEOPLE; Death on the Highway". New York Times. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
9. "A FINAL DRIVE TO THE FINISH". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
10. Nannu, Saifuddin Ahmed (27 December 2011). "বিস্মৃতির অতলে মানিকগঞ্জের শহীদ মিরাজ". banglanews24.com (in Bengali). from the original on 25 April 2020. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
11. Okeowo, Alexis (10 April 2023). "Why Were Two Female Running Champions Killed in Kenya?". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
12. "Tributes pour in for fallen Kenyan steeplechase runner". Nation. 4 July 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
13. Duarte, Joseph (13 August 2021). "UH track star Cameron Burrell's death ruled a suicide". Houston Chronicle. from the original on August 14, 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.