The deaths of 2022 in the world of sport

January 6.

Thomas Osborne
Thomas Osborne
26 December 2022 Monday 23:36
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The deaths of 2022 in the world of sport

January 6

Henry Montserrat (86)

Gymnast in the Olympic Games Rome 1960

January 18

Lucy Harris (66)

Basketball player, first woman chosen to play in the NBA and the one who opened the US locker in an Olympic Games

Paco Gento (88)

Legendary extreme of R. Madrid, winner of 6 European Cups

January 22

Duck Alvarez (87)

Former coach of tennis players such as the Sánchez Vicario brothers, Sergio Casal or Tomàs Carbonell

February 2

Bill Fitch (89)

Coach of the 1981 Champion Celtics

February 4

Luis Muñoz (86)

Ex-soccer player for Sabadell, Espanyol and Deportivo in the 60s

February 8

Jakub Gurecky (16)

Czech motorcycle racer, killed in minibike accident

March 6th

Norman Carmichel (74)

The foreigner who played the longest with Barça in basketball (1968-78)

March 19

Antonio Novoa (91)

First president of the ACB (1982-86) and CB Granollers (1974-90)

April 3

Javier Imbroda (61)

former basketball coach

April 4

Peter Skansi (78)

Former basketball player and coach (Yugoslavia, silver with Croatia in Barcelona'92)

April 13

Freddy Corner (55)

Former Colombian soccer player (R. Madrid 95-96) who died in a traffic accident

30 april

Mino Raiola (54)

Agent of soccer players (Haaland, Ibrahimovic, Paul Pogba, Lukaku)

3 mayo

Tony Brooks (90)

F-1 driver, 1959 runner-up with Ferrari

9 mayo

Adreian Payne (31)

Former NBA, Panathinaikos and ASVEL player, shot dead

11 mayo

Joan Amat (75)

Former Egara player and Spanish hockey team, silver in Moscow'80

17 mayo

Francesc Rodríguez, Rodri (88)

Barça footballer from the 50-60s

July 7

Pedro Ferrandiz (93)

R. Madrid basketball coach in the 60s and 70s and coach (64-65)

July 31

Bill Russell (88)

NBA legend, winner of 8 rings

June 8

Julio Jimenez (87)

Cyclist (1959-69), winner of 5 Tour stages, 4 of the Giro and 3 of the Vuelta

August 5th

Jordi Trias (98)

Former roller hockey player, winner of the first World Cup (1951)

October 6

Phil Read (83)

7 times motorcycling world champion, great rival of Agostini

October 11

Viktor Steeman (22)

Dutch Supersport300 driver killed in accident

October 16

Claudi Biern Boyd (82)

Director of RCD Espanyol (80 and 90) and vice president (2004)

October 17

Andrew Rabasa (91)

Industrial, architect of Derbi's entry into the World Cup in 1967 and the signing of Ángel Nieto

October 22

Dietrich Mateschitz (78)

Owner of Red Bull, soccer teams (Salzburg, Leipzig) and F-1 (Red Bull and Alpha Tauri)

November 7

Pilar Valero (52)

Basketball player, European champion with Spain in 1993

November 17

Gerhard Rodax (57)

Former player of the At. Madrid (90-31), Silver Boot

November 26

Fernando Gomes (66)

Porto footballer, twice Golden Boot

November 30

Davide Rebellin (51)

World cycling runner-up (2004), hit by a truck

November 30

Miguel Ángel Martín, The priest (73)

Estudiantes basketball coach (1988-94), R. Madrid, Granada, Murcia...

December 4

Alexandre Acsensi (29)

Player of CH Caldes of the OK Liga

Patrick Tambay (73)

French F-1 pilot between 1977 and 1986

Nick Bollettieri (91)

Agassi, Courier, Seles or Pierce tennis coach

December 16

Sinisa Mihajlovic (53)

Serbian football manager and former player

Manuel Pascua Piqueras (89)

athletic trainer

December 17

Jose Donato Pes Perez (79)

Former soccer referee (1977-90)

December 19

Encarna Hernandez (105)

Basketball pioneer in Atlas and Laietà

December 23

Chexu Rojo (75)

Ex-soccer player and former Athletic Club player, as well as Celta, Osasuna, Lleida, Salamanca, Zaragoza and Rayo