2012 Olympics curse
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The 2012 Olympics curse (French: La malédiction olympique) is a supposed curse causing an unusual rate of deaths in participants following the 2012 London Olympics. This idea became popular in France when two of their athletes, Alexis Vastine and Camille Muffat, died in a helicopter crash during the reality show Dropped. Eighteen athletes from around the world have now died but analysis has indicated that this number of deaths amongst the 10,568 participants is not statistically significant.[1]
List of deaths[edit]
2012[edit]
- Keitani Graham – Micronesian wrestler – heart attack[1]
2013[edit]
- Abdelrahman el-Trabily – Egyptian wrestler – shooting[1]
- Andrew Simpson – British sailor – sailing accident[1]
- Besik Kudukhov – Russian wrestler – vehicle accident[1]
- Billy Ward – Australian boxer – suicide[1]
- Burry Stander – South African mountain biker – vehicle accident[1]
- Christian Lopez – Guatemalan weightlifter – pneumonia[1]
- Elena Ivashchenko – Russian judoka – suicide[1]
- Jakkrit Panichpatikum – Thai shooter – shooting[1]
2014[edit]
- Elena Baltacha – British tennis player – cancer[1]
2015[edit]
- Alexis Vastine – French boxer – helicopter crash[1]
- Arnold Peralta – Honduran footballer – shooting[1]
- Camille Muffat – French swimmer – helicopter crash[1]
- Laurent Vidal – French triathlete – heart attack[1]
- Daundre Barnaby – Canadian runner – swimming accident[1]
- Trevor Moore – American sailor – sailing accident[1]
- Yuliya Balykina – Belarusian sprinter – murder[1]
2016[edit]
- Sarah Tait – Australian rower – cancer[1]
See also[edit]
- 2016 celebrity death cluster
- Deaths in 2012
- Deaths in 2013
- Deaths in 2014
- Deaths in 2015
- Deaths in 2016
References[edit]
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