Since mid-2021 there has been a strikingly high number of “sudden and unexpected” deaths in sport. In full activity, even 13-year-old children with heart problems are already falling.
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There are already more than 75 athletes “suddenly” deceased in the last 5 months. Since mid-2021 there has been a strikingly high number of “sudden and unexpected” deaths in sport. In full activity, even 13-year-olds are falling.
There are no reliable statistics to compare whether these numbers are normal or increased dramatically. On Wikipedia there are lists of athletes who died during the game. The list dates back to 1889 and is long at first glance, but in the end it shows that even in the “disaster years” between 5 and 8 such deaths were recorded. Many of them have to do with heart problems.
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The question is therefore difficult to answer without official and comprehensive statistics: Do more people really die “suddenly and unexpectedly” in sport, especially when it affects professionals and high-level athletes? And is it due to vaccination, as many critical minds suspect?
List of athletes “suddenly” deceased in the last 5 months
We have compiled a list of known cases in recent months. Most likely it is incomplete. It includes many deaths, and some who developed serious heart problems but fortunately survived. Striking: the youngest on the list was only 13 years old. Many entries refer to people under the age of 20. All these people may have fallen dead or seriously ill on the playing field for “normal” reasons. Why are the authorities not interested in this, why are excuses always found instead of strict examinations, precise autopsies?
This is the list of horrors, starting in June 2021 – when vaccination campaigns were in full swing and everyone who blindly trusted the system had already received their second vaccine. We do not claim that all of these people have become ill and died from vaccination, or that there is a proven relationship in the case of vaccination.
The date indicated corresponds in most cases to the day of the report and does not have to coincide with the date of the event.
- 4.6.21, Italy, 29 years old. Giuseppe Perrino, a 29-year-old former professional, collapses and dies at a charity game for his deceased brother.
- 7.6.21, Germany 38 years old. Professional table tennis player Michael Schneider dies suddenly and unexpectedly.
- 12.6.21, Denmark, 29 years old. Footballer Christian Eriksen collapses lifelessly during a Euro Cup match: he can be revived, but needs a pacemaker for the rest of his life.
- 22.6.21, Hungary, 18 years old. Footballer Viktor Marcell Hegedüs died while warming up for training in Hungary.
- 14.07.21, The Netherlands, 31 years old. Olympic speed skating champion Kjelt Nuis is seriously ill after vaccination, hospitalized with heart problems.
- 16.07.21, Egypt. Footballer Imad Bayumi died during a friendly match in Egypt.
- 22.07.21, Germany, 36 years old. On July 22, SV Olympia Schlanstedt and Germania de Kroppenstedt met. During the match, the Schlanstedt player Nicky Dalibor collapsed and had to be revived on the field.
- 23.07.21, Germany, 27 years old. Tim B. of SV Hamberge (Schleswig-Holstein) collapses and dies when returning from a football tournament.
- 24.07.21, Germany. A player from TuS Hoberge-Uerentrup (Bielefeld) collapses on the pitch with a cardiac arrest.
- 31.07.21, The Netherlands, 19 years old. Handball player Whitnée Abriska, 19, died of cardiac arrest just before a flight.
- 02.08.21, Belgium, 18 years old. Rune Coghe, from Eendracht Hoglede (Belgium), suffers a heart attack during the match
- 02.08.21, Austria, 18 years old. Chronicle: An anonymous 18-year-old player in Burgenland (Austria) collapses on the field and is saved thanks to the intervention of the helicopter.
- 06.08.21, Germany. The district league player from SpVgg. Oelde II has to be resurrected by his opponent.
- 14.08.21/37/XNUMX, Belgium, XNUMX years old. Former French professional footballer Franck Berrier died of several heart attacks while playing tennis.
- 15.08.21 Germany. SV Niederpöring goalkeeping coach suffers a heart attack after training.
- 16.08.21 France 24 years old. Bordeaux professional Samuel Kalu suffers a cardiac arrest during a Ligue 1 match.
- 18.08.21 Belgium 25 years old. Belgian footballer Jente Van Genechten (25 years old) suffers a cardiac arrest in the opening stages of a cup match.
- 21.08.21, Turkey, 31 years old. Fabrice N’Sakala (31), from Istanbul Besiktas, collapses on the pitch without the rival intervening and has to be transferred to hospital
- 22.08.21, Italy, 29 years old. Pedro Obiang, from Sassuolo Calcio, a club in the Italian first division, hospitalized for myocarditis after being vaccinated with Covid.
- 22.08.21, Venezuela, 30 years old. The Venezuelan national marathon champion, Alexaida Guedez, dies of a heart attack during a 5.000-meter race.
- 24.08.21, Luxembourg, 29 years old. José dos Reis, player of Red Black Pfaffenthal (Luxembourg) faints on the field and has to be revived.
- 29.08.21, Germany. In the Dillenburg C-League (Central Hesse), a Hirzenhain player faints and the match is suspended.
- 05.09.21, France, 16 years old. Diego Ferchaud of ASPTT Caen suffers a cardiac arrest in a U-18 league game in Saint-Lô.
- 06.09.21, Austria. A player from ASV Baden (Lower Austria) collapses on the pitch and has to be revived.
- 06.09.21, Italy, 16 years old. An anonymous 16-year-old footballer suffers a cardiac arrest in Bergamo
- 06.09.21, Belgium, 27 years old. Belgian amateur footballer Jens De Smet, from Maldegem, suffers a heart attack during a match and dies in hospital.
- 06.09.21, Italy, 13 years old. A soccer player of the Janus Nova club from Saccolongo (Italy) collapses on the field with a cardiac arrest
- 07.09.21, Great Britain, 17 years old. Footballer Dylan Rich dies of a double heart attack during a match in England.
- 09.09.21, Germany. The Birati Club Münster player suffers the fate of Eriksen in a Kreisliga match against FC Nordkirchen II: collapse with cardiac arrest. The party is abandoned
- 10.09.21, Germany, 24 years old. Lucas Surek, from BFC Chemie Leipzig, is diagnosed with myocarditis.
- 10.09.21, Germany, 24 years old. Lucas Surek (24 years old), from BFC Chemie Leipzig, suffers from myocarditis.
- 11.09.21, France, 49 years old. Ain / France: Frédéric Lartillot succumbs to a heart attack in the locker room after a friendly match.
- 11.09.21, Italy, 45 years old. Andrea Astolfi, sports director of Calcio Orsago (Italy), suffers a sudden heart attack after returning from training and sees
- 11.09.21, Denmark, 22 years old. Abou Ali suffers a cardiac arrest during a league match in Denmark
- 11.09.21, The Netherlands, 19 years old. Ice hockey player Sebastiaan Bos died suddenly and unexpectedly.
- 12.09.21, Austria, 40 years old. A half marathon runner collapsed during the race and died shortly after.
- 13.09.21, Germany. Anil Usta of VfB Schwelm (Ennepetal) collapses on the pitch with heart problems.
- 13.09.21, France 33 years old. Dimitri Liénard of FC Strasbourg collapses with heart problems in a Ligue 1 match.
- 14.09.21/37/37, USA XNUMX years old. Former NFL pro Parys Haralson dies suddenly and unexpectedly at age XNUMX.
- 18.09.21, Germany 25 years old. Kingsley Coman (25), from FC Bayern München, undergoes heart surgery after suffering a cardiac arrhythmia.
- 18.09.21, Canada 25 years. Canadian college football player Francis Perron died shortly after a game.
- 19.09.21, France 19 years old. A 19-year-old FC Nantes footballer suffers a cardiac arrest in training.
- 19.09.21, Germany. SG Traktor Divitz volleyball coach Dirk Splisteser collapses dead on band of the match
- 21.09.21, Augsburg. The assistant referee of a Kreisliga Augsburg match in Emersacker collapses with heart problems
- 21.09.21, Germany. During the qualifying match for the Women’s World Cup between Germany and Serbia in Chemnitz, English linesman Helen Byrne has to be taken off the field with heart problems
- 27.09.21, Germany. Match suspended due to referee cardiac arrest in a match played by Lauber SV (Donauwörth district)
- 27.09.21, Italy, 20 years old. A young driver suffers a heart attack after the end of a tournament.
- 28.09.21, Germany, 17 years old. A 17-year-old footballer from JSG Hoher Hagen has to be revived during a match in Hannoversch Münden
- 28.09.21, Italy, 53 years old. Soccer coach Antonello Campus collapses dead while training with his youth team in Sicily
- 28.09.21, USA, 16 years old. A twice-vaccinated teenager passes out while playing soccer and dies shortly thereafter.
- 29.09.21, Germany. Team Principal Dietmar Gladow from Thalheim (Bitterfeld) suffers a fatal heart attack before the game
- 29.09.21, UNITED STATES. A high school soccer player collapsed during training and died in hospital.
- 30.09.21, Germany. A player fainted during the Kreisliga A 2 match between SV Hoßkirch and TSV Sigmaringendorf. He suffered a cardiac arrest and had to be resuscitated.
- 1.10.21, Germany, 15 years old. Youth goalkeeper Bruno Stein of FC An der Fahner Höhe in Gräfentonna (Thuringia) has died.
- 3.10.21, Austria, 64 years old. Former goalkeeping coach and lately scout Ernst Scherr has passed away suddenly and unexpectedly.
- 4.10.21, Germany, 42 years old. Alexander Siegfried from VfBMoschendorf passed away suddenly and unexpectedly.
- 7.10.21, Italy, 17 years old. An athlete from Colverde suffers a cardiac arrest during training.
- 8.10.21, France, 49 years old. A SC Massay player suffers a fatal heart attack during a match.
- 9.10.21, Mexico. Caddy Alberto Olguín collapses dead on the golf course after suffering a heart attack. It is believed to be the second such death in a short time.
- 9.10.21, England, 29 years old. Shrewsbury professional striker Ryan Bowman has to leave the field after half an hour of play with extreme heart problems and be treated with a defibrillator.
- 10.10.21, Italy, 18 years old. A footballer suddenly faints on the field and is revived by his teammates.
- 10.10.21, France, 40 years old. After the warm-up, a Saint James player suffers a heart attack.
- 10.10.21, Italy, 59 years old. A long-distance runner from Biella dies of heart failure during a race.
- 10.10.2021, Germany. In the women’s Westfalenliga match between Wacker Mecklenbeck and Fortuna Freudenberg, a player collapses shortly before the end of the match without the rival intervening.
- 12.10.21 Germany, 25 years old. HC TuRa Bergkamen goalkeeper Lukas Bommer passes away suddenly and unexpectedly.
- 13.10.21, Mexico, 16 years old. The schoolboy Héctor Manuel Mendoza dies of a heart attack during training.
- 14.10.21, Brazil, 18 years old. The young professional footballer Fellipe de Jesus Moreira suffers a double heart attack and fights for his life.
- 14.10.21, Italy, 27 years old. The multi-champion cycling champion Gianni Moscon has to undergo surgery due to a serious cardiac arrhythmia.
- 14.10.21, Italy, 53 years old. An AH footballer suffers a heart attack during training.
- 15.10.21, USA, 14 years old. 14-year-old soccer player Ava Azzopardi collapsed on the field and is now fighting for her life in an induced coma.
- 16.10.21, France, 54 years old. AH player Christophe Ramassamy died of a heart attack during a match.
- 17.10.21, France, 41 years old. A soccer player collapsed on the field and died, apparently due to cardiac arrest.
- 27.10.21, Austria, 26 years old. Ghanaian Raphael Dwamena collapsed with serious heart problems. He was already wearing a defibrillator before the incident.
- 28.10.21, Germany, 48 years old. Hertha BSC co-coach Selim Levent passes away suddenly and unexpectedly while on vacation.
- 28.10.21, USA, 12 years old. 12-year-old Jayson Kidd collapsed during basketball practice and subsequently died.
- 30.10.21, Spain, 33 years old. The star forward of FC Barcelona, Kun Agüero, had to be substituted in a game due to heart problems. He is now in the hospital for tests.