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Radivoj Koraฤ‡
Sports & Athletics
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Radivoj Koraฤ‡

ะ ะฐะดะธะฒะพั˜ ะšะพั€ะฐั› (Radivoj Koraฤ‡)
๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ Serbia
5 November 1938 โ€“ 2 June 1969 (30 years old)

Radivoj Koraฤ‡, affectionately known as 'ลฝuฤ‡ko', was a legendary Yugoslav basketball scoring genius who holds the all-time single-game scoring record in EuroLeague history, scoring 99 points for OKK Beograd against Alvik Stockholm in 1965. Renowned for his unorthodox two-handed underhand free throws and scoring elegance, FIBA established the prestigious Koraฤ‡ Cup in his honor following his tragic death at age thirty.

near Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
George Hackenschmidt
Sports & Athletics
0
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George Hackenschmidt

ะ“ะตะพั€ะณ ะ“ะฐะบะบะตะฝัˆะผะธะดั‚
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช Russian Empire (Estonia)
1877 โ€“ 1968 (90 years old)

Pioneering Estonian-Russian strength athlete and first recognized World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, celebrated as 'The Russian Lion' and inventor of the bench press and hack squat.

London, United Kingdom
Hannes Kolehmainen
Sports & Athletics
6
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Hannes Kolehmainen

Juho Pietari Kolehmainen
๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Finland
9 December 1889 โ€“ 11 January 1966 (76 years old)

Juho Pietari 'Hannes' Kolehmainen was the founding father of Finland's distance running dynasty and the very first 'Flying Finn'. At the 1912 Stockholm Olympic Games, he captured three gold medals (5,000m, 10,000m, cross-country), famously 'running Finland onto the map of the world'. Eight years later at Antwerp 1920, he won gold in the Olympic marathon in a world record time.

Helsinki, Finland
Rikidozan
Sports & Athletics
1
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Rikidozan

ๅŠ›้“ๅฑฑ (๊น€์‹ ๋ฝ)
๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ต Korea (Japanese Rule)
1924 โ€“ 1963 (39 years old)

Father of Japanese professional wrestling (Puroresu) and national postwar hero whose karate chop victories over towering American wrestlers restored Japanese national pride after World War II.

Tokyo (Ota), Japan
Boughera El Ouafi
Sports & Athletics
2
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Boughera El Ouafi

ุฃุญู…ุฏ ุจูˆู‚ุฑุฉ ุงู„ูˆุงููŠ
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria
1898 โ€“ 1959 (61 years old)

Pioneering Algerian distance runner who won the Olympic Marathon Gold Medal for France at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympic Games, making history as the first indigenous African Olympic gold medalist.

Seine-Saint-Denis, France
Mike Hawthorn
Sports & Athletics
2
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Mike Hawthorn

John Michael Hawthorn
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง United Kingdom
1929 โ€“ 1959 (29 years old)

First British Formula One World Champion (1958) and 1955 24 Hours of Le Mans winner, famed for racing in his trademark bow tie and flat cap, who tragically died in a road crash months after retiring.

Farnham (Surrey), United Kingdom
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