Obituaries

Mike Higgs, Britain Olympic coach, mentor to Olympic medallist, World short-course and Commonwealth Sarah Hardcastle, Worlds medallist and Commonwealth champion Jackie Willmott, multiple world short-c...

Former Olympic and University of Michigan Coach Gus Stager died on Saturday at age 92. "The entire Michigan swimming and diving community sends its condolences to the family of former head coach Gus S...

Charlie Schlegel, the legendary high school swim coach, died on June 30, 2019 as a result of complications from open heart surgery. He was 89. Coach Schlegel, during his 25 years at Plainview Old Bet...

2014 International Swimming Hall of Fame inductee Dale Petranech passed away Friday morning from pancreatic cancer. He was 84-years-old. Petranech was honored in May 2019 with the ISHOF Service Award,...

Former Duke Swimming and Diving captain Dr. Charles van der Horst passed away Friday at the age of 67. Van der Horst entered the 120-mile multi-day swimming race down the Hudson River and went missing...

Former Michigan State University men's swimming coach Richard Fetters passed away on Saturday, June 1, in Indianapolis, Indiana.  He was 98. Coach Fetters was born in South Bend, Indiana, and served i...

Puget Sound mourns the loss of Hall of Fame Swimming Coach Don Duncan, who passed away Friday (May 31) at the age of 89. Coach Duncan started his Puget Sound career in 1956 as a pool manager and swimm...

Dennis Miller of FIJI -  FINA Vice President from Oceania Swimming - passed at his home in Australia after battling cancer. FINA will honor Dennis this Evening Friday, May 31, during the Opening C...

Don Hill, a former Michigan national champion and United States Masters Swimming (USMS) champion has died. He died Thursday, May 23, and was 87. Hill, who married USA Olympic swimmer Jane Swagerty, to...

1999 ISHOF Paragon Award winner Don Leas passed away Thursday morning, his family was able to confirm to Swimming World. "He had suffered from an aortic aneurism for several years and it finally cause...

Stephen Estes, Arizona State University swimming alumnus was one of two people who were tragically killed when an experimental helicopter crashed outside of Phoenix, Arizona, April 16th. Estes graduat...

Stan Tinkham, the 1956 USA Women’s Olympic Team swim coach has passed away in suburban Maryland at the age of 87 on April 9, 2019. He had been suffering from Alzheimer’s disease for several years. Sta...

Thompson Mann passed away on April 4, 2019 after suffering from failing health for several years.  He was 76 years old. Dr. Harold Thompson Mann was born on Dec. 1, 1942, in Norfolk, Virginia. He move...

Nicholas "Nick" Martin, who served as Pasadena City College men's water polo head coach for 27 seasons, died Monday at the age of 87. He had suffered a massive stroke 14 months earlier and passed away...

Oklahoma Baptist Head Swim Coach, Sam Freas, passed away after celebrating his 73rd birthday last Saturday on March 23. Freas attended the United States Military Academy at West Point and graduated fr...

Sixteen-time Hong Kong National Record Holder and four-time World Championship medalist Kenneth To died at a training session on March 18. According to the Gator Swim Club, To was training in Gainesvi...

Three-time Olympic gold medalist Andrea Pollack passed away March 13 after a battle with cancer. She was 57. Pollack won the gold medal in the 200 butterfly in the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games for East...

William (Bill) Clark Stetson, Jr , most commonly known as Coach Bill Stetson passed away peacefully in the presence of his wife Jane on Mar 1, 2019 at age 85 in Hilton Head, South Carolina.  Bill was ...

The International Swimming Hall of Fame is saddened to announce that Bob Duenkel (Robert “Bob” Duenkel), a long time employee of the organization, has passed away this morning after a long illness. He...

USA Swimming and high school coach Jeff Johnson passed away unexpectedly on February 15, just a day before the Massachusetts High School State Meet scheduled for Saturday and Sunday. His passing was a...