Remembering Olympians

As the 2018 Olympics get underway, we're taking a moment to remember winter Olympians who have died this year.

As the 2018 Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea get underway, we're taking a moment to remember winter Olympians who have died this year. We salute the many great athletes who have represented their countries at Olympics past, as well as the coaches, officials, and volunteers who help make Olympic dreams come true.

Bobsledder Steven Holcomb (1980–2017)

A three-time Olympian who competed as a bobsled driver for Team USA in Torino 2006, Vancouver 2010, and Sochi 2014, Holcomb was expected to be a part of the U.S. team that would compete in the 2018 Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. In 2010, he broke a 62-year drought, piloting the American four-man bobsled team to its first gold medal since 1948. The bronze medals he won in both the four-man and two-man bobsled events in Sochi were posthumously upgraded to silver after the gold medalist from Russia was stripped of his medals for doping violations.

Figure skating leader Mary Kathleen Slack (1945–2017)

Kathy Slack was "a national pairs competitor, a national level judge, and served as U.S. Team Leader for many international and world/ISU level competitions," most notably as U.S. Team Leader for the 2014 Sochi Olympics. Read more

Physical therapist Eric Paul Dube (1987–2017)

A physical therapist for the U.S. Men's and Women's snowboard cross team, Dube was slated to attend the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea. Read more