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SERGEY SHARIKOVSergey Sharikov, the Russian fencer who won four Olympic medals, has died at the age of 40. He was widely regarded as one of the finest sabre fencers in the world and was part of the Russian trio that won team sabre gold at the 1996 and 2000 Olympic Games. He also claimed individual sabre silver in Atlanta in 1996. His final Olympic appearance, in 2004, saw him collect his fourth Olympic medal as he won team sabre bronze. GALINA PROZUMENSHCHIKOVAGalina Prozumenshchikova, winner of five Olympic swimming medals, has died at the age of 66. Prozumenshchikova won gold in the 200m breaststroke for the Soviet Union at the 1964 Olympic Games, and between 1964 and 1966 set five world records – four in the 200m breaststroke and one in the 100m breaststroke. She went on to win silver and bronze medals at both the 1968 and 1972 Olympic Games, and was also a three-time European champion.LEO WALLNERIOC HONORARY MEMBER WHO WAS ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SPORT IN AUSTRIAREYNALDO GONZÁLEZ LÓPEZIOC MEMBER WHO SERVED AS SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE CUBAN NATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE FOR 16 YEARSLeo Wallner, IOC Honorary Member in Austria, has passed away at the age of 79. Wallner was actively involved in the development of sport in Austria. He was Vice-President of the Austrian Sports Aid Foundation (1981-2009); President (1990-2009) and later Board Member of the Austrian National Olympic Committee; and served on the boards of Special Olympics Austria, the Austrian Paralympic Committee and several Austrian sports federations. Wallner joined the IOC in 1998 and became an Honorary Member last year.Reynaldo González López, IOC Member in Cuba, has passed away at the age of 66. López left his mark on sports within Cuba and throughout the Americas, first as Secretary General of the Cuban National Olympic Committee (1984-2000) and later as Executive Secretary of the Pan-American Sports Organisation (PASO) (2010-2015). He became an IOC Member in 1995 and was a member of the Women and Sport Working Group (1996-2001), Women and Sport Commission (2006-2015) and the Editorial Committee of the 2009 Olympic Congress (2007-2009). ILDIKÓ SCHWARCZENBERGERHungarian fencer Ildikó Schwarczenberger has passed away at the age of 63. Schwarczenberger won four Olympic foil medals between 1972 and 1980, including the individual title in Montreal in 1976. She was also part of the Hungarian team that claimed the world title in 1973, and won seven silver and three bronze medals at the world championships.LYUBOV KOZYREVAFormer Soviet cross-country skier Lyubov Kozyreva has died at the age of 85. Kozyreva won four medals at the Olympic Winter Games, including gold in the 10km (1956) and silvers in the 10km (1960) and the 3x5 km relay (1956, 1960). She also won six medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships – including four golds – and became the first Soviet skier to win the 10km at the renowned Holmenkollen Ski Festival in 1955.RON CLARKEAustralian athletics legend Ron Clarke – widely regarded as the country’s greatest ever middle- and long-distance runner – has died at the age of 78. After lighting the Olympic cauldron at the 1956 Games in Melbourne when he was just 19, Clarke went on to enjoy an impressive athletics career in which he set an incredible 17 world records, and at one stage held every world record from two miles to 20 kilometres. He won 10,000m bronze at the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo and, four years later, finished sixth in the same event and fifth in the 5,000m in Mexico City.FRED ANTON MAIERNorwegian speed skater Fred Anton Maier has passed away at the age of 76. Maier was one of the most dominant long-distance speed skaters in the world during the 1960s, winning the 5,000m Olympic title in 1968 and setting 11 world records. He won silver in the 10,000m at both the 1964 and 1968 Olympic Winter Games, and bronze in the 5,000m in 1964. Maier was also world and European all-round champion in 1968.MONIQUE BERLIOUX Monique Berlioux, the former Director General of the IOC, has died at the age of 91. Berlioux competed in the 1948 Olympic Games, finishing sixth in the semi-final of the 100m backstroke, and was also French national champion from 1941 to 1952. In 1971, she was appointed Director General of the IOC – the first woman to hold the position – and subsequently served under three IOC Presidents until she resigned in 1985.OBITUARIESOLYMPIC REVIEW 79