One of Nike’s ‘unsung heroes’ has passed away
Douglas Houser, whom Phil Knight calls ‘an unsung hero’ of Nike, dies at 89.
Former Nordica president Franco Vaccari has passed away
Franco Vaccari, a former shareholder of the Tecnica Group, passed away unexpectedly on March 11, 2023, at 83, according to Tecnica Group information. Vaccari was one of the most important entrepreneurs in the history of the so-called Sportsystem district of Montebelluna in the Northern Italian Treviso province.
German ski racing icon Rosi Mittermaier passes away at 72
Former German ski racer Rosi Mittermaier has died. With her two gold medals at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, “Gold Rosi,” as she was subsequently known, mesmerized all of Germany. Her family told Bayerischer Rundfunk that Mittermaier fell asleep peacefully at the age of 72 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen on Jan. ...
DC Shoes co-founder and pro driver Ken Block dies in snowmobile accident
Ken Block, the co-founder of DC Shoes, died in a snowmobile accident in Utah. He was 55 years old.
McFit founder presumed dead in plane crash
Responders searching for a missing private plane carrying five German passengers off the coast of Costa Rica found two dead bodies in the sea, the Süddeutsche Zeitung reported on Oct. 23, citing the Ministry of Public Security. Earlier, about 28 kilometers from the Limón airport, parts of the fuselage, seats ...
Red Bull founder Dietrich Mateschitz dies at 78
Dietrich Mateschitz, the founder of Red Bull, passed away on Oct. 22, 2022, at the age of 78 after a long illness. Mateschitz has shaped sports worldwide with his company and his marketing strategy.
President of the Italian Sports System Association and former Scarpa CEO passes away at age 49
Andrea Parisotto, the president of Italy’s Sportsystem association and of Fondazione Museo dello Scarpone e della Calzatura Sportiva (Museum of ski boot and sport shoe) in Montebelluna, died of sudden illness on Oct 13. He was only 49 years old. From 1994 to 2018, Parisotto worked at mountain shoe specialist ...
Obituary: Peter Moore
Peter Moore, who shaped Nike’s and Adidas’ product design in the 1980s and 1990s, passed away on April 29 at the age of 78.
Adriano Testa, former president of FEDAS, has passed away
Adriano Testa, a former president of the European sporting goods federation (FEDAS), has passed away, aged 86. Inheriting the reputed Testa Sport sports store in St. Moritz from his father, he ran it from 1964 to 1996. As a member of ASMAS, the Swiss sporting goods retailers’ association, he acted ...
Nike and others pay tribute to Virgil Abloh upon his death
Virgil Abloh, the visionary American fashion designer behind the nine-year-old Off-White brand of streetwear, died of cancer on Sunday Nov. 28, aged 41. While his collection consists mainly of clothing, including many sweatshirts and some jogging pants, Nike has been partnering since 2016 with Abloh on some special sneakers, with ...
