Rowing
- Herbert Adamski, 31, German rower, military actions during World War II (1941)
- Hugo Strauß, 34, German rower, military actions during World War II (1941)
- Andy Holmes, 51, British rower (two Olympic and two Commonwealth Games gold medals), died after contracting (water-borne) Weil's disease whilst in a river.
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