Here is a list of notable sports personalities who have died from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19):
IN THE YEAR 2020
- Qiu Jun (72), Chinese bodybuilder, died on February 6 in Wuhan
- Italo De Zan (92), Italian cyclist, died on March 9 in Treviso
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Francisco Garcia (21), Spanish football coach, died on March 17 in Malaga
- Luciano Federici (81), Italian footballer, died on March 18 in Carrara
- Innocenzo Donina (69), Italian footballer, died on March 19 in Bergamo
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Jose Maria Candela (59), Spanish sports journalist, died on March 20
- Tomas Diaz-Valdes (78), Spanish sports journalist and amateur pilot, died on March 20 in Madrid
- Benito Joanet (84), Spanish footballer and coach, died on March 22 in Alicante
- Mohamed Farah (59), Somalian footballer, died on March 24 in London
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Azam Khan (95), Pakistani squash player, died on March 28 in London
- Pearson Jordan (69), Barbadian sprinter, died on March 28
- Jose Luis Capon (72), Spanish footballer, died on March 29 in Madrid
- Angelo Rottoli (61), Italian boxer, died on March 29 in Ponte San Pietro
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David Hodgkiss (71), Chairman of Lancashire County Cricket Club, died on March 30
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Pape Diouf (69), Senegalese journalist and former president of Olympique de Marseille, died on March 31 at Dakar
- Daniel Yuste (75), Spanish cyclist, died on March 31
- Goyo Benito (73), Spanish footballer, died on April 2 in Madrid
- Zaccaria Cometti (83), Italian footballer, died on April 2 in Romano di Lombardia
- Arnold Sowinski (89), French footballer, died on April 2 in Lens
- Tom Dempsey (73), American football (NFL), died on April 4in New Orleans
- Roger Chappot (79), Swiss ice hockey player, died April 7
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Donato Sabia (56), Italian athlete, died April 8 in Potenza
- Miguel Jones (81), Spainish footballer, died on April 8 in Madrid
- Francesco La Rosa (93), Italian footballer, died on April 8, in Milan
- Ho Kam Ming (95), Macanese-born Canadian martial artist, died on April 9in Toronto
- Francisco Aritmendi (81), Spanish athlete, died on April 12
- Baldiri Alavedra (76), Spanish footballer, died on April 13
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Zafar Sarfraz (50), Pakistani cricketer, died on April 13 kin Peshawar
- Cyril Lawrence (99), English Footballer, died on April 14
- Norman Hunter (76), English Footballer, died on April 17
- Lukman Niode (56), Indonesian swimmer, died on April 17
- Bob Lazier (81), American race car driver, died on April 18
- Urano Navarrini (74), Italian football player and manager, died on April 18
- Steve Dalkowski (80), American baseball player, died on April 19
- Josep Sala Mane (82), Spanish casteller, died on April 20
- Dave Bacuzzi (79), British footballer, died on April 21
- Teruyuki Okazaki (88), Japanese karate master, died on April 21
- Henk Overgoor (75), Dutch footballer, died on April 23
- John Rowlands (73), English footballer, died on April 26
- Francesco Perrone (89), Italian athlete, died on April 27
- Dick Lucas (86), American Football player, died on April 29
- Fernando Sandoval (77), Brazilian water polo players, died on May 1
- Jim Cross (83), American ice hockey player, died on May 2
- John Ogilvie (91), English footballer, died on May 2
- Roy Lester (96), American Football player, died on May 3
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Shobushi (28), Japanese sumo wrestler, died on May 13
- Marv Luster (82), American Football player, died on May 25
- Celio Taveira (79), Brazil footballer, died on May 29
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Riaz Sheikh (51), Pakistani cricketer, died on June 4
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E Hamsakoya (61), Indian footballer, died on June 6
- Ali Hadi Mohsin (53), Iraqi footballer, died on June 12
- Aaron Padilla Gutierrez (77), Mexican football, died June 14
- Ahmed Radhi (56), Iraqi footballer, died on June 21
- Ken Snow (50), American footballer, died on June 21
- Mohammed Yaseen Mohammed (57), Iraqi weightlifter, died on June 24
- Ilija Petkovic (74), Serbia footballer, died on June 24
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Muhammad Alloush (44), Egyptian football coach, died on June 29
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Sanjay Dobal (53), Indian cricketer, died on June 29
- Mohamed Kouradji (68), Algerian football referee, died on July 9
- Corra Dirksen (82), South American rugby player, died on July 10
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Ramesh Tikaram (51), Indian para-athlete, died on July 16
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Cesar Salinas (58), Head of the Bolivian football federation, died on July 19
- James Arthur Harris aka Kamala (70), American professional wrestler, died on August 9
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Chetan Chauhan (73), former Indian cricketer, died on August 16
- Tom Seaver (75), former American baseball player, died on August 31
- Nadhim Shaker (61), former Iraqi footballer, died on September 11
- Azmi Mohamed Megahed (70), former Egyptian volleyball player, died on September 12
- Nick Mourouzis (80), former American Football player and coach, died on September 16
- Abdul Mahdi Hadi (74), former Iraqi footballer, died on September 26
- Jay Johnstone (74), former American baseball player, died on September 26
- Ruben Anguiano (64), former Mexican footballer, died on September 26
- Fred Dean (68), former American Football player, died on October 14
- Danil Khalimov (42), Russian wrestler, died on October 15
- Ernesto Contreras (83), former Argentinian cyclist, died on October 25
- Miguel Angel Castellini (73), former Argentinin boxer, died on October 28
- Rick Baldwin (67), former American baseball player, died on October 30
- John Meyer (78), former American Football player, died on November 4
- Shkelqim Troplini (54), former Albanian wrestler, died on November 9
- Jim Pace (59), American racing driver, died on November 13
- Lindy McDaniel (84), American baseball player, died on November 14
- Kay Wiestal (80), former Swedish footballer, died on November 14
- Juan Roldan (63), former Argentinean boxer, died on November 18
- Resit Karabacak (66), former Turkish wrestler, died on November 19
- George Nock (74), former American Football player, died on November 22
- Nikola Spasov (61), former Bulgarian footballer, died on November 23
- Fred Sasakamoose (86), former Canadian ice hockey player, died on November 24
- Vladimir Ivanov (65), former Bulgarian athlete, died on November 26
- Roberto Leitao (83), former Brazilian martial artist, died on November 28
- Ernesto Galli (75), former Italian footballer, died on November 29
- Aldo Moser (86), former Italian cyclist, died on December 2
- Arnie Robinson (72), former American athlete, died on December 2
- Karim Salman (55), former Iraqi footballer, died on December 2
- Tony Curcillo (89), former American Football player, died on December 8
- Aslanbek Fidarov (47), former Russain wrestler, died on December 8
- Kurt Stettler (88), former Swiss footballer, died on December 8
- Gordon Forbes (86), former South African tennis player, died on December 9
- Charley Pride (86), former American baseball player, died on December 12
- Otto Baric (87), former Croatian footballer, died on December 13
- Marcelo Veiga (56), former Brazilian footballer, died on December 14
- Paul Nihill (81), former British race walker, died on December 15
- Rene Weber (59), former Brazilian footballer, died on December 16
- Giovanni Sacco (77), former Italian footballer, died on December 17
- Marjan Lazovski (58), former Macedonian bastketball player, died on December 19
- Benedicto Bravo (58), former Mexican footballer, died on December 24
- Armando Romero (60), former Mexican footballer, died on December 24
- Milka Babovic (92), former Croatian athlete, died on December 26
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Nikhil Nandy (88), former Indian footballer, died on December 29