- Jul 4 Keenan Milton, Professional Skater (b. 1974)
- Jul 7 Maria Gorokhovskaya, Russian gymnast (equal record 7 x Olympic medals, Soviet Union 1952; 2 x gold [team, all-round], 5 x silver), dies at 79
- Jul 8 Christl Haas, Austrian downhill skier (Olympic gold 1964), dies at 57
- Jul 8 Ernst Baier, German figure skater (Olympic gold 1936), dies at 95
- Jul 18 Roy Gilchrist, West Indian cricket fast bowler (13 Tests, 57 wickets; Jamaica, Hyderabad), dies of Parkinson's disease at 67
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