The 1996 Atlanta Olympic discus throw champion Ilke Wyludda, He died on Sunday, aged 55.the German athletics federation reported.
The German athlete, too He won silver medals at the World Cups in Tokyo 1991 and Gothenburg 1995, and was European champion in 1990 and 94.but his greatest achievement was Olympic title in Atlanta, with a throw of 69.96.
The athlete, whose personal record is 74.56 m., retired in 2000after placing seventh at the Sydney Olympics, and became a physiotherapist before studying medicine.
Due to bacterial infection, His leg had to be amputated in 2010.therefore began participating in paralympic events since then, competing in the London 2012 Paralympic Games and later at the World Athletics Championships in Lyon (France) and Doha.
Idriss Gonchinska, president of the German Athletics Federationmourned the death of the German: “Unfortunately, with Ilke Wyludda an emblematic figure of German athletics left us too soonat 55 years old.”
“The athletics family mourns the loss of a great athlete who battled injuries and illness throughout his life and remained committed to his sport for decades,” he added.
Source: La Verdad
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