Olympic champ Holcomb found dead at training site
Print Edition
BOBSLEDDER Steven Holcomb, who came back from a suicide attempt over impending blindness to win Olympic gold in 2010, was found dead at a training site on Saturday, the United States Olympic Committee said.
Holcomb, 37, was discovered in his room at the US Olympic Training Center in Lake Placid, New York, it said in a statement, giving no further details.
Holcomb, who underwent successful surgery in 2008 to overcome a degenerative eye disease, made history at the Vancouver Olympics when he piloted the US four-man bobsled team, nicknamed “Night Train”, to the gold medal.
It marked the first US gold in the event since 1948 and the three-time Olympian’s comeback from depression over increasing blindness, according to his biography on the Team USA website.
Holcomb took bronze medals in both two-man and four-man bobsled at the 2014 Sochi Games. He also won five world titles among his 10 world championship medals and was a six-time overall World Cup champion, winning 60 World Cup medals.
The New York State Police, which is handling the case, had no immediate comment on Holcomb’s death.
“The entire Olympic family is shocked and saddened by the incredibly tragic loss today of Steven Holcomb,” US Olympic Committee Chief Executive Scott Blackmun said in a statement.
“Our thoughts and prayers are with Steve’s family and the entire bobsledding community.”
Holcomb’s autobiography, “But Now I See: My Journey from Blindness to Olympic Gold,” had outlined how people suffering from depression should seek treatment, the Team USA profile said.
“USA Bobsled & Skeleton is a family and right now we are trying to come to grips with the loss of our teammate, our brother and our friend,” said USA Bobsled & Skeleton Chief Executive Darrin Steele.
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 沪ICP证：沪ICP备05050403号-1
- |
- 互联网新闻信息服务许可证：31120180004
- |
- 网络视听许可证：0909346
- |
- 广播电视节目制作许可证：沪字第354号
- |
- 增值电信业务经营许可证：沪B2-20120012
Copyright © 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
