Athletes Retirements Thread

[Olympian1010 8,274]

 

[Dragon 2,059]

#Rugby

 

[Bohemia 1,490]

Today's IBU Cup sprint was Vanessa Hinz's last race, she is retiring

https://www.instagram.com/p/CoPiArnM1_Y/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

[heywoodu 16,145]

4 hours ago, Bohemia said:

Today's IBU Cup sprint was Vanessa Hinz's last race, she is retiring

https://www.instagram.com/p/CoPiArnM1_Y/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

Yeah, I thought so, the way her male and female teammates were all standing at the finish waiting for her....that very much looked like a retirement  

[intoronto 6,606]

Brady Leman, Olympic gold medalist in 2018 

 

https://sirc.ca/news/olympic-gold-medalist-brady-leman-announces-retirement-from-ski-cross-le-medaille-dor-olympique-brady-leman-annonce-sa-retraite-du-ski-cross/

[Grassmarket 4,108]

England & GBR field hockey goalkeeper Maddie Hinch.  Almost single-handedly kept GBR competitive in the Gold Medal game against Netherlands in Rio 16, then did a hero’s job to help win the 3-3 shootout.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/hockey/65023138

[Olympian1010 8,274]

Tessa Worley  (Alpine Skiing) and Bridgitte Hartley  (Canoe Sprint)

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T13 Legend Jason Smyth  (4-time [consecutive] winner of the T13 100m)

Edited March 29, 2023 by Olympian1010

[rybak 3,330]

Joanna Jóźwik (athletics, 800m mainly) retired. Her biggest success at Olympics was fifth place during final in Rio, but she was second among womens, only Bishop was better then, not counting those athletes with too high testosterone 

[Biathlonfan 802]

8 minutes ago, rybak said:

Joanna Jóźwik (athletics, 800m mainly) retired. Her biggest success at Olympics was fifth place during final in Rio, but she was second among womens, only Bishop was better then, not counting those athletes with too high testosterone 

she was pretty iconic with her comments afterwards