Athletes Retirements Thread

[Josh 13,499]

 Ana Carolina (volleyball)

 

https://www.instagram.com/p/DM3AO-HCarm/?igsh=MXQ2ZDF5dDFlaHZybw==

[De_Gambassi 1,369]

End of the road for  Pascal Martinot-Lagarde.

https://www.lequipe.fr/Athletisme/Actualites/Pascal-martinot-lagarde-en-larmes-apres-le-dernier-110-m-haies-de-sa-carriere-aux-championnats-de-france/1582884

 

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[NearPup 4,180]

 Lilly King has retired. Hopefully she becomes a full time shit stirrer on Twitter, we need more swimmers that are willing to stir drama.

Edited August 3, 2025 by NearPup

[Josh 13,499]

2 hours ago, NearPup said:

 Lilly King has retired. Hopefully she becomes a full time shit stirrer on Twitter, we need more swimmers that are willing to stir drama.

Or not. I hope I don’t ever hear of Lilly King again, thanks 

[Topicmaster1010 6,593]

4 hours ago, Josh said:

Or not. I hope I don’t ever hear of Lilly King again, thanks 

I'll have you know one of the top American junior freestylers is named Lily King so you might have to wait for some time.

[heywoodu 16,461]

2 hours ago, Topicmaster1010 said:

I'll have you know one of the top American junior freestylers is named Lily King so you might have to wait for some time.

That's one L fewer, so we can handle that  

[heywoodu 16,461]

12 hours ago, De_Gambassi said:

End of the road for  Pascal Martinot-Lagarde.

https://www.lequipe.fr/Athletisme/Actualites/Pascal-martinot-lagarde-en-larmes-apres-le-dernier-110-m-haies-de-sa-carriere-aux-championnats-de-france/1582884

 

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I really don't know why (it's certainly not because I share his first name), but somehow I've always found 'Martinot-Lagarde' one of the prettiest names in athletics  

 

Too bad he's done now, it made me cheer for him  

[De_Gambassi 1,369]

1 hour ago, heywoodu said:

I really don't know why (it's certainly not because I share his first name), but somehow I've always found 'Martinot-Lagarde' one of the prettiest names in athletics  

 

Too bad he's done now, it made me cheer for him  

You dutch speakers are very weird.

[Rafal 4]

Many female handball stars and good players retire annoucement after Olympics 2024 and in 2025:

 

GK 

 

 Dinah Eckerle

 Cleopatre Darleux 

 Petra Blazek 

 Tess Wester

 Irma Schjott

 

CB

 

 Andrea Lekic

 Allison Pineau

 Isabelle Gullden

 Kristina Liscevic

 Milena Raicevic

 Ekaterina Ilina

 Carmen Campos

 Sonja Frey

 Marta Tomac

 Stine Bredal Oftedal https://www.ihf.info/media-center/news/perfect-ending-fairytale-one-last-dance-oftedal-paris-2024-final

 

LP

 

 Julia Behrend

 

LW

 

 Freya Cohrt

 Polina Kuznetsova

 Polina Gorshkova

 Camilla Herrem

 

LB

 

 Stine Jorgensen

 Cristina Neagu

 

 

RB

 

 Laura Van Der Heijden

 Ana Gros (National team end career) https://www.instagram.com/anagros6/p/C_-1DvhIopb/?img_index=1

 Barbara Lazovic https://rkkrim.com/en/barbara-thank-you-for-everything/

 

RW

 

 Jana Knedlikova

 Jovanka Radicevic

 Olga Chernoivanenko

 Alja Varagic

[Grassmarket 4,300]

 sprinter Reece Prescod, who redefined the word "inconsistent" retires.

 

Reece Prescod: British 100m sprinter retires from athletics at the age of 29 - BBC Sport