Athletes Retirements Thread

[Micki 70]

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[Josh 13,568]

2 hours ago, phelps said:

badminton queen Carolina Marin announced that she can't take part into the home Europeans in the upcoming weeks because of her injured knee and calls it a career 😭

 

Even though I'm not the biggest fan of her, always sucks to see a career ending through injury and not on your own terms 

[NearPup 4,188]

 Mikaël Kingsbury, the greatest mogul skier of all times, has officially announced his retirement.

 

Interview (in French): https://youtu.be/rCf11DyON1o?si=zrSW5m9_8GR-iJZx

[Josh 13,568]

 Marielle Berger Sabbatel (freestyle skiing)

 Fabian Bosch (freestyle skiing)

 Romain Detraz (freestyle skiing)

 Jonas Lenherr (freestyle skiing)

[Grassmarket 4,311]

 sprinter Adam Gemili.  Never quite got the big Global medals as an individual runner, but always a key member of the 4x100m squad.  Had PBs of sub-10 for 100m and sub-20 for the 200m, which is very elite form indeed.  

 

Adam Gemili: Former European champion sprinter retires - BBC Sport

Edited March 30 by Grassmarket

[Orangehair43 317]

51 minutes ago, Grassmarket said:

 sprinter Adam Gemili.  Never quite got the big Global medals as an individual runner, but always a key member of the 4x100m squad.  Had PBs of sub-10 for 100m and sub-20 for the 200m, which is very elite form indeed.  

 

Adam Gemili: Former European champion sprinter retires - BBC Sport

Surprisingly the BBC gave this a breaking news notification from their Sport app. Unusual for someone who has been semi retired for a couple of years now. 

[copravolley 653]

Thomas Larkin is retiring after this season.

[Topicmaster1010 6,605]

 Anže Kopitar (Ice Hockey) (will retire after the NHL playoffs this year)

 Jonathan Quick (Ice Hockey)

 

Two of the biggest pieces of the LA Kings core that won two Stanley Cups during the early 2010's

 

Along with the two Stanley Cups, Kopitar also won the best defensive forward award two times and a leadership award in 2022.

 

Quick was the Stanley Cup playoff MVP in 2012 and also won an Olympic silver medal in 2010.

Edited 9 hours ago by Topicmaster1010

[mpjmcevoy 379]

On 3/30/2026 at 3:11 PM, Grassmarket said:

 sprinter Adam Gemili.  Never quite got the big Global medals as an individual runner, but always a key member of the 4x100m squad.  Had PBs of sub-10 for 100m and sub-20 for the 200m, which is very elite form indeed.  

 

Adam Gemili: Former European champion sprinter retires - BBC Sport

Super runner, good guy, sadly never entirely recovered from ripping his leg to shreds in the act of going sub 10, but as you say a key relay man for the better part of a decade, and a European and World Champion, and a reminder that talent doesn't always come in obvious looking boxes -a breakthrough sprint athlete for many of middle eastern and north african heritage.