Athletes Retirements Thread

[George_D 873]

 

[Makedonas 1,577]

 Eleni Chatziliadou (karate)

 

She is only 28 yo. Won gold at the 2018 World Championships and also two other World Championships medals. Also won three European Championships medals between 2018 and 2021.

 

Her injuries which ruined her chances of qualifying for last year's Olympics (the only time karate was part of the programme), seemed to also take away her motivation to continue the sport.

[heywoodu 13,547]

On 7/7/2022 at 4:10 PM, Grassmarket said:

British race walker Tom Bosworth.  He did a lot in a discipline that is never taken seriously chez 

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/62075443

At the end of the season. So one more chance to see him run to the front quickly only to be DQ'ed because, well, running  

[Monzanator 3,594]

Natalia Kaliszek & Maksym Spodyriew (figure skating) announced their retirement.

[Grassmarket 2,756]

 Figure skater & double Olympic Champion Yuzura Hanyu, worn down by injuries.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/winter-sports/62221311

[Monzanator 3,594]

Serena Williams (tennis) will retire after US Open next month.

 

https://www.vogue.com/article/serena-williams-retirement-in-her-own-words?utm_campaign

[Swewi 299]

Eve Muirhead retires from curling. She skipped the british womens team that won olympic gold in Beijing.

[Grassmarket 2,756]

1 hour ago, Swewi said:

Eve Muirhead retires from curling. She skipped the british womens team that won olympic gold in Beijing.

Here’s the BBC story.  
 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/winter-sports/62505950

[intoronto 4,233]

Justin Kripps, Ryan Sommer and Cam Stones all retire. All three were Beijing bronze medalists in the 4-man bob, and Kripps was a gold medalist in the 2-man bob in PyeongChang.

[Makedonas 1,577]

29 yo  Katerina Nikolaidou (rowing)

 

She hasn't competed since 2019 due to injury so it's not surprising, although last year she was trying to get healthy in time for Tokyo, then after she was saying she was focusing on Paris but now she has "former rower" in her Instagram bio.

 

She was a big hope for us, in 2010 won bronze in the single sculls at the World Junior Championships and after that won a silver at the 2012 World U23 Championships in the double sculls.

 

Then she switched to lightweight category in 2013 where she had a fantastic year, gold at the European Championships and World U23 Championships and silver at the World Championships. She had a similar year in 2014 with the only difference being silver at the World U23s instead of gold.

 

Then she switched back to the double sculls and won silver at the World Championships in 2015 with Sofia Asoumanaki. They were a very young team and finished 4th at the 2016 Olympics (we expected a medal from them there really) at ages 23 and 19.

 

Nikolaidou never made it back to the Olympics ever since...