Athletes Retirements Thread

[Grassmarket 4,028]

 Sprinter Richard Kilty.  Best solo results were as a 60m runner where he was a World Champion.  Also brought a lot of discipline & hard truths to the British relay squad, which is often egotistical & slack.  Now working as a coach.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/articles/cg5dzl2r6l0o

Edited March 5 by Grassmarket

[heywoodu 16,000]

11 hours ago, Grassmarket said:

 Sprinter Richard Kilty.  Best solo results were as a 60m runner where he was a World Champion.  Also brought a lot of discipline & hard truths to the British relay squad, which is often egotistical & slack.  Now working as a coach.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/articles/cg5dzl2r6l0o

Ah, the man who went on absolute rants against athletics fans on social media and then quickly deleted his messages so he wouldn't look like an ass

 

Kinda thought he had retired a while back.

[Grassmarket 4,028]

London & Rio Olympic Taekwando Champion Jade Jones kwits TKD for boxing.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/articles/cdjyxxx03g3o

[Makedonas 2,239]

 Kristian Gkolomeev (swimming)

 

He specialised in the men's 50 freestyle, was 5th in both Tokyo and Paris, won a world silver in 2019 and many European medals including gold last year.

 

He went to the Olympics 4 times. He is still only 31 years old but hinted at Paris being the end for him so I guess it should not be surprising, though he is still in his top form and given how close he was to winning an Olympic medal the last two times, I was hoping he would try again in 2028...

[Topicmaster1010 5,329]

 Marc-Andre Fleury (ice hockey) played his final game yesterday.

 

He was a gold medalist in 2010 and also won 3 Stanley cups (NHL championship trophy) and the best goalie award in 2021 during his career.

[intoronto 6,391]

On 4/5/2025 at 11:50 AM, Makedonas said:

 Kristian Gkolomeev (swimming)

 

He specialised in the men's 50 freestyle, was 5th in both Tokyo and Paris, won a world silver in 2019 and many European medals including gold last year.

 

He went to the Olympics 4 times. He is still only 31 years old but hinted at Paris being the end for him so I guess it should not be surprising, though he is still in his top form and given how close he was to winning an Olympic medal the last two times, I was hoping he would try again in 2028...

31 is basically a grandpa in swimming 

[Dragon 2,026]

 Joe Allen, one of the stars of Euro 2016, will play his last professional game of football tomorrow

[Gianlu33 5,276]

olympic medallist Daniela Ulbing announcement her retirement at only 27 years old.

 

[Josh 11,497]

32 minutes ago, Gianlu33 said:

olympic medallist Daniela Ulbing announcement her retirement at only 27 years old.

 

She’s from  not  , buddy 

[Makedonas 2,239]

On 5/2/2025 at 11:56 AM, intoronto said:

31 is basically a grandpa in swimming 

Yes but in the men's 50 freestyle (his event) we've seen older athletes shine. In Rio, a 35 yo won gold. In Tokyo, a 32 yo won bronze. In Paris, a 33 yo won bronze.