Athletes Retirements Thread

[Topicmaster1010 2,332]

 Niklas Kronwall, 3 time Olympian (2006,10,14) in Ice Hockey and 2 time medallist (1 Gold, 1 Silver)

[hckošice 13,216]

The sisters Jana and Dana Velďáková both retired today in their last careers races in the Košice main square.

 

Spoiler

 

the 38 years old twins became famous worldwidely in Beijing 2008, when both as perfect twins finished at their Olympics debuts with the same scores of No Marks in their respective qualifiers in Long Jump and Triple Jump https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics_–_Women's_triple_jump and  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics_–_Women's_long_jump 

 

 

[bestmen 2,555]

Samuel Eto'o  

[Ros 77]

 

 

 

Dimitar Berbatov was and still is the best Bulgarian football player for the 21st century. It has been a privilege and an honor to watch this true football genius for the past 20 years

 

[Jur 508]

Surprisingly, Ona Carbonel (  Artistic Swiming)

 

 

 

[thiago_simoes 1,359]

2016 Olympian, gymnast Tutya Yilmaz from Turkey has announced her retirement. Probably the most anxious and nervous gymnast I've seen competing in my life, but she had lots of potential. Unfortunately, she fell 99% of the time. She hit her balance beam routine at the 2016 Olympics, though, and deserved a spot in the final, but fell short. Still, it was beautiful and probably the best routine in her entire career.



 

[rybak 2,683]

Tennis:

 

 Janko Tipsarevic

 Michał Przysiężny

 Marcin Matkowski

 Steve Darcis

 Victor Estrella Burgos

 

all of them retired recently...

Edited October 18, 2019 by rybak

[Olympian1010 7,470]

Shalane Flanagan  

Edited October 21, 2019 by Olympian1010

[hckošice 13,216]

Dominika Cibulková - Tennis ()

 

Former WTA #4, 2x Olympian (Beijing 2008 Round of 16, London 2012 1st Round Singles and Doubles with Daniela Hantuchová), Australian Open 2014 Runner-Up, Rolland Garros 2009 Semifinalist. 8 WTA and 2 ITF Tournaments titles. Slovak Fed Cup star, semifinalist in 2013

and WTA Finals winner 2016 in Singapore

 

Bye and thanks for everything "POME" !

 

 

 

 

 

 

[heywoodu 13,540]

Legendary speed skater Shani Davis. Hadn't raced since the 2018 Olympics, but had never said he's retired until now.