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Rower's Tragic Death.

March51
March51 Posts: 3,256
edited October 2010 in Other Football and Sports
(Had a quick search but can't see any mention of this). Andy Holmes who won two Olympic gold medals with Steve Redgrave in the pairs and coxed fours respectively , has died after contracting Weils diseasd. The disease is waterborne and most usually carried by rats. He last rowed in a competition only four weeks ago in East Anglia: he was only 51 years old. Tragic. RIP

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  • RodneyCharltonTrotta
    RodneyCharltonTrotta Posts: 14,834
    Very sad. Remember being paronoid I was going to catch it years ago when i was doing labouring on sites and they always told horror stories about it in the inductions.
  • TEL
    TEL Posts: 10,100
    Did this a couple of days ago very sad
  • March51
    March51 Posts: 3,256
    Thought it must have been covered, but missed it.
  • TEL
    TEL Posts: 10,100
    No worries, doesn't takeaway the sadness of it.
  • harveys_gardener
    harveys_gardener Posts: 7,038
    edited October 2010
    The most technically gifted oarsman I've ever seen, I always name him when fellow rowers discuss who is the best they've watched. RIP.

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