Tragic skaters of the 90s

[zhenya271]

You forgot Sergei Ponomarenko !
But skaters of the 2000's are equally as tragic ! Remember Nobu Oda, Maxim Staviski, Joannie Rochette...

What was Sergei Ponomarenko's tragedy?

[ryanbfan]

Sabena Flight 548 - 1961

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabena_Flight_548

I was waiting for someone to say that, that is still so incredibly awful

[SwingDancer]

How about the 1920s? All those skaters died

Now here's a tragedy for ya

Do you mean the crash of '61 or is there some other instance you are reffering too. Also if everyone could go in to more detail and describe the tragic circumstances that surronded the skater in question, instead of just leaving their name, that would be very helpful.

[Triple Butz]

Do you mean the crash of '61 or is there some other instance you are reffering too. Also if everyone could go in to more detail and describe the tragic circumstances that surronded the skater in question, instead of just leaving their name, that would be very helpful.

If someone was a top skater in the 20's (assuming they were at least 13) they would be over 100 years old today...

[briancoogaert]

What was Sergei Ponomarenko's tragedy?

Wasn't he arrested recently, because of driving under alcohol ? Maybe I'm wrong.

[Finnice]

Wasn't he arrested recently, because of driving under alcohol ? Maybe I'm wrong.

I would call it stupid, not tragic.

[briancoogaert]

I would call it stupid, not tragic.

Of course, but as Nicole Bobek is in the list of the original poster.

[Finnice]

Of course, but as Nicole Bobek is in the list of the original poster.

Yes. And I was not nagging at you, you just gave an informative answer to a question

[museksk8r]

I would call it stupid, not tragic.

Can't those types of incidents and the circumstances around them be both stupid and tragic . . . I certainly think so. For instance, I went to school with a guy who got in with the wrong crowd and into drugs, which was really stupid, but his decayed body was found on a South Carolina highway and was believed to have been there for a year and a half before it was found, which is indeed tragic. These stupid decisions hurt everyone who is involved. His family is still living with his tragedy and every depressing emotion that comes with it. My family saw his mom and dad last night at a Japanese restaurant, as a matter of fact. This incident happened 13 years ago, but no doubt their pain lives on and they'd do anything to have their son back.

[IneZR]

And, didnt Oksana Domnina's mother commit suicide?

No, it was her dad. He commited suicide just couple of weeks before 2007 Worlds in Tokyo. It was a horrible tragedy.

[vivika1982]

Most of those tragedies already mentioned are something personal for the skaters but before we go any further with this thread maybe we should define tragic skaters more clearly or drop the time limit .

[merrywidow]

To me Tragic means either death, serious injury or possibly jail. Something that ends a skater's career. I'm kicking myself right now because I can no longer remember the name of the US pair skater who suffered a brain injury in a fall during practice in the 90's. It happened, I believe, in Maryland or Delaware. He was in a coma for months. It ended his competitive career which had been promising. That, to me, was tragic.

[skatesindreams]

Merrywidow, it was Paul Binnabose:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUJt-...eature=related

[museksk8r]

Merrywidow, it was Paul Binnabose:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUJt-...eature=related

Yes, I was racking my brain trying to remember his name too . . . his story is SO SAD!

[shan]

I always felt so bad for Paul Binnebose...

[easilydistracte]

Kira Ivanova (1984 Sarajevo Olympics Ladies' Bronze Medalist from the USSR) comes to mind. Don't know all the details, but she seemed to have had a very tough time of it with her personal problems; then, of course, she was found murdered some years back.

[oleada]

And, didnt Oksana Domnina's mother commit suicide?

It was her father.

[IRIS1975]

Nikolai Morozov's father was killed in Moscow in 1999 or 2000. I don't know the details. I never heard Nikolai speaking about this. I read about this in Tarasova's interview. That was one of the reasons she invited Morozov to be her assistant and she knew Nikolai's dad well.

[Artifice]

I believe that skaters have about the same percentage amount of tragedies as the rest of the population. Just that skaters mentioned here are exposed to medias. Actually no mention is made on not famous skaters who also can have personal tragedy in life.

[zhenya271]

Wasn't he arrested recently, because of driving under alcohol ? Maybe I'm wrong.

Thanks, I never heard about that. That's a shame.