Australian snowboard world champion, 3-time Olympian Alex Pullin dies in spearfishing accident

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Snowboard world champion, Olympian Alex Pullin dies in spearfishing accident in Australia

Alex Pullin was the flag bearer for Australia at the 2014 Sochi Games.

sports.yahoo.com

Two-time snowboarding world champion Alex Pullin drowned on Wednesday while spearfishing off the Gold Coast of Australia.
Pullin was 32 years old.
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Pullin, nicknamed “‘Chumpy,” won gold medals in snowboard cross at the 2011 La Molina and 2013 Stoneham world championships. He was Australia’s flag bearer for the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi. He also competed in the 2010 and 2018 Olympics and won a silver medal at the 2016 Winter X Games in Aspen, Colorado.

Australian snowboarder Pullin drowns while spear fishing

Australia's double world champion snowboarder Alex Pullin drowned while spear fishing off a Gold Coast beach on Wednesday, plunging the country's winter sports community into mourning.

www.reuters.com

“It is an incredibly sad day,” Geoff Lipshut, the chief executive of the Olympic Winter Institute of Australia, told Reuters.
Lipshut said Pullin had retired from his sport last month but had yet to announce it.

Alex âChumpyâ Pullinâs Death Is A Significant Loss For Rising Snowboarding Power Australia

Historically, Australia has not been considered a professional snowboarding power. But thanks largely to the contributions of Alex "Chumpy" Pullin, who died Wednesday, it was becoming one. Now, Australian snowboarding must find a way forward without one of its strongest ambassadors.

www.forbes.com

 

[misskarne]

Dear 2020

STOP. JUST STOP ALREADY.

no love
sad Aussie


Chumpy