Five-time Olympian found dead in her apartment as tragic reason revealed
Five-time Olympic cyclist Daniela Larreal Chirinos has been found dead in her apartment in Las Vegas after reportedly choking to death on food.
When the 50-year-old didn’t show up to work at the Las Vegas hotel she worked at on August 12, her colleagues alerted authorities.Spanish newspaper ABC reported a preliminary autopsy found the former athlete died of asphyxiation on August 11, with a post-mortem finding solid food remnants in her windpipe.Larreal is one of Venezuela’s greatest ever Olympians, the only athlete from her nation to ever compete at five Olympics.
While Larreal’s best result at the Olympics was finishing eighth in the Sprint at the Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004 Games, she was a gold medallist at the Pan American Games in 2011 in the Keirin and Team Sprint events, while also winning gold at the at the Pan American Championships in 2005 for Keirin and 2012 in the Team Sprint.
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