Richard Adjei
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Nationality | German | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | [1] Düsseldorf,West Germany | 30 January 1983||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 26 October 2020 Düsseldorf,Germany | (aged 37)||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 106 kg (234 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Bobsleigh | ||||||||||||||||||||
Turned pro | 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Richard Adjei(30 January 1983 – 26 October 2020) was a Germanbobsledderwho competed since 2007.[1][2]He was also anAmerican football linebacker.[3]
Bobsleigh career
[edit]His firstWorld Cupevent atKönigssee,Germanyearned him a win in the two-man event on 9 January 2010.[4]Adeji won silver in the two-man event at the2010 Winter OlympicsinVancouveras a pusher in tandem with driverThomas Florschütz.He also won the gold medal in the World Championship four-man event at Königssee in 2011, as second brakeman in the bob piloted byManuel Machata.
Adjei died on 26 October 2020 from aheart attackat the age of 37.[5]
American football career
[edit]Adjei was also an American football linebacker forRhein Fire,Berlin Thunderin theNFL EuropeandDüsseldorf Pantherin theGerman Football League.[6]
References
[edit]- ^abcdFIBT-Bobsleigh profileArchived2015-02-24 at theWayback Machine,accessed December 19, 2010
- ^Neusser, Frank (27 October 2020)."Er spielte für Rhein Fire: Olympia-Medaillengewinner Richard Adjei verstorben".Express.de(in German).
- ^"Rhein Fire-Profi als Lebensretter in Florida - Adjei rettet Kleinkind aus Pool".Archived fromthe originalon 2010-08-18.Retrieved2010-02-23.
- ^Vom Football in den Eiskanal - Richard Adjei ist erster dunkelhäutige Bremser in der deutschen Bob-Geschichte
- ^""Er war ein Super-Typ, wie ein Familienmitglied"".Welt(in German).Retrieved29 October2020.
- ^"Olympia 2010: Silber für Richard Adjei - Der Westen".Archived fromthe originalon 2016-05-27.Retrieved2017-09-10.
External links
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Categories:
- 1983 births
- 2020 deaths
- German male bobsledders
- Sportspeople from Düsseldorf
- German sportspeople of Ghanaian descent
- Bobsledders at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- Olympic bobsledders for Germany
- Olympic silver medalists for Germany
- German players of American football
- American football linebackers
- Rhein Fire players
- Berlin Thunder players
- Olympic medalists in bobsleigh
- Medalists at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- German Football League players
- 21st-century German people
- German bobsleigh biography stubs