Mark Lenzi, Olympic diving gold medalist, dead at 43

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Mark Lenzi, the 1992 gold medalist in men's springboard, died Monday at age 43.

The American diver was hospitalized in Greenville, N.C. two weeks ago after suffering a series of fainting spells.

Lenzi earned gold at the Barcelona Olympics and followed it up with a bronze medal performance in Atlanta. He was an All-American diver at the Indiana University, winning championships in the one-meter springboard, three-meter springboard and platform events in 1989.

No American man has won a diving medal since Lenzi.

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[lysie]

Too young. Prayers for his family and friends.

[Huebolt]

A high impact sport. RIP...

[HangnJudge]

Athletes and Sudden Death

No, I'm not a blog pimp, just informational

http://athletesheart.blogspot.com/

[HangnJudge]

Athletes and Sudden Death

No, I'm not a blog pimp, just informational

http://athletesheart.blogspot.com/

[the invisib1e hand]

AIDS?

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I heard recently about a runner who died about a week after running a half marathon. I don’t believe he was doing anything particularly strenuous at the time.

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Don’t think so. The story said he is survived by his wife.

[HangnJudge]

I have a close friend, who is a hyperathelete
Who, while resting,usually has a heart rate of ~45/min
A marker for hyper-efficiency

Has developed spells, at rest,
of supra-ventricular tachycardia
Lasting for minutes, rate 200+/min

Scared the Pee out of him

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I’ll bet

[dangerdoc]

Fainting spells in an athelete is frequently a sign of serious heart electrical problems.

[oh8eleven]

I heard recently about a runner who died about a week after running a half marathon.
On any given weekend, there are probably 50,000 - 100,000 runners doing marathons and half marathons.
Not all are 100% healthy and sadly it's not unusual for some to become statistics.

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Apparently it doesn’t do any good to be in a hospital at the time...

“Lenzi had been hospitalized the last two weeks because of fainting spells caused by low blood pressure.”

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Yeah, it makes sense that they might die during the marathon....but out of the blue a week later?

[Dead Corpse]

Eat right. Live well...

Die anyway.

No one gets out of life alive so live it to its fullest.

[oh8eleven]

... out of the blue a week later?
Granted, that's unusual, but running may not have been the cause (direct or indirect).

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running doesn’t kill - pathology does.

[Jemian]

That’s what I thought, but he was married to a woman. I know, I know, but it made me less certain (which I wasn’t anyway).

[Gil4]

It’s not pimping until you double-post it. :-)

[fieldmarshaldj]

RIP.