The news of the death of Florin Zalomir, at only 41 years old, left the Romanian sports world in a state of shock! We are talking about one of the best fencers in the country’s history, who took 2nd place with the Romanian team at the London Olympic Games in 2012. His record included seven World and European medals, two of which were gold.
Florin Zalomir was a coach, after ending his career as an athlete. PHOTO: Facebook
And yet, why did such a man, who took up training after retirement and also entered the Gendarmerie, end his days by shooting himself in the head? Rareș Dumitrescu (38 years old) tried to answer this question. We are talking about one of the members of the Romanian saber team at the 2012 Olympic Games. Florin Zalomir, Tiberiu Dolniceanu and Alexandru Siriţeanu were also part of that team.
In a dialogue with Orange Sport, Rareș Dumitrescu revealed that his former colleague faced problems in his personal life.
What did Rareș Dumitrescu say?
*I don’t know the details. We were colleagues in the national team, then colleagues, as coaches, at CS Dinamo and we had a close relationship. But recently he had some family problems, which he kept personal, I don’t know too many details.
*I never expected such a gesture. He didn’t have an easy life, he had problems, he grew up without a father, he was away in the Foreign Legion (no – an elite division of the French army made up of professional soldiers) for a few years. He was a performance athlete, he had a well-built psyche, but it seems that something happened today because he resorted to this gesture.
*He chose the Gendarmerie, two years ago, to fulfill his desire. He was married, he also has a daughter from his first marriage, he divorced a few years ago, after which, a few weeks ago, he remarried. But I understood that everything was not going well and that a divorce had already begun.
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