Gymnast María Herranz dies at 17 from meningitis | Sports

(*17*)The Spanish gymnast María Herranz died “all of a sudden” at the age of 17 resulting from “a horrible meningitis” within the early hours of this Wednesday to Thursday, based on the City Council of Cabanillas del Campo, the municipality the place the athlete resided, in an announcement. . “In the early hours of this Wednesday, April 17 to Thursday, April 18, the very younger resident of Cabanillera, María Herranz Gómez, died at the University Hospital of Guadalajara,” the council introduced on her web site.

(*17*)The trampoline gymnast at the Ruditramp membership in Cabanillas del Campo represented Spain at the World Cup in Birmingham (United Kingdom) in November, ending in twenty sixth place alongside Carmen Hernández. In the Spanish Championship final yr she was fourth in double minitramp and with the staff in trampoline, and fifth in synchronism, partnering with Hernández.

(*17*)The municipality’s City Council famous that he died “all of a sudden—in simply 24 hours—resulting from horrible meningitis.” “It leaves inconsolable disappointment within the city. A member of a protracted household of Cabanillera descent, María was a captivating, candy, pleasant woman beloved by everybody, and a fantastic instance as an athlete,” the council highlighted. “The City Council of Cabanillas del Campo desires to precise its deepest sorrow and ache for the tragic circumstance, and sends its deepest condolences to all of María’s household and pals, a lot of them residents of the municipality. We additionally prolong our condolences to her fellow college students and the complete Ruditramp Club household,” the assertion added. The city decreed two days of official mourning for the loss of life of the athlete, Thursday, April 18 and Friday, April 19, suspending the sociocultural actions deliberate for these two days.

(*17*)The Royal Spanish Gymnastics Federation (RFEG) “deeply” regretted the death of Herranz. “Our deepest condolences to household and pals. Spanish gymnastics will all the time keep in mind you,” she stated in a message on social networks, the place the Minister of Education, Vocational Training and Sports, Pilar Alegría, additionally spoke. “A really robust hug to the household, pals and colleagues of María Herranz,” stated the pinnacle of Sports, phrases that had been additionally shared by the Higher Sports Council (CSD). The group despatched “with deep ache” its “most honest condolences to the household and pals” of the athlete. “We will all the time keep in mind you,” the textual content learn.

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