Toluca/State of Mexico
There are injuries that wear down athletes and force them to even prematurely end their careers. This was the case of Soraya Jiménez, from Mexico, who saw her health seriously compromisedwith 14 different surgeries on her left leg, a large number of cardiorespiratory arrests and the loss of a lung due to type B influenza, these conditions diminished her until on March 28, 2013, she died due to a heart attack heart attack at age 35 in his apartment in Mexico City.
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In 2004, unexpectedly, Jiménez announced his retirement days before the start of the qualifier for the Olympic Games in Athens, This is due to a tear in his left knee and for not having the marks that would give him a ticket to the highest sports fair.
At that moment there were no tears on her face, the Olympic champion in the category of 58 kilograms expressed with serenity:
“Of course it hurts me to have made the decision to retire, but I no longer reached the marks that should keep me with the illusion of competing.”
Jiménez Mendivil practiced several sports such as basketball, badminton, and swimming, before becoming attached to weightlifting.when carrying out this last activity and for which he defined himself by it at 14 years of age.
Her name would be recorded in the history of national sport for being the first Mexican woman to achieve a gold medal in the Olympic Games (Sydney 2000) in the weightlifting category, it was also the first edition where the participation of women and the Mexican was accepted. was classified in the category between 53 to 58 kilograms.
The situation that Soraya Jiménez experienced is a reflection of the athletes who suffer the risks in professional sports, where the body reaches the limit and causes injuries that force them to withdraw unexpectedly.
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