Konstantin Koltsow (second from left) Image: Picture Alliance
Konstantin Koltsov, Belarusian ice hockey player and partner of two-time tennis Grand Slam winner Aryna Sabalenka, is dead. According to the association, the former Pittsburgh Penguins player died “suddenly”.
Former NHL player Konstantin Koltsov, friend of two-time tennis Grand Slam champion Aryna Sabalenka, has died at the age of 42. The Belarusian Ice Hockey Association announced this on Tuesday. Koltsov “suddenly died,” the statement said, but no details about the circumstances were given.
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“We mourn,” said the association’s website: “The Belarusian Ice Hockey Association expresses its deepest condolences to the family, friends and everyone who knew and worked with Konstantin.”
Koltsow played for the Pittsburgh Penguins in the NHL from 2002 to 2006. There was initially no reaction from world number two Sabalenka, who is scheduled to play at the Miami Open this week. The 25-year-old won the Australian Open in 2023 and 2024.
