Chirinos competed in 5 Olympic Summer season Video games, starting with the 1992 Barcelona Olympics by means of the 2012 Video games in London.
LAS VEGAS — Daniela Larreal Chirinos, a five-time Olympic bicycle owner who competed for Venezuela over the course of a decade, has died. She was 51.
Chirinos was discovered lifeless the afternoon of Aug. 15 at her dwelling in Las Vegas after a apprehensive buddy referred to as police for a welfare examine, in keeping with Luis Vidal, a spokesperson for the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Division.
Additional particulars weren’t instantly obtainable, however Vidal confirmed murder detectives weren’t referred to as to analyze after Chirinos’ physique was discovered. The Clark County coroner’s workplace mentioned it’s nonetheless working to find out the trigger and method of loss of life.
The Venezuelan Olympic Committee confirmed Chirinos’ loss of life in a statement in Spanish on the social platform X, saying it was saddened by the lack of an athlete “with an impressive profession in observe biking” and whose accomplishments on the Olympic Video games “crammed us with a lot pleasure.”
Chirinos competed in 5 Olympic Summer season Video games, starting with the 1992 Barcelona Olympics by means of the 2012 Video games in London. She didn’t compete within the 2008 Video games in Beijing.
Her loss of life comes on the heels of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.
