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Olympics Coach Dies In Rio Car Crash After Taxi Smashes Into Concrete Barrier

Olympics Coach Dies In Rio Car Crash After Taxi Smashes Into Concrete Barrier

Incredibly sad.

Sian Broderick

Sian Broderick

Credit: PA

Germany canoe slalom coach Stefan Henze has died in hospital days after his taxi crashed into a concrete barrier near the Rio Olympic park.

The 35-year-old was making his way back to the athletes' village with Cristian Katini on Friday when the vehicle crashed and he sustained head injuries.

Henze began competing in canoeing in the mid-1990s. In 2004, he won the silver medal in the C-2 event at the Summer Olympics in Athens with Marcus Becker.

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DOSB announced his death in a statement on its website, saying: "The coach of the German canoe slalom team at the Olympic Games succumbed to his head injuries in the presence of his family."

DOSB president Alfons Hormann said: "We are very sad today. Words can not describe approximately what we feel in the Olympic team after this terrible loss."

Incredibly sad. Our thoughts are with his friends and family.

Words by Sian Broderick

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Sian is the Junior Editor of Tyla. She loves crap telly, anything leopard print, and never leaves the house without her gold hoops.

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