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The terrible news of the death of a champion like the Spanish Olympic medalist in the words of those who knew her.
Wednesday 4 September 2019 2 minutes reading time
And Alberto Tomba, who has competed alongside Blanca Fernandez Ochoa's brother, Luis, is shaken after learning of the discovery of the body of the former female skier from Madrid, who had been missing for over ten days in the area around Madrid.
"I am very close to the family - said the Bolognese champion - and I remember Blanca with affection, having also spent many years with his brother Luis. It is a serious loss for sport and for all of us.
The President of Fisi, Flavio Roda, remembers Fernandez Ochoa in this way: "We worked together at the beginning of the 1990s, when I worked with the Spanish federation. It was a pleasure to meet you, she was a skier who wrote important pages for Spanish sport, but above all a very good person. Our whole federation is close to its family â€.
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