Lionel Erica Fatupite
Courtesy of Lionel Erica Fatupite/FacebookSamoan boxing coach Lionel Erica Fatupite He died on Friday, July 26th, in Paris, the host city of the 2024 Olympic Games.
The Samoa Sports Association and the National Olympic Committee confirmed that he died of “natural causes” at the Olympic Village in Saint-Denis, aged 60.
“Lionel was one of Samoa's leading boxing coaches and a strong believer in the Olympic ideals,” the SASNOC president said. Pauga Tararerei Pauga The statement said: “Our thoughts and those of the entire Samoan sporting community go out to Lionel's family, his boxers and friends. He will be greatly missed.”
The International Boxing Association also expressed its condolences in a statement.
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“The International Boxing Association (IBA) expresses its deepest condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of Samoa national boxing team coach Lionel Erica Fatupaito, who tragically passed away whilst competing at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. [Olympics]”Lionel's dedication and passion for the sport left an indelible mark on the boxing world and his legacy will continue to inspire generations to come. Our thoughts and prayers are with Team Samoa and all those suffering this great loss,” they wrote.
Lionel Erica Fatupite
Courtesy of Lionel Erica Fatupite/FacebookFatupaito coached the top-seeded heavyweight boxer at the 2024 Olympics and is the only Samoan boxer in the Olympics. Atto Prozicky FaoagariIn a statement posted on Facebook, the 25-year-old congratulated his “old man” who he has known for more than 10 years.
“I first met Coach Lionel when I was 15 years old trying out for the Samoa youth team. He was a kind and generous coach who not only gave of his time and things but also his knowledge. Coach, I miss you so much. Your dream was to play in the Olympics with me and my dad but with you gone so early we still didn't get to have our first Olympic match as planned!” Prozicke Faoagali wrote. “Good night grandpa. I will miss you. You were the calm and dad was the storm in our corner.”
Prozicki-Faoagari also shared a final photo with her coach on her Instagram Story, saying goodbye to her “great master”. The boxer's first bout at the 2024 Olympics is scheduled for tomorrow against a Belgian boxer. Victor Schelstraat.
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Fatupaito is the sixth coach to die in modern Olympic history, the last being in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, when a former silver medallist and canoe slalom coach from Germany died. Stefan Henze He died from injuries sustained in a taxi accident. The other four busloads who died during the Olympics were Israeli hostages killed in the 1972 Munich Olympic massacre.
