Richard Adjei Explained
| Richard Adjei |
| Nationality: | German |
| Birth Date: | 1983 1, df=yes[1] |
| Birth Place: | Düsseldorf, West Germany |
| Death Place: | Düsseldorf, Germany |
| Height: | 1.90 m |
| Weight: | 106 kg |
| Country: | Germany |
| Turnedpro: | 2007 |
Richard Adjei (30 January 1983 – 26 October 2020) was a German bobsledder who competed since 2007.[2] He was also an American football linebacker.[3]
Bobsleigh career
His first World Cup event at Königssee, Germany earned him a win in the two-man event on 9 January 2010.[4] Adeji won silver in the two-man event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver as a pusher in tandem with driver Thomas Florschütz. He also won the gold medal in the World Championship four-man event at Königssee in 2011, as second brakeman in the bob piloted by Manuel Machata.
Adjei died on 26 October 2020 from a heart attack at the age of 37.[5]
American football career
Adjei was also an American football linebacker for Rhein Fire, Berlin Thunder in the NFL Europe and Düsseldorf Panther in the German Football League.[6]
Notes and References
- http://www.fibt.com/index.php?id=48&athl_id=101328 FIBT-Bobsleigh profile
- Web site: Neusser . Frank . Er spielte für Rhein Fire: Olympia-Medaillengewinner Richard Adjei verstorben . Express.de . de-DE . 27 October 2020.
- Web site: Rhein Fire-Profi als Lebensretter in Florida - Adjei rettet Kleinkind aus Pool . 2010-02-23 . 2010-08-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100818140323/http://www.ngz-online.de/nfl_europe/rheinfire/Adjei-rettet-Kleinkind-aus-Pool_aid_417071.html . dead .
- http://www.tagblatt.de/Home/sport/ueberregionaler-sport_artikel,-Richard-Adjei-ist-erster-dunkelhaeutige-Bremser-in-der-deutschen-Bob-Geschichte-_arid,89119.html Vom Football in den Eiskanal - Richard Adjei ist erster dunkelhäutige Bremser in der deutschen Bob-Geschichte
- News: "Er war ein Super-Typ, wie ein Familienmitglied" . Welt. 29 October 2020. de.
- Web site: Olympia 2010: Silber für Richard Adjei - Der Westen . 2017-09-10 . 2016-05-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160527054038/http://www.derwesten.de/sport/lokalsport/duesseldorf/silber-fuer-richard-adjei-id2630213.html . dead .
