Denis Ten
Denis Yuryevich Ten (Денис Юрьевич Тен; 13 June 1993 – 19 July 2018) was a Kazakh figure skater.[1]
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| Full name | Denis Yuryevich Ten | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 June 1993 Almaty, Kazakhstan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 19 July 2018 (aged 25) Almaty, Kazakhstan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country | Kazakhstan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Frank Carroll, Nikolai Morozov | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Skating club | Kiyal Almaty | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Began skating | 1998 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ten was the 2014 Olympic bronze medalist, a two-time World medalist (silver in 2013, bronze in 2015), the 2015 Four Continents champion, the 2017 Winter Universiade champion, and a five-time national champion of Kazakhstan.
On 19 July 2018, Ten was stabbed in the thigh by two men who were trying to steal his car mirrors.[1] Ten suffered blood loss and died in the Central Clinical Hospital in Almaty, aged 25.[2]
Denis Ten Media
Ten at the 2010 Winter Olympics
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kazakh skater ten dies in knife attack. 19 July 2018. https://www.rt.com/sport/433695-kazakh-skater-ten-dies-knife-attack/.
- ↑ Mather, Victor (19 July 2018). "Denis Ten, 25, Olympic Skating Medalist, Dies After Stabbing". The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/19/sports/denis-ten-olympic-skater.html. Retrieved 19 July 2018.