Paralympic Champion Ends Own Life Through Euthanasia
October 23, 2019
5:55 am
Belgian Paralympic champion Marieke Vervoort ended her life through euthanasia at the age ofย 40 on Tuesday, Belgian media reported.
Euthanasia is legal in Belgium and the spiky-haired athlete announced her intentions after the Rio Games in 2016 to follow that path if her degenerative condition worsened her suffering.
But she said at the time that sport had given her a reason to keep living.
โIโm still enjoying every little moment. When the moment comes when I have more bad days than good days, then I have my euthanasia papers, but the time is not there yet,โ she told a …
