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Originally posted by Moiraine:
Sad yes, and puzzling too ...
I thought practising sports made people healthier - how come a sports professional can suddenlt die at 28 from a heart attack ? 
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It happens more frequently than one would think. One recent case I can recall very well are those of the German national team player Dieter Hamann who suffered a heart attack and nearly died a couple of years when he was merely 23 years old. Luckily, he fully recovered and plays for Liverpool. Another is that of Reggie Lewis who was the star player of the Boston Celtics(NBA) when he suddenly collapsed and died, in must have been the early 90ies. With him the cause had not been a heart attack but a heart anomaly which, IIRC, had gone undetected. And there have been various other cases where lesser known athletes were involved.
Finally, don't forget all those professional cyclists who have died over the course of the last few decades. With them the cause of death was seen in conjunction with the side effects of performance-enhancing drugs like Epo.