Another death in Alicante – Italian athlete Orlando Gallucci found dead.
News of another athlete found dead has emerged from Alicante, Spain. Italian athlete Orlando Gallucci suffered a deadly heart attack.
In what should have been a celebration of a healthy lifestyle through bodybuilding and fitness, turned into a weekend of nightmares.
The competition weekend at the 2021 NPC Worldwide European Championships did not end well.
The first tragedy of the weekend was the sudden death of Professional female bodybuilder Alena Hatvani.
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Alena died just a few moments before stepping on stage to compete in the female bodybuilding division with the hopes of qualifying for the 2021 Olympia Weekend.
At the time of publishing this article, the NPC, NPC Worldwide or the Pro League have not announced the death of Alena. Even Alena’s coach has not published anything related to his clients death.
Sources close to Evolutionofbodybuilding.net have alleged that the cause of death was due to the abuse of diuretics.
Since her death, a number of professional and amateur female athletes and even some of the biggest names in the industry, such as Shawn Ray, have started campaigns educating athletes about the danger of diuretics and other drugs.
When the bodybuilding and fitness world thought they could move on with their lives after the shocking death of Alena, another death was reported in Alicante, Spain.
Orlando Gallucci, a competitive athlete and coach, was accompanying the Italian team for the 2021 NPC Worldwide European Championships, that took place between 12-15 August, 2021.
Orlando is from Solofra, Italy but lived in Avellino, Italy and was a personal trainer at Officina 2.0.
Many teams that travel to international competitions like to take a break after the competition is over.
According to sources close to this site, Orlando Gallucci decided to extend his stay in Spain. Unfortunately, these would be his final days.
Sources allege that Orlando suffered a massive heart attack that killed him instantly.
On 17 August, 2021, Orlando published training photos on his Facebook page. He most probably passed away that same evening, just a few hours later.
Orlando was still in competitive shape. He had just competed in the beginning of August.
In his last post, Orlando said “Another city, another gym, another workout day… No we are going for Paella”. This was published on 17 August, 2021 at 21:22.
Orlando was very dedicated and did not miss too many workouts.
The promoters or the NPC cannot be held responsible for Orlando’s death, but questions still need to be answered.
With all the deaths in recent days and months, are protocols used by coaches becoming just to dangerous?
According to his social media pages and posts, Orlando looked like he had no medical problems. Having a massive heart attack just hours after training is very suspicious.
Could the cause of death be due to the protocols he was on prior to his last competition at the beginning of August?
It is the job of every federation, association and promoter to make sure all athletes are in the best of health. More rules have to be put in place and more workshops to educate the athletes.
The young athletes must be informed what dangers are related to PED’s and diuretics. This deaths have to stop!
Evolutionofbodybuilding.net would like to send our deepest condolences to the family and friends of Orlando Galluci during this difficult time.
