It’s been six years since the tragic death of Blanca Fernández OchoaSpanish sports history for being the first woman in the country to win an Olympic medal. After eleven days gonefound his lifeless body in the Sierra de Guadarrama in September 2019. His children, Forget and Davidoffered an interview to Friday!Or They remember their mother and this difficult stage of her life.
“The person who has supported me the most has always been my brother,” said Olivia, to whom David gave the strength to move forward. “Every death is very complicated, but “A death in these circumstances is devastating” » added the 26-year-old.
“Facing death in this way is… it’s just that I experienced it because of my father and I can try to feel what you feltwhich I imagine to be a mixture of sensations”, intervened Terelu Campos, whose father also committed suicide when she was only 18 years old.
Olivia assured that everyone in these circumstances wonders If I could have done something to avoid itbut in that moment they helped him understand that this was not the case.
According to what Blanca Fernández Ochoa’s children commented, The athlete’s absences were not unusual. “We were smaller at that time. My uncles and my father were the ones who lived their entire sporting career and were more aware of the fact that sometimes he left”, David explained.
It was Olivia who raised the alarm when she saw this. His mother hadn’t answered his calls for several days.. “My mother was going to disconnect from the world, perfectly understandable, but to disconnect from her children… That already seemed strange to me. “I never did.”revealed the young woman.
His brother admitted that one of the greatest indicators of his mother’s disappearance was that He left his two dogs at home. “It surprised us all. It was a group of three. Where Choco was going, Trufa and my mother were going,” David commented on the set of Friday!
At no time did Blanca Fernández Ochoa give any indications or signs that she was going through such a bad patch. “You wonder if we could have done anything, but You rewind and there’s no trigger, no signal. »Olivia assured.
The young woman even remembers that The last day he spent with his mother was “spectacular”. “I saw her better than ever. We went to eat, for a walk and she was happy, I saw her well. We weren’t expecting anything. “I don’t think you’re aware of anything at this point.”he assured.
David is “clear” that his mother did not make the decision to kill herself beforehand for them. “I think that she was fighting and I think that The main reason, like that of any mother, is her children.” » added his sister.
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