GOLD COAST, Australia (AP) — Two-time world snowboard champion and Winter Olympian Alex Pullin has drowned while spearfishing on Australia’s Gold Coast.
A police spokesman said a 32-year-old man was unresponsive when taken from the water and died despite receiving CPR from lifeguards and emergency treatment from paramedics.
The accident happened at Palm Beach around 10:40 a.m. local time Wednesday.
Pullin won gold medals in the snowboard cross event at the 2011 and 2013 world championships and was Australia's flag-bearer at the opening ceremony of the 2014 Sochi Olympics.