{"id":11178,"date":"2017-05-07T16:34:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-07T16:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/2017\/05\/07\/champion-bobsledder-steven-holcomb-found-dead-in-his-room\/"},"modified":"2017-05-07T16:34:00","modified_gmt":"2017-05-07T16:34:00","slug":"champion-bobsledder-steven-holcomb-found-dead-in-his-room","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/champion-bobsledder-steven-holcomb-found-dead-in-his-room\/","title":{"rendered":"Champion Bobsledder Steven Holcomb 'Found Dead In His Room'"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Steven Holcomb, an Olympic gold medalist bobsledder, was found dead Saturday morning in his room at the Training Center in Lake Placid, New York. He was 37 years old.<\/p>\n

News of his death came<\/a> from a statement by the United States Olympic Committee, which gave no information about the cause. The Associated Press said<\/a> foul play is not suspected. And The International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) said<\/a> Holcomb was found to have passed away in his sleep.<\/p>\n

An autopsy is tentatively scheduled for Sunday.<\/p>\n

At the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver, Holcomb helped steer the U.S. to its first Olympic bobsledding gold in more than 60 years, when he piloted a four-man team to victory. Four years later he won bronze in both two-man and four-man bobsled races.<\/p>\n

He also won 60 World Cup medals and 10 medals at world championships, reports<\/a> USA Today.<\/p>\n

“Steve was a tremendous athlete and even better person, and his perseverance and achievements were an inspiration to us all,” said Scott Blackmun, USOC CEO.<\/p>\n

Holcomb wrote about his struggles with alcohol and depression in his autobiography, But Now I See: My Journey from Blindness to Olympic Gold. <\/em>The book also outlined his 2007 suicide attempt with sleeping pills in a hotel room.<\/p>\n