The young Italian Michele Sica, former world junior figure skating champion, has died at the age of 26. A tragic piece of news that has been confirmed in the last few hours by the club in which he had been coach for a long time, the Giovanni Masi Sports Club, from Bologna. For now, the causes of his death have not been disclosed. The nephew of the famous Italian boxer Elio Cotena, Sica was a two-time junior world champion, in 2015 in Cali and in 2016 in Novara. In addition, in 2018 he won the silver medal in the absolute category Europeans held in Lagoa (Portugal).
“It is with immense pain and disbelief that we announce the sudden and premature death of the young coach of the Masi skating club and friend Michele Sica. Michele had been with us for a few years, he was born in 1997 and before dedicating himself to training he had had an important career as a figure skater. Deep condolences to the whole family," the entity wrote on its social networks.
