The Olympic medalist died of suicide last week at the age of 23.
The family of Kelly Catlin is seeking answers to her death last week at 23. By Cindy Boren Cindy Boren Reporter covering sports, with an emphasis on politics and national stories Email Bio Follow March 12 at 12:26 PM The family of Kelly Catlin, the Olympic cyclist who died by suicide last week at 23, has donated her brain to Veterans Affairs-Boston University-Concussion Legacy Foundation Brain Bank, seeking answers for a series of behavioral changes that they believe contributed to her death.
Until recently Kelly Catlin, whose body was discovered Thursday in her on-campus residence at Stanford University, was a multitasking whirlwind who balanced graduate work in computational and mathematical engineering with her cycling career, according to family members. She was part of a team that won a silver medal in pursuit at the Rio Olympics in 2016 and also competed in professional road cycling.
She suffered from severe headaches and light sensitivity and found it impossible to focus on her studies, they said. Mark Catlin described a “perfect storm” of depression, classic concussion symptoms, overtraining, “not being able to say no” and other physical problems.“Everything was open to her, but somehow her thinking was changed and she couldn’t see beyond, I guess, her depression,” he said this week. “After her concussion, she started embracing nihilism. Life was meaningless.
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