Belarus Konstantin Koltsov celebrates his team’s first goal in front of Russian goalkeeper Ilya Bryzgalov during their quarter-final game at the 2009 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championships in Bern on May 6, 2009. Konstantin Koltsov, the boyfriend of two-time tennis Grand Slam champion Aryna Sabalenka and a former ice hockey player, has died aged 42, the Belarusian hockey federation said on Tuesday.
Koltsov’s playing career included a stint with the Pittsburgh Penguins in the NHL, where he made 144 appearances between 2003 and 2006.“The Penguins extend their deepest condolences to the family and friends of former Penguins forward, Konstantin Koltsov,” the team said in a statement. He also played for Belarus at two Olympic Games — Salt Lake City in 2002 and Vancouver in 2010 — as well as nine world championships.
He had three children with his wife Julia whom he divorced in 2020 before he began a relationship with Sabalenka.
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