Army grieves loss of wrestling star who died from surgery complications
STARS AND STRIPES • January 11, 2024
The Army is mourning the unexpected loss of a young soldier-athlete who had her sights set on an Olympic gold medal in freestyle wrestling this summer.
Spc. Estrella “Star” Dorado Marin, 21, died Jan. 3 in Thornton, Colo., of complications from emergency surgery, the Army said in a statement Wednesday.
She had experienced numbness in her upper extremities from blood clots, her family told the Army.
Dorado Marin, whose nickname came from the English translation of her first name, enlisted in the Army in 2020 as a fuel supply specialist and later joined the service’s World Class Athlete Program as a freestyle wrestler.
https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2024-01-11/army-wrestler-dies-surgery-12634105.html