8 Dec, 2023 @ 15:47
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Athletics champion, 22, dies in horror quad bike crash: Tributes pour in for rising star from Spain’s Costa del Sol

TRAGIC: Celia was killed while riding a quad bike on Thursday

TRIBUTES have poured in for a young athletics champion who tragically died in a quad bike accident.

Celia Bellicourt, 22, was killed in Arenas del Rey, in inland Granada on Thursday.

Her death was announced by her local athletics club in Nerja, on the Costa del Sol.

Next to a picture of the rising star they wrote: “One of our own, Celia Bellicourt, has gone. Today we are completely devastated, we cannot put into words our sadness and helplessness after hearing this tragic news, our athlete of six years has said goodbye far too soon.”

TRAGIC: Celia was killed while riding a quad bike on Thursday

They added: “We will always remember you with that magnificent smile, with your energy full of positivism and good words for everyone, today the Nerja Athletics Club has lost one of its own, rest in peace dear Celia.

“There are no goodbyes, wherever you are, You will be in our hearts.”

Celia was riding a quad bike with a friend when they crashed into a ravine.

The aspiring athlete was a medalist at the regional and national level and was a budding sprinter and jumper.

The tragic accident took place at just before 1pm on Thursday, when the 112 emergency service received a panicked call reporting that two people had crashed a quad bike into the Las Rajas ravine.

The man on the quad bike was injured but survived after being rushed to Granada hospital by helicopter.

A routine investigation has been opened into the crash by the Guardia Civil.

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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