The Russian figure skater Yulia Lipnitskaya retired at 19 after a battle with anorexia. Lipnitskaya’s mother, Daniela, told Russia’s Tass news agency Monday that her daughter informed Russian skating officials of her retirement in April after three months of treatment for the disorder.
Lipnitskaya won gold in the team event at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, when she was 15, becoming the youngest Olympic skating champion since 1936. However, she won no medals in the individual competition, where she had been considered a potential champion.
Lipnitskaya bounced back with silver at the world championships in April 2014, her last major event.