The case of the Australian athlete who died 15 months ago and became a father this week

An unusual and emotional story is that of an Australian athlete. Alex Pullin, a snowboarding star and three-time Olympian, died at the age of 32 in July 2020 in an accident while spearfishing. Today, after 15 months, he has become a father.

The miracle has been possible thanks to fertilization in vitro and is that, after the death of Pullin in the sea of ​​Palm Beach last July 2020, sperm were extracted from snowborder Australian so that his wife, Ellidy Pullin, could then fulfill their dream of having their firstborn.

Ellidy Pullin posted a photo on her Instagram to reveal that Minnie Alex Pullin was born healthy. During the last months she was telling how her pregnancy was going and sending messages to her future daughter: “Your dad and I have been dreaming of you for years, little one. I am honored to finally welcome a part of the phenomenon that is Chumpy back to this world! “Pullin wrote.

Pullin told through his social networks that they had been trying to have a child before Alex died in 2020 but they had not succeeded and had already decided to have it through this medical procedure.

Alex Pullin was a two-time world champion of snowboard cross. It was gold at La Molina, in 2011 and at Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury, in 2013. Then, in 2017, it was bronze at the World Cup held in Sierra Nevada. He participated in the Olympic Games in Vancouver 2010, Sochi 2014 and Pyeongchang 2018. He died from an accident while practicing underwater fishing on the beach in Palm Beach.

Who is Alex Pullin?

Alex Pullin (Mansfield, September 20, 1987-Gold Coast, July 8, 2020) was an Australian athlete who competed in snowboard, specialist in cross-country testing.

He won three medals at the World Snowboard Championships between 2011 and 2017. Participated in three Winter Olympics, between 2010 and 2018, ranking 6th in Pyeongchang 2018, in cross country.

He was the standard bearer of his country at the 2014 Sochi Olympics. He died at the age of 32 from an accident while spearfishing on the beach in Palm Beach.

What is fertilization in vitro?

The fertilization in vitro (IVF) is the union of a woman’s egg and a man’s sperm in a laboratory dish. In vitror means outside the body. Fertilization means that the sperm has fixed and has entered the egg.

IVF is a form of assisted reproductive technology. This means the use of special medical techniques to help a woman get pregnant. It is used very frequently when other less expensive fertilization techniques have failed.