They found Blanca Fernández Ochoa dead, the skier who had disappeared a week ago

The sports world is appalled after the announcement of the Spanish Civil Guard who acknowledged that after more than a week of research, the skier was found dead. Blanca Fernández Ochoa. The body was found on the third day of the search facility deployed in the Cercedilla area and the reasons for the death are still unknown.

The ex-skier, who had disappeared since August 24, had gone on a hike and had never returned home.

The President of the Spanish Olympic Committee (COE), Alejandro Blanco, expressed the "absolute consternation" of the body following the death of former skier Blanca Fernández Ochoa, whom he described as "Legend of Spanish and World Sport".

"Absolutely dismayed and sorry for the death of Blanca Fernández Ochoa, my most sincere condolences and those of the whole Spanish Olympic Movement to his family and friends." Today, we say goodbye to a legend of Spanish and world sport, DEP, "he wrote. Your Twitter account

After finishing his sports career, Blanca was devoted to other sports such as golf and had also participated in TV shows as a columnist.

She recently earned a living as a personal trainer at home, along with her sister Lola, although her economic situation is "very precarious," according to research sources and her family.

"I did not have a credit card and I only had a zero euro account," said his brother-in-law, Adrián Federighi.

The athlete's body will be transferred to the Institute of Anatomic Forensic Medicine of Madrid where an autopsy will be performed to determine the cause of his death.