Richard Adjei
Richard Adjei was a German bobsledder who competed since 2007. He was also an American football linebacker.
Bobsleigh career
His first World Cup event at Königssee, Germany earned him a win in the two-man event on 9 January 2010. Adeji won silver in the two-man event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver as a pusher in tandem with driver Thomas Florschütz. He also won the gold medal in the World Championship four-man event at Königssee in 2011, as second brakeman in the bob piloted by Manuel Machata.Adjei died on 26 October 2020 from a heart attack at the age of 37.