Patrick Timoney, who has died aged 42, was a long-time Scotland star in the martial art of taekwondo and the kind of champion who combined great sporting skill with immense reserves of warmth, humour and camaraderie. All of which makes it doubly sad that Paddy – pictured, left, as he was known in his domain – should have collapsed and died of a heart attack at such a young age during a competition in Livingston on Sunday.
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Patrick Timoney
Taekwondo champion;
Born: February 7, 1970; Died: November 11, 2012.
Patrick Timoney, who has died aged 42, was a long-time Scotland star in the martial art of taekwondo and the kind of champion who combined great sporting skill with immense reserves of warmth, humour and camaraderie. All of which makes it doubly sad that Paddy – pictured, left, as he was known in his domain – should have collapsed and died of a heart attack at such a young age during a competition in Livingston on Sunday.
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