A SCOTTISH taekwondo champion has died in a competition as friends and family looked on.
A SCOTTISH taekwondo champion has died in a competition as friends and family looked on.
LOSS: While Patrick Timoney was respected as a taekwondo champion, his family and friends will remember him as a devoted father to his three children.
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Jody Harrison and Victoria Weldon
Patrick Timoney, known as Paddy, is thought to have suffered a heart attack during a grading session in Livingston, West Lothian, as his wife Jackie sat on the panel judging his performance.
The 42-year-old father-of-three's closest friend, John McIlvaney, helped to administer CPR while waiting for an ambulance to arrive.
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