A look at sports stars who retired early
Dec 3, 2016 - 12:03 AM NICO ROSBERG'S STUNNING RETIREMENT JUST AFTER WINNING THE WORLD TITLE SHOCKED THE WORLD OF FORMULA ONE. HERE ARE SOME OTHER ATHLETES WHO RETIRED EARLY.---
BJORN BORG (TENNIS)
Borg retired at the beginning of 1983, aged just 26. Considered to be one of the greatest tennis players of all time, the Swede won Wimbledon five times in a row and also claimed six French Open titles.
Borg failed to win the US Open in 10 tries, losing four finals - 1976 and 1978 to Jimmy Connors, and 1980 and 1981 to McEnroe.
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ROCKY MARCIANO (BOXING)
Marciano had been the world heavyweight champion for four years and won all 49 of his fights - 43 by knockout - when he retired in 1956 at the age of 32..
He died 13 years later in a plane crash.
Marciano remains the only heavyweight champion to retire undefeated.
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JUSTINE HENIN (TENNIS)
The seven-time Grand Slam winner was still No. 1 in the WTA rankings when she shocked the world of tennis with the news of her retirement at age 25 in 2008.
She said she had lost the desire to train and wanted to rediscover the "small pleasures" of life.
Before Henin, no reigning No. 1 had retired from the women's game.
But the break did not last long. The 2004 Olympic champion returned 20 months later and reached the 2010 Australian Open final. She retired for good in January 2011 because of a lingering elbow injury.
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MAGIC JOHNSON (BASKETBALL)
The Los Angeles Lakers point guard ended his career on November. 7, 1991 after he found out he was HIV positive.
One of the most gifted basketball players in the NBA, Johnson was 32 when he retired after 12 seasons.
Johnson did not stay away from the game long. He was the MVP of the 1992 All-Star game and won a gold medal at the Barcelona Olympics before briefly coaching the Lakers in 1994 and returning to the court for 32 games in 1996 before calling it quits for good.
Source: AAP
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