Olympic figure skating legend Surya Bonaly reveals her medals were stolen from Vegas home while she was away caring for cancer-stricken mother
Former French Olympic figure skater Surya Bonaly had her medals stolen from her Las Vegas home by a pair of thieves over four days while she was caring for her cancer-stricken mother.Bonaly, 51, is asking the public — and pawn shops — near and around Sin City to be on the lookout for the medals she won over her illustrious career, the French-born figure skating icon posted on Instagram Saturday.“You see all those medals that I won in the past while competing in different worlds and European championships are sadly gone.Several days ago someone, I mean a couple burglarized my home and stole all my valuable,” Bonaly said.“Little reminder to Vegas residents or Pawn Shops, if you ever see some foreign gold and silver medals for sales, Please Please call the Police immediately.”Security camera footage from Bonaly’s home — located about 7 miles west of the Las Vegas strip — captured what she described as a well-organized burglary.The footage obtained by Fox 5 Vegas showed different individuals arriving each day, shattering windows, tearing down cameras, and cutting the WiFi during the calculated break-in.The video showed a figure in a black hoodie next to a woman who appeared to be wearing a delivery vest, breaking into her home.“I think it’s definitely organized by a company or by some bad people,” Bonaly told the outlet.
During the break in, Bonaly was in Minnesota as she cared for her mother, who is battling lung, breast, and sternum cancer.Bonaly — who is also undergoing treatment for breast cancer while maintaining her work as a trainer — said she returned three days after the burglary to find her home completely ransacked.Then, she made the gut-wrenching discovery that all the medals she’s won over her career — which spanned from 1989 to 1995 — were stolen.“European champion or world champion, junior, everything — any medals that I had with my skating,” Bonaly said.Bonaly, who earned five European and nine French national tit...