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Jersey Shore Olympic Bobsledder Pavle Jovanovic Dead At 43 Jersey Shore Olympic Bobsledder Pavle Jovanovic Dead At 43
Jersey Shore Olympic Bobsledder Pavle Jovanovic Dead At 43 Tributes mounted as word spread this weekend of the sudden death last week of former U.S. Olympic bobsledder -- and Jersey Shore native -- Pavle Jovanovic. Jovanovic took his own life last Sunday, USA Bobsled/Skeleton reported. He was 43. Olympic 2006 teammate Steve Mesler called Jovanovic his “personal legend, the athlete [who] set the standard for focus, dedication, meticulousness, and drive. For six years, Mesler said, Jovanovic “was the best bobsledder on the planet and I wanted to be just like him. “Pav was the best teammate anyone ever had. He knew your success would mean his succes…

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by Jerry DeMarco