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Super fit Australian tennis champion Todd Woodbridge has encouraged people to get a health check after suffering a heart attack last week.
The 51-year-old commentator who won 16 grand slam doubles titles with doubles partner Mark Woodforde has described the incident as a ‘wake-up call’ of the hidden dangers even for the fittest of middle-aged people.
Australian tennis champion Todd Woodbridge (pictured) has encouraged people to get a health check after suffering a mild heart attack last week
Woodbridge (pictured with doubles partner Mark Woodforde) is a 16-time grand slam doubles champion who has kept fit and healthy since he retired in 2005
At 51, Woodbridge is a year younger than Shane Warne when he had his fatal attack while a slew of other Australian sports figures have had heart attacks around that same age.
‘It was last Thursday, I tried to keep my routine having travelled to the US Open and London and I was just exercising and had chest pains and every symptom when you look up Google – full sweats and I felt awful,’ Woodbridge told the Herald.
‘I had a little heart episode that goes down as a mild heart attack which is a bit of a shock to me.
‘I consider (I) lead a pretty good fit healthy lifestyle – I keep active, I eat well, I do all the right things, I enjoy doing that.
‘It’s been a wake-up call to me to make sure I look after myself. If it can happen to me it shows that it can happen to anybody.’
Australian cricket hero and legendary leg-spinner, Shane Warne, died suddenly of a massive heart attack aged 52 while on holiday in Thailand
The event is the latest in a disturbing spate of heart attacks bringing down high profile Aussie athletes in their early 50s.
Cricket icon Shane Warne was 52 when he was found unresponsive in his luxury villa in Thailand after suffering a heart attack.
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