Hungarian skeet champion Diana Igaly dies of coronavirus at 56

FILE PHOTO: Hungarian skeet shooter Diana Igaly pauses during practice in Budaors near Budapest on April 30, 2008. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh/File Photo

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungarian skeet shooter Diana Igaly, an Olympic champion in Athens in 2004, has died at age 56 from complications related to the coronavirus, the Hungarian Shooting Association said on Friday.

Hungary is currently grappling with the world's deadliest surge of the COVID-19 pandemic - the highest weekly number of deaths per capita for nearly three weeks, according to Johns Hopkins University data.