The Australian athletics world has been left in mourning after the death of Stawell Gift finalist Jemma Stapleton.<\/p>\n
Stapleton, 25, is believed to have died while overseas on a family holiday.<\/p>\n
The cause of death has not been revealed.<\/p>\n
A GoFundMe has been set up for the Stapleton family.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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“It is with great sadness that our beautiful friends the Stapleton family are facing the unmeasurable grief while on a family holiday with the passing of their beautiful daughter, sister and partner Jemma,” the post reads.<\/p>\n
“This GoFundMe has been set up (and approved by the family) to help ease a bit of pressure financially for the family so they can grieve together and spend as much time together as possible to get through and navigate this impossible loss.”<\/p>\n
Stapleton’s partner, Tyler Gray, and brother, Joel, posted heartbreaking tributes on their Instagram pages.<\/p>\n
“I can’t put into words the hurt I am feeling,” Gray wrote.<\/p>\n
“You are the single greatest thing to happen to me and I am so grateful for the love we shared.<\/p>\n
“I love you with all my heart.”<\/p>\n
“I love you so so much,” Joel wrote.<\/p>\n
“I promise I’ll make you proud.”<\/p>\n
The Victorian Athletic League said Stapleton had left a lasting impact on the people around her.<\/p>\n
“It is with great sadness that we acknowledge the passing of Jemma Stapleton,” they wrote.<\/p>\n
“Jemma was a valued member of our community whose presence, character and contribution left a lasting impact on those around her.<\/p>\n
“On behalf of everyone at the Victorian Athletic League, we extend our deepest condolences to her family, friends and loved ones during this difficult time.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Australian athletics world has been left in mourning after the death of Stawell Gift finalist Jemma Stapleton.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":730700,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[64,63,89783,34464,85,353695,353696],"class_list":["post-730699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australian-athletics","tag-gofundme","tag-sports","tag-stawell-gift-finalist-jemma-stapleton","tag-victorian-athletic-league"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/730699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=730699"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/730699\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/730700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=730699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=730699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=730699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}