Top 5 disturbingly unforgettable events in the world of sports

Monica Seles stabbed in Germany:

Monica Seles stabbed

Tennis player Monica Seles was stabbed by a mentally unbalanced German man who was described as a loner, claiming he was only trying to hurt Seles during a match in Hamburg. The culprit, a fan of German tennis star Steffi Graf, hoped that by injuring Seles his idol Graf would be No. 1 again.

At the time of the incident, Seles had won eight Grand Slam titles and was ranked No. 1 in the world. On April 30, 1993, it was during a game break in her match against Magdalena Maleeva at the Hamburg Open when the accused, Gunter Parche, leaned over and stabbed her between the shoulders with a knife. Parche was quickly taken into custody by security officials and Seles was taken to the hospital. She recovered from her injuries but the trauma kept still remained and she didn’t play again professionally for another two years.