World skating champion Luz Mery Tristán, 60, shot dead at home as fiancé, 58, arrested ‘while holding gun’

A WORLD skating champion was allegedly shot dead by her fiance who was arrested while holding a gun.

Luz Mery Tristán, 60, was found dead by police at the couple home in Cali, Colombia on Saturday.

Luz Mery Tristán, 60, was shot dead at home

She was the first Colombian to win a World Road Speed Skating Championship

EPARelatives and friends mourn during the wake of former Colombian skater Luz Mery Tristan, in Cali, Colombia[/caption]

Police arrested Andrés Ricci, 58, who was holding the gun allegedly used to kill the sporting champion.

He admitted to killing the mum-of-five in a virtual hearing on Sunday.

He is facing once count of aggravated femicide and three other counts, including trafficking and illegal possession of a firearm.

Tristan was the first Colombian to win a World Road Speed Skating Championship in 1990.

She also won gold in the 5,000-meter event and bronze in the relay race at the 1987 Pan American Games in Indianapolis, Indiana.

A family member told El País newspaper: “I would like her to be remembered for everything she did for sports in Colombia. I ask you to honor her.”

Tristán was formerly married to Colombian drug lord, Joaquín Valencia.

He was sentenced to 40 years and ordered to surrender $110 million in 2007 after being convicted of drug trafficking and money laundering.