By Lefteris Moutis/ moutis@eurohoops.net
Eurobasket and Euroleague champion Christian Welp died due to heart failure in his 51 years of age. A legend of German basketball, Welp had conquered the top of Europe with the German national team in 1993 and with Olympiacos in 1997.
Welp retired in 1999, until 2006 he was a member of the German national team coaching stuff and during the last years of his life, he was leaving in Seattle.