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Sophie Hediger, who competed for Switzerland in the 2022 Winter Olympics, died on Monday in an avalanche while snowboarding in the Swiss Alps, the country’s ski federation said. She was 26.
Snowboarder Sophie Hediger, a 26-year-old from Switzerland who’d competed in the Olympics, was killed in an avalanche that crashed down a slope in the Swiss resort town of Arosa.
Olympian snowboarder Sophie Hediger was killed in an avalanche in her home country of Switzerland on Monday. Hediger, 26, was caught in an avalanche while "freeriding," also known as snowboarding ...
All cases in the list below are from alpine or downhill skiing activities; no skiers have been known to have died during any cross-country event, or in any major international ski jumping competitions (e.g. FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup, FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, and the Olympic Games), though many ski ...
Sophie Hediger, a member of Switzerland's snowboard cross team at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, has died following an avalanche at a mountain resort, the country's skiing federation said on ...
Soutter first learned to snowboard at the age of ten. She was a member of the inaugural British Europa Cup snowboard cross programme, and specialised in the freestyle, freeride and snowboard cross events. [3] She began competing in international events in the 2016 snowboarding season, coached by French Olympic snowboarder Déborah Anthonioz. [4]
The 26-year-old snowboarder died after being buried in an avalanche on a closed black diamond slope in eastern Switzerland. Swiss Olympic snowboarder Sophie Hediger dies in avalanche.
North face of Mount Everest. Mount Everest, Earth's highest mountain at 8,848.86 metres (29,031.7 ft) above sea level, has been host to numerous tragedies.Deaths have occurred on the mountain every year since 1978, excluding 2020, when permits were not issued due to the COVID-19 pandemic.