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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.
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 ...
French prosecutors have opened an enquiry into the death of a British skier on a notorious black run in the French Alps. ... Another fatal fall in an off-piste area nearby saw a snowboarder die on ...
Olympian snowboarder Sophie Hediger was killed in an avalanche in her home country of Switzerland on Monday. ... She obtained her first two places at World Cup podiums during the 2023-2024 season ...
Swiss snowboarder Sophie Hediger, famous for competing in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, tragically lost her life yesterday (December 23) in an avalanche at Arosa Lenzerheide, a ski area ...
Sophie Anna Hediger (14 December 1998 – 23 December 2024) was a Swiss snowboarder. She competed in the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, in women's snowboard cross, and in the mixed team snowboard cross. [1] [2] [3]
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]
Julie Pomagalski, a former Olympic snowboarder for France, died in an avalanche in the Swiss Alps on Tuesday, the Associated Press reports. She was 40 years old.The AP notes that French and Swiss ...