List of skiing deaths

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The following is a partial list of skiing deaths of notable people, in chronological order. It includes skiiers and snowboarders both professional and recreational whose deaths are due to accidents or avalanches.

[edit] Skiing deaths

Name Age Location Country Date of Accident
Mieczysław Karłowicz 32 Tatra Mountains Poland-Slovakia border 1909-02-08
Giacinto Sertorelli 22 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Germany 1938-01-26
James Palmer-Tomkinson 36 1952-01-07
Ross Milne 19 Innsbruck Austria 1964-01-25
Buddy Werner 28 Las Trais Fluors slope, St. Moritz Switzerland 1964-04-12
Barbara Henneberger 23 Las Trais Fluors slope, St. Moritz Switzerland 1964-04-12
Michel Bozon 20 Piste Emile Allais, Megève France 1970-01-23[1]
Josef Walcher 29 Schladming Austria 1984-01-22
Leonardo David 24 Lake Placid, New York United States 1979-03-03[2]
Hugh Lindsay 43 or 44 Gotschnagrat Mountain, Klosters Switzerland 1988-03-10[3]
Alfonso, Duke of Anjou and Cádiz 52 Beaver Creek Resort, Colorado United States 1989-01-30
Duncan MacPherson 23 Stubai Alps Austria 1989-08-10
Gernot Reinstadler 20 Wengen Switzerland 1991-01-20[4]
Ulrike Maier 26 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Germany 1994-01-29
Michael Kennedy 39 Aspen, Colorado United States 1997-12-31
Sonny Bono 62 Heavenly Ski Resort, Nevada United States 1998-01-05
Doak Walker 71 Steamboat Springs, Colorado United States 1998-09-27
Michel Trudeau 23 Kokanee Glacier Park, British Columbia Canada 1998-11-13
Régine Cavagnoud 31 Pitztal Glacier, Innsbruck Austria 2001-10-31[5]
Line Østvold 25 Valle Nevado, Santiago Chile 2004-09-19
Jonatan Johansson 26 Whiteface Mountain, Lake Placid, New York United States 2006-03-12
Doug Coombs 48 Couloir de Polichinelle, La Grave France 2006-04-03
Edward LaChapelle 80 Monarch Ski Area near Salida, Colorado United States 2007-02-01
Billy Poole 28 Big Cottonwood Canyon, Salt Lake City, Utah USA 2008-01-22
John McWethy 60 Keystone, Colorado United States 2008-02-06
Natasha Richardson 45 Mont-Tremblant, Quebec Canada 2009-03-16
Shane McConkey 39 Dolomites Italy 2009-03-26
C. R. Johnson 26 Squaw Valley Ski Resort United States 2010-02-24
Arne Backstrom 29 Pisco Mountain, Cordillera Blanca Peru 2010-06-04
Fredrik Ericsson 35 K2, Sino-Pakistani Border China 2010-08-06
Jamie Pierre 38 Snowbird, Utah United States 2011-11-24
Sarah Burke 29 Park City, Utah United States 2012-01-19

[edit] References

  1. ^ Hit a tree during a World Cup downhill. http://www.skihorizon.com/FR/magazine/itin02022001.asp
  2. ^ Crashed and suffered brain trauma during a World Cup downhill race at Lake Placid. After being in a coma for nearly six years, he died on 26 February 1985 in Gressoney-Saint-Jean, Italy.
  3. ^ "1988: Avalanche hits royal ski party". BBC News. 1988-03-10. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/10/newsid_2566000/2566699.stm. 
  4. ^ "Austrian Skier Dies After Race Fall". The New York Times. 1991-01-20. http://www.nytimes.com/1991/01/20/sports/austrian-skier-dies-after-race-fall.html. 
  5. ^ "Skiing mourns Cavagnoud". BBC. 2001-10-31. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/1630461.stm. 
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