Julie Pomagalski

Julie Pomagalski
Personal information
Nationality	French
Born	10 October 1980; La Tronche, France
Died	23 March 2021 (aged 40); Gemsstock, Switzerland
Sport
Country	France
Sport	Snowboarding
Medal record
Women’s snowboarding
Representing France
World Championships

Julié Pomagalski (10 October 1980 – 23 March 2021) was a French snowboarder.

She was born in La Tronche,^[1] and was the granddaughter of Jean Pomagalski [fr], founder of the Poma ski lift manufacturing company.^[2] She competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics, where she placed sixth in parallel giant slalom. She competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics, where she placed sixth in parallel giant slalom.^[3] She won a gold medal in snowboard cross at the FIS Snowboarding World Championships 1999, and a silver medal in parallel giant slalom at the FIS Snowboarding World Championships 2003.^[4]

Pomagalski died in an avalanche in Switzerland on 23 ‎March 2021, at age 40.^[2]

References

^ "Julie Pomagalski". olympedia.org. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Snowboard world champ Julie Pomagalski dies at 40". olympicchannel.com. 23 March 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Julie Pomagalski". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
^ "Athlete : POMAGALSKI Julie, WSC". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 1 September 2018.

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