List of skiing deaths

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This is a list of skiing deaths of notable people, in chronological order, and includes skiers and snowboarders both professional and recreational whose deaths are due to accidents or avalanches.

List[edit]

Name Age Location Country Date of Accident
Mieczysław Karłowicz 32 Tatra Mountains Poland-Slovakia border 1909-02-08
Giacinto Sertorelli 22 Garmisch, Bavaria Germany 1938-01-26
James Palmer-Tomkinson 36 Klosters, Graubünden Switzerland 1952-01-07
Paul Ausserleitner 26 Bischofshofen Austria 1952-01-09
John Semmelink 20 Garmisch, Bavaria West Germany 1959-02-07 [1]
Ross Milne 19 Patscherkofel, Innsbruck, Tyrol Austria 1964-01-25 [2]
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, Haute-Savoie France 1970-01-23 [3]
Leonardo David 18 Whiteface Mountain, New York United States 1979-03-03[Note 1]
Sara Mustonen 16 Hintertux, Tyrol Austria 1979-09-12
Josef Walcher 29 Schladming, Styria Austria 1984-01-22
Hugh Lindsay 34 Gotschnagrat, Klosters, Graubünden Switzerland 1988-03-10 [4]
Jules Fiske Harrison 18 Zermatt Switzerland 1988-04-04 [5][6]
Alfonso, Duke of Anjou and Cádiz 52 Beaver Creek, Colorado United States 1989-01-30
Gernot Reinstadler 20 Lauberhorn, Wengen, Bern Switzerland 1991-01-20 [7]
Ulrike Maier 26 Garmisch, Bavaria Germany 1994-01-29
Michael Kennedy 39 Aspen, Colorado United States 1997-12-31
Sonny Bono 62 Heavenly, Nevada United States 1998-01-05[8]
Doak Walker 71 Steamboat, Colorado United States 1998-01-30[Note 2]
Michel Trudeau 23 Kokanee Glacier Park, British Columbia Canada 1998-11-13
Régine Cavagnoud 31 Pitztal Glacier, Innsbruck, Tyrol Austria 2001-10-31 [9]
Line Østvold 25 Valle Nevado, Santiago Chile 2004-09-19
Craig Kelly 36 Revelstoke, British Columbia Canada 2003-01-20
Jonatan Johansson 26 Whiteface Mountain, 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, Colorado United States 2007-02-01
John McWethy 60 Keystone, Colorado United States 2008-02-06
John Nicoletta 27 Alyeska Resort, Alaska United States 2008-04-11[10]
Natasha Richardson 45 Mont Tremblant, Quebec Canada 2009-03-16
Shane McConkey 39 Dolomites Italy 2009-03-26
C. R. Johnson 26 Squaw Valley, California United States 2010-02-24
Jamie Pierre 38 Snowbird, Utah United States 2011-11-24[11]
Sarah Burke 29 Park City, Utah United States 2012-01-19[12]
Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau 44 Lech, Vorarlberg Austria 2012-02-17
Nik Zoricic 29 Grindelwald, Bern Switzerland 2012-03-10
Claude Nobs 76 Caux-Sur-Montreux, Vaud Switzerland 2012-12-24 [13]
David Coe 58 Aspen, Colorado United States 2013-01-21
Philippe Favre 51 Val Thorens, Savoie, French Alps France 2013-12-06 [14]
Andreas Fransson 31 Monte San Lorenzo, Patagonia Argentina–Chile border 2014-09-29
JP Auclair 37 Monte San Lorenzo, Patagonia Argentina–Chile border 2014-09-29
Sam Beall 39 Beaver Creek, Colorado United States 2016-02-25
Matilda Hargin née Rapaport 30 Farellones, Santiago Chile 2016-07-14
David Poisson 35 Nakiska, Alberta Canada 2017-11-13 [15]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ 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 at age 24 on 26 February 1985 in Gressoney-Saint-Jean, Italy.
  2. ^ Doak Walker died eight months after the accident, on September 27, 1998

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Tragedy mars Canadian ski triumph". Montreal Gazette. Canadian Press. February 9, 1959. p. 17.
  2. ^ "Australian skier killed in Olympic drill". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Associated Press. January 26, 1964. p. 41.
  3. ^ Hit a tree during a World Cup downhill. http://www.skihorizon.com/FR/magazine/itin02022001.asp
  4. ^ "1988: Avalanche hits royal ski party". BBC News. 1988-03-10.
  5. ^ "Mad Bulls and Englishmen". The Times. 2009-12-26.
  6. ^ "How do I hate skiing? Let me count the ways". The Times. 2009-03-21.
  7. ^ "Austrian Skier Dies After Race Fall". The New York Times. 1991-01-20.
  8. ^ Sonny Bono Is Killed in Ski Crash, Washington Post, 1998-01-07
  9. ^ "Skiing mourns Cavagnoud". BBC. 2001-10-31.
  10. ^ "Extreme skier dies in Alaska". Jackson Hole News and Guide. 2008-04-08.
  11. ^ "Skier Jamie Pierre Killed in Avalanche". Gear Junkie. Retrieved 2016-01-05.
  12. ^ "Freestyler Burke went into cardiac arrest after accident". www.cbc.ca. Retrieved 2016-01-05.
  13. ^ Keepnews, Peter (11 January 2013). "Claude Nobs, Founder of Montreux Jazz Festival, Dies at 76". The New York Times. Retrieved 2014-02-16.
  14. ^ Watkins, Gary (7 December 2013). "Philippe Favre killed in skiing accident". Autosport. Retrieved 2015-05-19.
  15. ^ David Poisson, French Olympic skier, dies in training accident aged 35. https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/nov/13/david-poisson-french-olympic-skier-dies-in-training-accident-aged-35
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