List of skiing deaths explained

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.

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 jumpers have died during practice or in national events ().

List

NameAgeLocationCountryDate of accident
Mieczysław Karłowicz32Tatra MountainsPoland–Slovakia border1909-02-08
Giacinto Sertorelli22Garmisch, BavariaGermany1938-01-26
James Palmer-Tomkinson361952-01-07
Paul Ausserleitner26Austria1952-01-09
20Garmisch, BavariaWest Germany1959-02-07[1]
Ross Milne19Austria1964-01-25[2]
Buddy Werner28Las Trais Fluors slope, St. MoritzSwitzerland1964-04-12
Barbara Henneberger23Las Trais Fluors slope, St. MoritzSwitzerland1964-04-12
Michel Bozon20Piste Emile Allais, Megève, Haute-SavoieFrance1970-01-23[3]
Leonardo David18Whiteface Mountain, New YorkUnited States1979-03-03[4]
Sara Mustonen16Austria1979-09-12
Josef Walcher29Austria1984-01-22
Hugh Lindsay34Gotschnagrat, Klosters, GraubündenSwitzerland1988-03-10[5]
Alfonso, Duke of Anjou and Cádiz52Beaver Creek, ColoradoUnited States1989-01-30
Gernot Reinstadler20Lauberhorn, Wengen, BernSwitzerland1991-01-20[6]
Nicolas Bochatay27Les Arcs, SavoieFrance1992-02-22
Ulrike Maier26Germany1994-01-29
Michael Kennedy39Aspen, ColoradoUnited States1997-12-31
Sonny Bono62Heavenly, NevadaUnited States1998-01-05[7]
Doak Walker71Steamboat, ColoradoUnited States1998-01-30[8]
Michel Trudeau23Kokanee Glacier Park, British ColumbiaCanada1998-11-13
Régine Cavagnoud31Austria2001-10-31[9]
Marco Siffredi22Mount Everest, Koshi ProvinceNepal2002-09-08
Line Østvold25Valle Nevado, SantiagoChile2004-09-19
Craig Kelly36Revelstoke, British ColumbiaCanada2003-01-20
Jonatan Johansson26Whiteface Mountain, New YorkUnited States2006-03-12
Doug Coombs48Couloir de Polichinelle, La GraveFrance2006-04-03
Edward LaChapelle80Monarch Ski Area, ColoradoUnited States2007-02-01
John McWethy60Keystone, ColoradoUnited States2008-02-06
John Nicoletta27Alyeska Resort, AlaskaUnited States2008-04-11[10]
Natasha Richardson45Mont Tremblant, QuebecCanada2009-03-16
Shane McConkey39DolomitesItaly 2009-03-26
C. R. Johnson26Squaw Valley, CaliforniaUnited States2010-02-24
Jamie Pierre38Snowbird, UtahUnited States2011-11-24[11]
Sarah Burke29Park City, UtahUnited States2012-01-10[12]
Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau44Lech, VorarlbergAustria2012-02-17
Nik Zoricic29Grindelwald, BernSwitzerland2012-03-10
Claude Nobs76Switzerland2012-12-24[13]
58Aspen, ColoradoUnited States 2013-01-21
Philippe Favre51Val Thorens, Savoie, French AlpsFrance2013-12-06[14]
Andreas Fransson31Monte San Lorenzo, PatagoniaArgentina–Chile border2014-09-29
JP Auclair37Monte San Lorenzo, PatagoniaArgentina–Chile border2014-09-29
Sam Beall39Beaver Creek, ColoradoUnited States2016-02-25
Matilda Hargin née Rapaport30Farellones, SantiagoChile2016-07-14
David Poisson35Nakiska, AlbertaCanada2017-11-13[15]
Amanda Asay33Whitewater Ski Resort, British ColumbiaCanada2022-01-07[16]
Gaspard Ulliel37La Rosière Ski Resort, SavoieFrance2022-01-18[17]

Notes and References

  1. News: 9 February 1959 . Tragedy mars Canadian ski triumph . Montreal Gazette . 17 . Canadian Press.
  2. News: 26 January 1964 . Australian skier killed in Olympic drill . Sarasota Herald-Tribune . 41 . Associated Press.
  3. Hit a tree during a World Cup downhill. http://www.skihorizon.com/FR/magazine/itin02022001.asp
  4. 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 twenty-four on 26 February 1985 in Gressoney-Saint-Jean, Italy.
  5. News: 1988: Avalanche hits royal ski party . BBC News . 1988-03-10.
  6. News: Austrian Skier Dies After Race Fall. The New York Times . 1991-01-20.
  7. https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/campaigns/junkie/links/bono.htm Sonny Bono Is Killed in Ski Crash
  8. Walker died eight months after the accident, on 27 September 1998.
  9. News: Skiing mourns Cavagnoud. BBC . 2001-10-31.
  10. Web site: Extreme skier dies in Alaska. Jackson Hole News and Guide. 2008-04-08.
  11. Web site: Regenold . Stephen . 14 November 2011 . Skier Jamie Pierre Killed in Avalanche . 14 October 2024 . Gear Junkie.
  12. Web site: Care . Tony . 16 January 2012 . Freestyler Burke went into cardiac arrest after accident . 14 October 2024 . cbc.ca.
  13. News: Keepnews . Peter . 11 January 2013 . Claude Nobs, Founder of Montreux Jazz Festival, Dies at 76 . 14 October 2024 . The New York Times.
  14. News: Watkins . Gary . 7 December 2013 . Philippe Favre killed in skiing accident . 14 October 2024 . Autosport.
  15. News: Reed . Jessica . 2017-11-13 . David Poisson, French Olympic skier, dies in training accident aged 35 . 2024-04-22 . The Guardian . en-GB . 0261-3077.
  16. Web site: 9 January 2022 . Longtime Canadian women's baseball team member Amanda Asay dead at 33 . 14 October 2024 . cbc.ca.
  17. Web site: Vaux-Montagny . Nicolas . 19 January 2022 . French actor Gaspard Ulliel, 37, dies after ski accident . ABC News . 25 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220125184247/https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/french-actor-gaspard-ulliel-hospitalized-ski-accident-82347687 . live.

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