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.
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 (nb:Skader og dødsulykker i skihopping).
List
Name | Age | Location | Country | Date of Accident |
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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] |
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[5] |
Nicolas Bochatay | 27 | Les Arcs, Savoie | France | 1992-02-22 |
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[6] |
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[7] |
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[8] |
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[9] |
Sarah Burke | 29 | Park City, Utah | United States | 2012-01-19[10] |
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[11] |
David Coe | 58 | Aspen, Colorado | United States | 2013-01-21 |
Philippe Favre | 51 | Val Thorens, Savoie, French Alps | France | 2013-12-06[12] |
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[13] |
Amanda Asay | 33 | Whitewater Ski Resort, British Columbia | Canada | 2022-01-07[14] |
Gaspard Ulliel | 37 | La Rosière Ski Resort, Savoie | France | 2022-01-18[15] |
Notes
- ^ 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.
- ^ Doak Walker died eight months after the accident, on September 27, 1998
References
- ^ "Tragedy mars Canadian ski triumph". Montreal Gazette. Canadian Press. February 9, 1959. p. 17.
- ^ "Australian skier killed in Olympic drill". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Associated Press. January 26, 1964. p. 41.
- ^ Hit a tree during a World Cup downhill. http://www.skihorizon.com/FR/magazine/itin02022001.asp Archived 2010-03-01 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "1988: Avalanche hits royal ski party". BBC News. 1988-03-10.
- ^ "Austrian Skier Dies After Race Fall". The New York Times. 1991-01-20.
- ^ Sonny Bono Is Killed in Ski Crash, Washington Post, 1998-01-07
- ^ "Skiing mourns Cavagnoud". BBC. 2001-10-31.
- ^ "Extreme skier dies in Alaska". Jackson Hole News and Guide. 2008-04-08.
- ^ "Skier Jamie Pierre Killed in Avalanche". Gear Junkie. Retrieved 2016-01-05.
- ^ "Freestyler Burke went into cardiac arrest after accident". www.cbc.ca. Retrieved 2016-01-05.
- ^ Keepnews, Peter (11 January 2013). "Claude Nobs, Founder of Montreux Jazz Festival, Dies at 76". The New York Times. Retrieved 2014-02-16.
- ^ Watkins, Gary (7 December 2013). "Philippe Favre killed in skiing accident". Autosport. Retrieved 2015-05-19.
- ^ Reed, Jessica (2017-11-13). "David Poisson, French Olympic skier, dies in training accident aged 35". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-04-22.
- ^ Longtime Canadian women's baseball team member Amanda Asay dead at 33 https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/summer/baseball/canadian-womens-baseball-amanda-asay-dies-at-33-1.6309141
- ^ Vaux-Montagny, Nicolas (19 January 2022). "French actor Gaspard Ulliel, 37, dies after ski accident". ABC News. Archived from the original on 25 January 2022.