Line Østvold

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Line Lunde Østvold (b. November 7, 1978 - d. September 19, 2004) was a professional snowboarder from Hønefoss, Norway. She specialized in boardercross (downhill obstacle) events. In 2001, she was ranked the #1 World Female Boardercross Athlete as well as ESPN Winter X Games Boardercross Champion. After a bruised collarbone injury in 2002, she decided to retire; but when it was announced that her event would be in the 2006 Winter Olympics, she re-entered the sport.

On September 14, 2004, Østvold was practicing with the Norwegian national snowboard team in Valle Nevado in Chile, in preparation for an FIS World Cup Snowboardcross race. She fell on a technical section of the course called the double rollers, suffering head and neck injuries which proved to be fatal. She was flown to a specialty clinic in Santiago, but never regained consciousness and died on September 19, 2004. She was 26 years old.

She was also known as Line Ostvold in non-Scandinavian writings.

Photos of Ms. Østvold:

1. Norwegian TV photo
2. Photo by Kurt Hoy

Another external link:

1. X Games mini biography and competition history