List of skiing deaths

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

Skiing deaths

Name Age Location Country Date of Accident
Mieczysław Karłowicz32Tatra MountainsPoland-Slovakia border1909-02-08
Giacinto Sertorelli22Garmisch, BavariaGermany1938-01-26
James Palmer-Tomkinson36Klosters, Graubünden Switzerland 1952-01-07
Paul Ausserleitner26Bischofshofen Austria1952-01-09
John Semmelink 20Garmisch, BavariaWest Germany1959-02-07 [1]
Toni Mark 24 Rottach-Egern, Bavaria West Germany 1959-03-07 [2]
Ross Milne19Patscherkofel, Innsbruck, Tyrol Austria1964-01-25 [3]
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 [4]
David Novelle20Winter Park, ColoradoUnited States1972-03-16 [5][6]
Michel Dujon 19Val-d'Isère, SavoieFrance1975-12-06 [7]
Leonardo David18Whiteface Mountain, New YorkUnited States1979-03-03[Note 1]
Sara Mustonen16Hintertux, Tyrol Austria1979-09-12
Dimitar Voroshkin Borovets, Sofia province Bulgaria 1982-02-16
Josef Walcher29Schladming, Styria Austria1984-01-22
Hugh Lindsayc.33Gotschnagrat, Klosters, GraubündenSwitzerland1988-03-10 [8]
Jules Fiske Harrison18ZermattSwitzerland1988-04-04 [9][10]
Alfonso, Duke of Anjou and Cádiz52Beaver Creek, ColoradoUnited States1989-01-30
Gernot Reinstadler20Lauberhorn, Wengen, BernSwitzerland1991-01-20 [11]
Ulrike Maier26Garmisch, Bavaria Germany1994-01-29
Kirsten McGibbon17Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, SalzburgAustria1996-01-16 [12]
Trevor PetersenUK Exit Couloir, Chamonix France1996-02
Michael Kennedy39 Aspen, ColoradoUnited States1997-12-31
Sonny Bono62Heavenly, NevadaUnited States1998-01-05[13]
Doak Walker71Steamboat, ColoradoUnited States1998-01-30[Note 2]
Michel Trudeau23Kokanee Glacier Park, British ColumbiaCanada1998-11-13
Régine Cavagnoud31Pitztal Glacier, Innsbruck, Tyrol Austria2001-10-31 [14]
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
Natasha Richardson45Mont Tremblant, QuebecCanada2009-03-16
Shane McConkey39Dolomites Italy 2009-03-26
C. R. Johnson26Squaw Valley, CaliforniaUnited States2010-02-24
Jamie Pierre38Snowbird, UtahUnited States2011-11-24[15]
Sarah Burke29Park City, UtahUnited States2012-01-19[16]
Sylvan Walton29Jay Peak Resort, Jay, VermontUnited States2012-02-11 [17]
Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau44Lech, VorarlbergAustria2012-02-17
Nik Zoricic29Grindelwald, BernSwitzerland2012-03-10
Claude Nobs76 Caux-Sur-Montreux, Vaud Switzerland2012-12-24 [18]
David Coe 58 Aspen, ColoradoUnited States 2013-01-21
Natalie Egleston48 Aspen, Colorado United States 2013-02-04 [19]
Philippe Favre51 France2013-12-06 [20]
Andreas Fransson31Monte San Lorenzo, PatagoniaArgentina–Chile border2014-09-29
JP Auclair37Monte San Lorenzo, PatagoniaArgentina–Chile border2014-09-29

Notes

  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

  1. ↑ "Tragedy mars Canadian ski triumph". Montreal Gazette. Canadian Press. February 9, 1959. p. 17.
  2. ↑ "Second skiing death". Ottawa Citizen. Associated Press. March 11, 1959. p. 19.
  3. ↑ "Australian skier killed in Olympic drill". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Associated Press. January 26, 1964. p. 41.
  4. ↑ Hit a tree during a World Cup downhill. http://www.skihorizon.com/FR/magazine/itin02022001.asp
  5. ↑ "Racing skier killed". Evening News (Newburgh, New York). Associated Press. March 17, 1972. p. 14A.
  6. ↑ "Ute skier killed". Deseret News. UPI. March 17, 1972. p. 12B.
  7. ↑ "Death of skier in downhill race pushes reform for added safety". Montreal Gazette. Reuters. December 9, 1975. p. 16.
  8. ↑ "1988: Avalanche hits royal ski party". BBC News. 1988-03-10.
  9. ↑ "Mad Bulls and Englishmen". The Times. 2009-12-26.
  10. ↑ "How do I hate skiing? Let me count the ways". The Times. 2009-03-21.
  11. ↑ "Austrian Skier Dies After Race Fall". The New York Times. 1991-01-20.
  12. ↑ "British Skier Dies After Training Crash". The Washington Post. 17 January 1996. Retrieved 2014-02-16.
  13. ↑ Sonny Bono Is Killed in Ski Crash, Washington Post, 1998-01-07
  14. ↑ "Skiing mourns Cavagnoud". BBC. 2001-10-31.
  15. ↑ "Skier Jamie Pierre Killed in Avalanche". Gear Junkie. Retrieved 2016-01-05.
  16. ↑ "Freestyler Burke went into cardiac arrest after accident". www.cbc.ca. Retrieved 2016-01-05.
  17. ↑ "Third run down Vermont trail was fatal for Mass. Snowboarder". The Boston Globe. 13 February 2012. Archived from the original on February 23, 2014. Retrieved 2014-02-16.
  18. ↑ Keepnews, Peter (11 January 2013). "Claude Nobs, Founder of Montreux Jazz Festival, Dies at 76". The New York Times. Retrieved 2014-02-16.
  19. ↑ "Marketing executive dies in Aspen ski tragedy after another female skier slams into her when she stopped to clean her goggles". London: Daily Mail. 8 February 2013. Retrieved 2014-02-16.
  20. ↑ Watkins, Gary (7 December 2013). "Philippe Favre killed in skiing accident". Autosport. Retrieved 2015-05-19.
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