This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (January 2020)
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.
^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
Referencesedit
^"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.
^"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.
^Vaux-Montagny, Nicolas (19 January 2022). "French actor Gaspard Ulliel, 37, dies after ski accident". ABC News. from the original on 25 January 2022.
January 01, 1970
list, skiing, deaths, this, list, incomplete, help, adding, missing, items, january, 2020, this, list, skiing, deaths, notable, people, chronological, order, includes, skiers, snowboarders, both, professional, recreational, whose, deaths, accidents, avalanches. This list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items January 2020 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 dodsulykker i skihopping List editName Age Location Country Date of Accident Mieczyslaw Karlowicz 32 Tatra Mountains Poland Slovakia border 1909 02 08 Giacinto Sertorelli 22 Garmisch Bavaria Germany 1938 01 26 James Palmer Tomkinson 36 Klosters Graubunden 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 Megeve 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 Graubunden Switzerland 1988 03 10 4 Alfonso Duke of Anjou and Cadiz 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 Regine Cavagnoud 31 Pitztal Glacier Innsbruck Tyrol Austria 2001 10 31 7 Line Ostvold 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 nee 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 Rosiere Ski Resort Savoie France 2022 01 18 15 Notes edit 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 1998References edit 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 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of skiing deaths amp oldid 1220204921, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
