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An investigation is under way after a British woman died following a "violent collision" on a ski slope in the French Alps. The 62-year-old reportedly crashed into a stationary skier, a British ...
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 ...
Helicopters were combing an area near the Matterhorn mountain in Switzerland on Monday to find a missing skier after five other members of the party were found dead after "catastrophic" conditions.
A man died in a "very large" avalanche in the French Alps on Tuesday, local officials have confirmed. The body of the dual Brazilian-Portuguese national was found in the resort of Les Grands ...
A British man has died after a high-speed accident while skiing off-piste in the French Alps.. The 50-year-old man, who has not yet been named, suffered severe injuries and a cardiac arrest ...
In 1984, he was killed at age 29 in a skiing accident at a benefit race in his hometown of Schladming. The race was a 8 km downhill where the skiers started only 30 seconds apart from each other. Walcher died after breaking his neck in a fall and hitting his head on a course marker.
Italian skier Matilde Lorenzi has died after a crash during a training session, the country’s defense ministry announced Tuesday, Oct. 29. Lorenzi was 19 years old. Lorenzi was 19 years old.
SAALBACH-HINTERGLEMM, Austria (AP) — Franjo von Allmen won gold in the downhill at the Alpine skiing world championships on Sunday as the Swiss team swept the men's speed events. Competing in his first worlds, the 23-year-old Von Allmen crowned his meteoric rise in the sport by winning the marquee event of the championships, two days after ...