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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 ...
Ross Milne (19), Australia – Downhill skiing – 1964, Innsbruck. Milne died in a ski collision with a tree in practice at Innsbruck four days before the opening of the Games. [18] Kazimierz Kay-Skrzypecki (58), Britain – Luge – 1964, Innsbruck. Kay-Skrzypecki died one day after a luge crash during practice at Innsbruck, which occurred ...
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.
Don Johnson (June 11, 1922 – March 17, 1951) was an American cross-country skier. He competed in the men's 18 kilometre event at the 1948 Winter Olympics. [1] He was killed in a plane crash during a snowstorm. [1]
Instead, Olympic champion Sara Hector of Sweden took home the first place title in the 2024/25 World Cup with a combined winning time of 1:53.08. ... a crash like that after she was skiing so well.
USA skier Nina O'Brien falls in the second run of the women's giant slalom during the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games. (Joe Klamar/AFP via Getty Images) (JOE KLAMAR via Getty Images)
Sabena Flight 548 was a Boeing 707-329 [1] flight operated by Sabena that crashed en route from New York City to Brussels, Belgium on 15 February 1961.The flight, which had originated at Idlewild International Airport, [2] crashed on approach to Brussels Airport, killing all 72 people on board and one person on the ground. [3]
Rising Italian skiing star Matilde Lorenzi has died after suffering injuries during training. She was 19. “The International Ski and Snowboard Federation extends its deepest condolences ...