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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 ...
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. The "promising Italian skier ...
The Haute-Savoie prefecture reminded skiers and hikers to exercise caution and follow guidance amid January's high avalanche risk. UK skier dies in 'violent collision' in French Alps Show comments
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 ...
Michel Bozon (c.1949 – 23 January 1970), was a World Cup alpine ski racer from France. Bozon, age 20, was killed on the Piste Emile Allais at Megève during a World Cup downhill event. [ 1 ] He came off the course at the bottom of the Mur de Borné, an extremely steep section of about 250 metres (820 ft), fractured his skull and leg, and died ...
Gian Luca Barundun (June 28, 1994 – November 4, 2018) was a Swiss downhill and alpine combined skier who represented his nation on the World Cup Skiing circuit. [ 1 ] Biography
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.
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 ...