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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 ...
The skiing community is in mourning after professional skier Jean Daniel Pession and his girlfriend, Elisa Arlian, tragically died in a mountain accident on June 1. The Italian Winter Sports ...
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.
Elena Fanchini (30 April 1985 – 8 February 2023) was an Italian World Cup alpine ski racer. Born in Val Camonica , she focused on the speed events of downhill and super-G . Her younger sisters Nadia and Sabrina also raced on the Italian team.
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William Dean Johnson (March 30, 1960 – January 21, 2016) was an American World Cup alpine ski racer.By winning the downhill at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, Johnson became the first American male to win an Olympic gold medal in alpine skiing and the first racer not from an Alpine country to win an Olympic downhill race.
Officials in Wyoming confirmed the death of a 36-year-old skier following an avalanche at a mountain pass over the weekend. The avalanche occurred on Saturday at Togwotee Pass in Teton County ...
Gernot Reinstadler (24 August 1970 – 19 January 1991) was an Austrian ski racer. He was regarded as among the most promising young talents of the Austrian downhill team of the early 1990s. He died in 1991 after a crash.