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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 dødsulykker i skihopping ).
Background shading indicates the individual was not practicing or partipicating in sport skiing.
Name
Age
Location
Country
Date of accident
Mieczysław Karłowicz
32
Tatra Mountains
Poland–Slovakia border
1909-02-08
Giacinto Sertorelli
22
Garmisch , Bavaria
Germany
1938-01-26
James Palmer-Tomkinson
36
Klosters , Graubünden
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 , Megève , 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 , Graubünden
Switzerland
1988-03-10[ 4]
Alfonso, Duke of Anjou and Cádiz
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
Régine Cavagnoud
31
Pitztal Glacier, Innsbruck , Tyrol
Austria
2001-10-31[ 7]
Marco Siffredi
22
Mount Everest , Koshi Province
Nepal
2002-09-08
Line Østvold
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
2012-01-10[ 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 née 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 Rosière Ski Resort , Savoie
France
2022-01-18[ 15]
Sophie Hediger
26
Arosa Lenzerheide, Grisons
Switzerland
2024-12-23[ 16]
^ 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 twenty-four on 26 February 1985 in Gressoney-Saint-Jean , Italy.
^ Walker died eight months after the accident, on 27 September 1998.
^ "Tragedy mars Canadian ski triumph" . Montreal Gazette . Canadian Press. 9 February 1959. p. 17.
^ "Australian skier killed in Olympic drill" . Sarasota Herald-Tribune . Associated Press. 26 January 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 , The 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.
^ Regenold, Stephen (14 November 2011). "Skier Jamie Pierre Killed in Avalanche" . Gear Junkie . Retrieved 14 October 2024 .
^ Care, Tony (16 January 2012). "Freestyler Burke went into cardiac arrest after accident" . cbc.ca . Retrieved 14 October 2024 .
^ Keepnews, Peter (11 January 2013). "Claude Nobs, Founder of Montreux Jazz Festival, Dies at 76" . The New York Times . Retrieved 14 October 2024 .
^ Watkins, Gary (7 December 2013). "Philippe Favre killed in skiing accident" . Autosport. Retrieved 14 October 2024 .
^ 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" . cbc.ca . 9 January 2022. Retrieved 14 October 2024 .
^ 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.
^ "Swiss Olympic snowboarder dies in avalanche" . SWI swissinfo.ch . Keystone-SDA. 24 December 2024. Retrieved 24 December 2024 .