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).
List
editBackground shading indicates the individual was not practicing or partipicating in sport skiing.
Notes
edit- ^ 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 24 on 26 February 1985 in Gressoney-Saint-Jean, Italy.
- ^ Doak Walker died eight months after the accident, on September 27, 1998
References
edit- ^ "Tragedy mars Canadian ski triumph". Montreal Gazette. Canadian Press. February 9, 1959. p. 17.
- ^ "Australian skier killed in Olympic drill". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Associated Press. January 26, 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, 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.
- ^ "Skier Jamie Pierre Killed in Avalanche". Gear Junkie. 14 November 2011. Retrieved 2016-01-05.
- ^ "Freestyler Burke went into cardiac arrest after accident". www.cbc.ca. Retrieved 2016-01-05.
- ^ Keepnews, Peter (11 January 2013). "Claude Nobs, Founder of Montreux Jazz Festival, Dies at 76". The New York Times. Retrieved 2014-02-16.
- ^ Watkins, Gary (7 December 2013). "Philippe Favre killed in skiing accident". Autosport. Retrieved 2015-05-19.
- ^ 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 https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/summer/baseball/canadian-womens-baseball-amanda-asay-dies-at-33-1.6309141
- ^ 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.