List of skiing deaths

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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.

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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 jumpers have died during practice or in national events ( nb:Skader og dødsulykker i skihopping ).

List

  Background shading indicates the individual was not practicing or partipicating in sport skiing.

NameAgeLocationCountryDate of accident
Mieczysław Karłowicz 32 Tatra Mountains Poland–Slovakia border1909-02-08
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 Germany1959-02-07 [1]
Ross Milne 19 Patscherkofel, Innsbruck, Tyrol Austria1964-01-25 [2]
Buddy Werner 28Las Trais Fluors slope, St. Moritz Switzerland 1964-04-12
Barbara Henneberger 23Las Trais Fluors slope, St. Moritz Switzerland1964-04-12
Michel Bozon 20Piste 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 Austria1979-09-12
Josef Walcher 29 Schladming, Styria Austria1984-01-22
Hugh Lindsay 34 Gotschnagrat, Klosters, Graubünden Switzerland1988-03-10 [4]
Alfonso, Duke of Anjou and Cádiz 52 Beaver Creek, Colorado United States1989-01-30
Gernot Reinstadler 20 Lauberhorn, Wengen, Bern Switzerland1991-01-20 [5]
Nicolas Bochatay 27 Les Arcs, Savoie France1992-02-22
Ulrike Maier 26 Garmisch, Bavaria Germany1994-01-29
Michael Kennedy 39 Aspen, Colorado United States1997-12-31
Sonny Bono 62 Heavenly, Nevada United States1998-01-05 [6]
Doak Walker 71 Steamboat, Colorado United States1998-01-30 [Note 2]
Michel Trudeau 23 Kokanee Glacier Park, British Columbia Canada 1998-11-13
Régine Cavagnoud 31 Pitztal Glacier, Innsbruck, Tyrol Austria2001-10-31 [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 Canada2003-01-20
Jonatan Johansson 26 Whiteface Mountain, New York United States2006-03-12
Doug Coombs 48Couloir de Polichinelle, La Grave France2006-04-03
Edward LaChapelle 80 Monarch Ski Area, Colorado United States2007-02-01
John McWethy 60 Keystone, Colorado United States2008-02-06
John Nicoletta 27 Alyeska Resort, Alaska United States2008-04-11 [8]
Natasha Richardson 45 Mont Tremblant, Quebec Canada2009-03-16
Shane McConkey 39 Dolomites Italy2009-03-26
C. R. Johnson 26 Squaw Valley, California United States2010-02-24
Jamie Pierre 38 Snowbird, Utah United States2011-11-24 [9]
Sarah Burke 29 Park City, Utah United States2012-01-10 [10]
Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau 44 Lech, Vorarlberg Austria2012-02-17
Nik Zoricic 29 Grindelwald, Bern Switzerland2012-03-10
Claude Nobs 76 Caux-sur-Montreux, Vaud Switzerland2012-12-24 [11]
David Coe 58 Aspen, Colorado United States2013-01-21
Philippe Favre 51 Val Thorens, Savoie, French Alps France2013-12-06 [12]
Andreas Fransson 31 Monte San Lorenzo, Patagonia Argentina–Chile border2014-09-29
JP Auclair 37 Monte San Lorenzo, Patagonia Argentina–Chile border2014-09-29
Sam Beall 39 Beaver Creek, Colorado United States2016-02-25
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 Canada2022-01-07 [14]
Gaspard Ulliel 37 La Rosière Ski Resort, Savoie France2022-01-18 [15]


Notes

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ Walker died eight months after the accident, on 27 September 1998.

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