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Full name | Sophie Anna Hediger | |||||||||||
Nationality | Swiss | |||||||||||
Born | Horgen, Zurich, Switzerland | 14 December 1998|||||||||||
Died | 23 December 2024 26) Arosa, Grisons, Switzerland | (aged|||||||||||
Sport | ||||||||||||
Sport | Snowboarding | |||||||||||
Event | Snowboard cross | |||||||||||
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Sophie Anna Hediger (14 December 1998 – 23 December 2024) was a Swiss snowboarder. She competed in the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, in women's snowboard cross, and in the mixed team snowboard cross. [1] [2] [3]
Hediger competed at the 2018–19 FIS Snowboard World Cup, 2019–20 FIS Snowboard World Cup, 2020–21 FIS Snowboard World Cup, and 2021–22 FIS Snowboard World Cup. [4]
Hediger died in an avalanche at Arosa Lenzerheide, on 23 December 2024, at the age of 26. [5] [6] [7] It was reported that she and an acquaintance were on the Black Diamond slope that was closed at the time due to avalanche risks. [8]
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