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 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
Name Age Location Country Date of accidentMieczysław Karłowicz32Tatra MountainsPoland–Slovakia border1909-02-08Giacinto Sertorelli22Garmisch, BavariaGermany1938-01-26James Palmer-Tomkinson36Klosters, Graubünden Switzerland 1952-01-07Paul Ausserleitner26Bischofshofen Austria1952-01-09John Semmelink 20Garmisch, BavariaWest Germany1959-02-07Ross Milne19Patscherkofel, Innsbruck, Tyrol Austria1964-01-25Buddy Werner28Las Trais Fluors slope, St. MoritzSwitzerland1964-04-12Barbara Henneberger23Las Trais Fluors slope, St. MoritzSwitzerland1964-04-12Michel Bozon20Piste Emile Allais, Megève, Haute-SavoieFrance1970-01-23Hit a tree during a World Cup downhill. http://www.skihorizon.com/FR/magazine/itin02022001.asp Leonardo David18Whiteface Mountain, New YorkUnited States1979-03-03Crashed 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.Sara Mustonen16Hintertux, Tyrol Austria1979-09-12Josef Walcher29Schladming, Styria Austria1984-01-22Hugh Lindsay34Gotschnagrat, Klosters, GraubündenSwitzerland1988-03-10Alfonso, Duke of Anjou and Cádiz52Beaver Creek, ColoradoUnited States1989-01-30Gernot Reinstadler20Lauberhorn, Wengen, BernSwitzerland1991-01-20Nicolas Bochatay27Les Arcs, SavoieFrance1992-02-22Ulrike Maier26Garmisch, Bavaria Germany1994-01-29Michael Kennedy39 Aspen, ColoradoUnited States1997-12-31Sonny Bono62Heavenly, NevadaUnited States1998-01-05Sonny Bono Is Killed in Ski Crash, The Washington Post, 1998-01-07Doak Walker71Steamboat, ColoradoUnited States1998-01-30Walker died eight months after the accident, on 27 September 1998.Michel Trudeau23Kokanee Glacier Park, British ColumbiaCanada1998-11-13Régine Cavagnoud31Pitztal Glacier, Innsbruck, Tyrol Austria2001-10-31Marco Siffredi22Mount Everest, Koshi ProvinceNepal2002-09-08Line Østvold25Valle Nevado, SantiagoChile2004-09-19Craig Kelly36Revelstoke, British ColumbiaCanada2003-01-20Jonatan Johansson26Whiteface Mountain, New YorkUnited States2006-03-12Doug Coombs48Couloir de Polichinelle, La GraveFrance2006-04-03Edward LaChapelle80Monarch Ski Area, ColoradoUnited States2007-02-01John McWethy60Keystone, ColoradoUnited States2008-02-06John Nicoletta27Alyeska Resort, AlaskaUnited States2008-04-11Natasha Richardson45Mont Tremblant, QuebecCanada2009-03-16Shane McConkey39Dolomites Italy 2009-03-26C. R. Johnson26Squaw Valley, CaliforniaUnited States2010-02-24Jamie Pierre38Snowbird, UtahUnited States2011-11-24Sarah Burke29Park City, UtahUnited States2012-01-10Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau44Lech, VorarlbergAustria2012-02-17Nik Zoricic29Grindelwald, BernSwitzerland2012-03-10Claude Nobs76 Caux-sur-Montreux, Vaud Switzerland2012-12-24David Coe 58 Aspen, ColoradoUnited States 2013-01-21Philippe Favre51Val Thorens, Savoie, French AlpsFrance2013-12-06Andreas Fransson31Monte San Lorenzo, PatagoniaArgentina–Chile border2014-09-29JP Auclair37Monte San Lorenzo, PatagoniaArgentina–Chile border2014-09-29Sam Beall39Beaver Creek, ColoradoUnited States2016-02-25Matilda Hargin née Rapaport30Farellones, SantiagoChile2016-07-14David Poisson35Nakiska, AlbertaCanada2017-11-13Amanda Asay33Whitewater Ski Resort, British ColumbiaCanada2022-01-07Gaspard Ulliel37La Rosière Ski Resort, SavoieFrance2022-01-18Matilde Lorenzi19Bolzano, South TyrolItaly2024-10-28Matilde Lorenzi è morta: fatale la caduta in allenamento in Val Senales - Sport - La Repubblica, 29 October 2024Sophie Hediger26Arosa Lenzerheide, GrisonsSwitzerland2024-12-23Lynn Ban52Aspen, ColoradoUnited States2024-12-24Tomáš Klouček45Špindlerův MlýnCzech Republic2025-03-16
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