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

Name Age Location Country Date of Accident
Mieczysław Karłowicz32Tatra MountainsPoland–Slovakia border1909-02-08
Giacinto Sertorelli22Garmisch, BavariaGermany1938-01-26
James Palmer-Tomkinson36Klosters, GraubündenSwitzerland1952-01-07
Paul Ausserleitner26BischofshofenAustria1952-01-09
John Semmelink20Garmisch, BavariaWest Germany1959-02-07[1]
Ross Milne19Patscherkofel, Innsbruck, TyrolAustria1964-01-25[2]
Buddy Werner28Las Trais Fluors slope, St. MoritzSwitzerland1964-04-12
Barbara Henneberger23Las Trais Fluors slope, St. MoritzSwitzerland1964-04-12
Michel Bozon20Piste Emile Allais, Megève, Haute-SavoieFrance1970-01-23[3]
Leonardo David18Whiteface Mountain, New YorkUnited States1979-03-03[Note 1]
Sara Mustonen16Hintertux, TyrolAustria1979-09-12
Josef Walcher29Schladming, StyriaAustria1984-01-22
Hugh Lindsay34Gotschnagrat, Klosters, GraubündenSwitzerland1988-03-10[4]
Alfonso, Duke of Anjou and Cádiz52Beaver Creek, ColoradoUnited States1989-01-30
Gernot Reinstadler20Lauberhorn, Wengen, BernSwitzerland1991-01-20[5]
Nicolas Bochatay27Les Arcs, SavoieFrance1992-02-22
Ulrike Maier26Garmisch, BavariaGermany1994-01-29
Michael Kennedy39Aspen, ColoradoUnited States1997-12-31
Sonny Bono62Heavenly, NevadaUnited States1998-01-05[6]
Doak Walker71Steamboat, ColoradoUnited States1998-01-30[Note 2]
Michel Trudeau23Kokanee Glacier Park, British ColumbiaCanada1998-11-13
Régine Cavagnoud31Pitztal Glacier, Innsbruck, TyrolAustria2001-10-31[7]
Line Østvold25Valle Nevado, SantiagoChile2004-09-19
Craig Kelly36Revelstoke, British ColumbiaCanada2003-01-20
Jonatan Johansson26Whiteface Mountain, New YorkUnited States2006-03-12
Doug Coombs48Couloir de Polichinelle, La GraveFrance2006-04-03
Edward LaChapelle80Monarch Ski Area, ColoradoUnited States2007-02-01
John McWethy60Keystone, ColoradoUnited States2008-02-06
John Nicoletta27Alyeska Resort, AlaskaUnited States2008-04-11[8]
Natasha Richardson45Mont Tremblant, QuebecCanada2009-03-16
Shane McConkey39DolomitesItaly2009-03-26
C. R. Johnson26Squaw Valley, CaliforniaUnited States2010-02-24
Jamie Pierre38Snowbird, UtahUnited States2011-11-24[9]
Sarah Burke29Park City, UtahUnited States2012-01-19[10]
Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau44Lech, VorarlbergAustria2012-02-17
Nik Zoricic29Grindelwald, BernSwitzerland2012-03-10
Claude Nobs76Caux-Sur-Montreux, VaudSwitzerland2012-12-24[11]
David Coe58Aspen, ColoradoUnited States2013-01-21
Philippe Favre51Val Thorens, Savoie, French AlpsFrance2013-12-06[12]
Andreas Fransson31Monte San Lorenzo, PatagoniaArgentina–Chile border2014-09-29
JP Auclair37Monte San Lorenzo, PatagoniaArgentina–Chile border2014-09-29
Sam Beall39Beaver Creek, ColoradoUnited States2016-02-25
Matilda Hargin née Rapaport30Farellones, SantiagoChile2016-07-14
David Poisson35Nakiska, AlbertaCanada2017-11-13[13]
Amanda Asay33Whitewater Ski Resort, British ColumbiaCanada2022-01-07[14]
Gaspard Ulliel37La Rosière Ski Resort, SavoieFrance2022-01-18[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 24 on 26 February 1985 in Gressoney-Saint-Jean, Italy.
  2. ↑ Doak Walker died eight months after the accident, on September 27, 1998

References

  1. ↑ "Tragedy mars Canadian ski triumph". Montreal Gazette. Canadian Press. February 9, 1959. p. 17.
  2. ↑ "Australian skier killed in Olympic drill". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Associated Press. January 26, 1964. p. 41.
  3. ↑ Hit a tree during a World Cup downhill. http://www.skihorizon.com/FR/magazine/itin02022001.asp
  4. ↑ "1988: Avalanche hits royal ski party". BBC News. 1988-03-10.
  5. ↑ "Austrian Skier Dies After Race Fall". The New York Times. 1991-01-20.
  6. ↑ Sonny Bono Is Killed in Ski Crash, Washington Post, 1998-01-07
  7. ↑ "Skiing mourns Cavagnoud". BBC. 2001-10-31.
  8. ↑ "Extreme skier dies in Alaska". Jackson Hole News and Guide. 2008-04-08.
  9. ↑ "Skier Jamie Pierre Killed in Avalanche". Gear Junkie. Retrieved 2016-01-05.
  10. ↑ "Freestyler Burke went into cardiac arrest after accident". www.cbc.ca. Retrieved 2016-01-05.
  11. ↑ Keepnews, Peter (11 January 2013). "Claude Nobs, Founder of Montreux Jazz Festival, Dies at 76". The New York Times. Retrieved 2014-02-16.
  12. ↑ Watkins, Gary (7 December 2013). "Philippe Favre killed in skiing accident". Autosport. Retrieved 2015-05-19.
  13. ↑ David Poisson, French Olympic skier, dies in training accident aged 35. https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/nov/13/david-poisson-french-olympic-skier-dies-in-training-accident-aged-35
  14. ↑ 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
  15. ↑ 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.
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