The following is a partial list of skiing deaths of notable people, in chronological order. It includes skiers and snowboarders both professional and recreational whose deaths are due to accidents or avalanches.
Skiing deaths
Name |
Age |
Location |
Country |
Date of Accident |
Mieczysław Karłowicz |
32 |
Tatra Mountains |
Poland-Slovakia border |
1909-02-08 |
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 Germany |
1959-02-07 [1] |
Toni Mark |
24 |
Rottach-Egern, Bavaria |
West Germany |
1959-03-07 [2] |
Ross Milne |
19 |
Patscherkofel, Innsbruck, Tyrol |
Austria |
1964-01-25 [3] |
Buddy Werner |
28 |
Las Trais Fluors slope, St. Moritz |
Switzerland |
1964-04-12 |
Barbara Henneberger |
23 |
Las Trais Fluors slope, St. Moritz |
Switzerland |
1964-04-12 |
Michel Bozon |
20 |
Piste Emile Allais, Megève, Haute-Savoie |
France |
1970-01-23 [4] |
David Novelle |
20 |
Winter Park, Colorado |
United States |
1972-03-16 [5][6] |
Michel Dujon |
19 |
Val-d'Isère, Savoie |
France |
1975-12-06 [7] |
Leonardo David |
18 |
Whiteface Mountain, New York |
United States |
1979-03-03[Note 1] |
Sara Mustonen |
16 |
Hintertux, Tyrol |
Austria |
1979-09-12 |
Dimitar Voroshkin |
|
Borovets, Sofia province |
Bulgaria |
1982-02-16 |
Josef Walcher |
29 |
Schladming, Styria |
Austria |
1984-01-22 |
Hugh Lindsay |
34 |
Gotschnagrat, Klosters, Graubünden |
Switzerland |
1988-03-10 [8] |
Jules Fiske Harrison |
18 |
Zermatt |
Switzerland |
1988-04-04 [9][10] |
Alfonso, Duke of Anjou and Cádiz |
52 |
Beaver Creek, Colorado |
United States |
1989-01-30 |
Gernot Reinstadler |
20 |
Lauberhorn, Wengen, Bern |
Switzerland |
1991-01-20 [11] |
Ulrike Maier |
26 |
Garmisch, Bavaria |
Germany |
1994-01-29 |
Kirsten McGibbon |
17 |
Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, Salzburg |
Austria |
1996-01-16 [12] |
Trevor Petersen |
UK |
Exit Couloir, Chamonix |
France |
1996-02 |
Michael Kennedy |
39 |
Aspen, Colorado |
United States |
1997-12-31 |
Sonny Bono |
62 |
Heavenly, Nevada |
United States |
1998-01-05[13] |
Doak Walker |
71 |
Steamboat, Colorado |
United States |
1998-01-30[Note 2] |
Michel Trudeau |
23 |
Kokanee Glacier Park, British Columbia |
Canada |
1998-11-13 |
Régine Cavagnoud |
31 |
Pitztal Glacier, Innsbruck, Tyrol |
Austria |
2001-10-31 [14] |
Line Østvold |
25 |
Valle Nevado, Santiago |
Chile |
2004-09-19 |
Craig Kelly |
36 |
Revelstoke, British Columbia |
Canada |
2003-01-20 |
Jonatan Johansson |
26 |
Whiteface Mountain, New York |
United States |
2006-03-12 |
Doug Coombs |
48 |
Couloir de Polichinelle, La Grave |
France |
2006-04-03 |
Edward LaChapelle |
80 |
Monarch Ski Area, Colorado |
United States |
2007-02-01 |
John McWethy |
60 |
Keystone, Colorado |
United States |
2008-02-06 |
Natasha Richardson |
45 |
Mont Tremblant, Quebec |
Canada |
2009-03-16 |
Shane McConkey |
39 |
Dolomites |
Italy |
2009-03-26 |
C. R. Johnson |
26 |
Squaw Valley, California |
United States |
2010-02-24 |
Jamie Pierre |
38 |
Snowbird, Utah |
United States |
2011-11-24[15] |
Sarah Burke |
29 |
Park City, Utah |
United States |
2012-01-19[16] |
Sylvan Walton |
29 |
Jay Peak Resort, Jay, Vermont |
United States |
2012-02-11 [17] |
Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau |
44 |
Lech, Vorarlberg |
Austria |
2012-02-17 |
Nik Zoricic |
29 |
Grindelwald, Bern |
Switzerland |
2012-03-10 |
Claude Nobs |
76 |
Caux-Sur-Montreux, Vaud |
Switzerland |
2012-12-24 [18] |
David Coe |
58 |
Aspen, Colorado |
United States |
2013-01-21 |
Natalie Egleston |
48 |
Aspen, Colorado |
United States |
2013-02-04 [19] |
Philippe Favre |
51 |
Val Thorens, Savoie, French Alps |
France |
2013-12-06 [20] |
Andreas Fransson |
31 |
Monte San Lorenzo, Patagonia |
Argentina–Chile border |
2014-09-29 |
JP Auclair |
37 |
Monte San Lorenzo, Patagonia |
Argentina–Chile border |
2014-09-29 |
Sam Beall |
39 |
Beaver Creek, Colorado |
United States |
2016-02-25 |
Notes
- ↑ 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
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- ↑ Sonny Bono Is Killed in Ski Crash, Washington Post, 1998-01-07
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