List of skiing deaths explained

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 ().

List

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			1952-01-07
Paul Ausserleitner	26		Austria	1952-01-09
	20	Garmisch, Bavaria	West Germany	1959-02-07^[1]
Ross Milne	19		Austria	1964-01-25^[2]
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^[3]
Leonardo David	18	Whiteface Mountain, New York	United States	1979-03-03^[4]
Sara Mustonen	16		Austria	1979-09-12
Josef Walcher	29		Austria	1984-01-22
Hugh Lindsay	34	Gotschnagrat, Klosters, Graubünden	Switzerland	1988-03-10^[5]
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^[6]
Nicolas Bochatay	27	Les Arcs, Savoie	France	1992-02-22
Ulrike Maier	26		Germany	1994-01-29
Michael Kennedy	39	Aspen, Colorado	United States	1997-12-31
Sonny Bono	62	Heavenly, Nevada	United States	1998-01-05^[7]
Doak Walker	71	Steamboat, Colorado	United States	1998-01-30^[8]
Michel Trudeau	23	Kokanee Glacier Park, British Columbia	Canada	1998-11-13
Régine Cavagnoud	31		Austria	2001-10-31^[9]
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	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
John Nicoletta	27	Alyeska Resort, Alaska	United States	2008-04-11^[10]
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^[11]
Sarah Burke	29	Park City, Utah	United States	2012-01-19^[12]
Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau	44	Lech, Vorarlberg	Austria	2012-02-17
Nik Zoricic	29	Grindelwald, Bern	Switzerland	2012-03-10
Claude Nobs	76		Switzerland	2012-12-24^[13]
	58	Aspen, Colorado	United States	2013-01-21
Philippe Favre	51	Val Thorens, Savoie, French Alps	France	2013-12-06^[14]
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
Matilda Hargin née Rapaport	30	Farellones, Santiago	Chile	2016-07-14
David Poisson	35	Nakiska, Alberta	Canada	2017-11-13^[15]
Amanda Asay	33	Whitewater Ski Resort, British Columbia	Canada	2022-01-07^[16]
Gaspard Ulliel	37	La Rosière Ski Resort, Savoie	France	2022-01-18^[17]

Notes and References

1. News: Tragedy mars Canadian ski triumph . Montreal Gazette . Canadian Press . February 9, 1959 . 17.
2. News: Australian skier killed in Olympic drill . Sarasota Herald-Tribune . Associated Press . January 26, 1964 . 41 .
3. Hit a tree during a World Cup downhill. http://www.skihorizon.com/FR/magazine/itin02022001.asp
4. 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.
5. News: 1988: Avalanche hits royal ski party . BBC News . 1988-03-10.
6. News: Austrian Skier Dies After Race Fall. The New York Times . 1991-01-20.
7. https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/campaigns/junkie/links/bono.htm Sonny Bono Is Killed in Ski Crash
8. [Doak Walker]
9. News: Skiing mourns Cavagnoud. BBC . 2001-10-31.
10. Web site: Extreme skier dies in Alaska. Jackson Hole News and Guide. 2008-04-08.
11. Web site: Skier Jamie Pierre Killed in Avalanche. Gear Junkie. 2016-01-05.
12. Web site: Freestyler Burke went into cardiac arrest after accident. www.cbc.ca. 2016-01-05.
13. News: Claude Nobs, Founder of Montreux Jazz Festival, Dies at 76. 11 January 2013. The New York Times. 2014-02-16. Peter. Keepnews.
14. News: Philippe Favre killed in skiing accident. 7 December 2013. Autosport. 2015-05-19. Gary. Watkins.
15. News: Reed . Jessica . 2017-11-13 . David Poisson, French Olympic skier, dies in training accident aged 35 . 2024-04-22 . The Guardian . en-GB . 0261-3077.
16. 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
17. Web site: Vaux-Montagny . Nicolas . 19 January 2022 . French actor Gaspard Ulliel, 37, dies after ski accident . ABC News . 25 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220125184247/https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/french-actor-gaspard-ulliel-hospitalized-ski-accident-82347687 . live.