List of skiing deaths
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
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
References
- ↑ "Tragedy mars Canadian ski triumph". Montreal Gazette. Canadian Press. February 9, 1959. p. 17.
- ↑ "Australian skier killed in Olympic drill". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Associated Press. January 26, 1964. p. 41.
- ↑ Hit a tree during a World Cup downhill. http://www.skihorizon.com/FR/magazine/itin02022001.asp
- ↑ "1988: Avalanche hits royal ski party". BBC News. 1988-03-10.
- ↑ "Mad Bulls and Englishmen". The Times. 2009-12-26.
- ↑ "How do I hate skiing? Let me count the ways". The Times. 2009-03-21.
- ↑ "Austrian Skier Dies After Race Fall". The New York Times. 1991-01-20.
- ↑ Sonny Bono Is Killed in Ski Crash, Washington Post, 1998-01-07
- ↑ "Skiing mourns Cavagnoud". BBC. 2001-10-31.
- ↑ "Skier Jamie Pierre Killed in Avalanche". Gear Junkie. Retrieved 2016-01-05.
- ↑ "Freestyler Burke went into cardiac arrest after accident". www.cbc.ca. Retrieved 2016-01-05.
- ↑ Keepnews, Peter (11 January 2013). "Claude Nobs, Founder of Montreux Jazz Festival, Dies at 76". The New York Times. Retrieved 2014-02-16.
- ↑ Watkins, Gary (7 December 2013). "Philippe Favre killed in skiing accident". Autosport. Retrieved 2015-05-19.
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