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

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

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. "Second skiing death". Ottawa Citizen. Associated Press. March 11, 1959. p. 19.
3. "Australian skier killed in Olympic drill". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Associated Press. January 26, 1964. p. 41.
4. Hit a tree during a World Cup downhill. http://www.skihorizon.com/FR/magazine/itin02022001.asp
5. "Racing skier killed". Evening News (Newburgh, New York). Associated Press. March 17, 1972. p. 14A.
6. "Ute skier killed". Deseret News. UPI. March 17, 1972. p. 12B.
7. "Death of skier in downhill race pushes reform for added safety". Montreal Gazette. Reuters. December 9, 1975. p. 16.
8. "1988: Avalanche hits royal ski party". BBC News. 1988-03-10.
9. "Mad Bulls and Englishmen". The Times. 2009-12-26.
10. "How do I hate skiing? Let me count the ways". The Times. 2009-03-21.
11. "Austrian Skier Dies After Race Fall". The New York Times. 1991-01-20.
12. "British Skier Dies After Training Crash". The Washington Post. 17 January 1996. Retrieved 2014-02-16.
13. Sonny Bono Is Killed in Ski Crash, Washington Post, 1998-01-07
14. "Skiing mourns Cavagnoud". BBC. 2001-10-31.
15. "Skier Jamie Pierre Killed in Avalanche". Gear Junkie. Retrieved 2016-01-05.
16. "Freestyler Burke went into cardiac arrest after accident". www.cbc.ca. Retrieved 2016-01-05.
17. "Third run down Vermont trail was fatal for Mass. Snowboarder". The Boston Globe. 13 February 2012. Archived from the original on February 23, 2014. Retrieved 2014-02-16.
18. Keepnews, Peter (11 January 2013). "Claude Nobs, Founder of Montreux Jazz Festival, Dies at 76". The New York Times. Retrieved 2014-02-16.
19. "Marketing executive dies in Aspen ski tragedy after another female skier slams into her when she stopped to clean her goggles". London: Daily Mail. 8 February 2013. Retrieved 2014-02-16.
20. Watkins, Gary (7 December 2013). "Philippe Favre killed in skiing accident". Autosport. Retrieved 2015-05-19.