Swiss Olympic snowboarder dies in avalanche at 26 years old
Hediger's death came less than four years after another Olympic snowboarder died in the Swiss Alps during an avalanche. In 2021, Julie Pomagalski, a former Olympic snowboarder from France, was 40 years old. Four people were freeriding together when the avalanche happened, the French federation said. Pomagalski's guide also died.
The 26-year-old snowboarder died after being buried in an avalanche on a closed black diamond slope in eastern Switzerland.
Sophie Hediger, a former Olympian, died on Monday in an avalanche accident in an Arosa resort in Switzerland, according to ...
Sophie Hediger, an Olympic snowboarder from Switzerland, has died at the age of 26 following an avalanche, the country's ...
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