Olympic Snowboarder From Switzerland Dies In Avalanche At Age 26
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Sophie Hediger had competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.
Snowboarder Sophie Hediger, a 26-year-old from Switzerland who’d competed in the Olympics, was killed in an avalanche that crashed down a slope in the Swiss resort town of Arosa.
The Swiss-Ski federation confirmed Hediger’s death on its website.
Hediger competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, finishing seventh in the mixed team snowboard cross race. According to Swiss-Ski, Hediger secured her first two World Cup podium places during the 2023-2024 season.
In a statement published in German, Swiss-Ski CEO Walter Reusser said that he was stunned by her death, adding that her life came to a tragic and sudden end.
“For the Swiss-Ski family, the tragic death of Sophie Hediger has cast a dark shadow over the Christmas holidays,” Reusser said, according to a translation of his comments. “We are immeasurably sad. We will keep an honorable memory of Sophie.”
