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 (nb:Skader og dødsulykker i skihopping ).
Background shading indicates the individual was not practicing or partipicating in sport skiing.
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] Ross Milne 19 Patscherkofel , Innsbruck , Tyrol 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[ Note 1] Sara Mustonen 16 Hintertux , Tyrol Austria 1979-09-12 Josef Walcher 29 Schladming , Styria Austria 1984-01-22 Hugh Lindsay 34 Gotschnagrat , Klosters , Graubünden Switzerland 1988-03-10[ 4] 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[ 5] Nicolas Bochatay 27 Les Arcs , Savoie France 1992-02-22 Ulrike Maier 26 Garmisch , Bavaria Germany 1994-01-29 Michael Kennedy 39 Aspen , Colorado United States 1997-12-31 Sonny Bono 62 Heavenly , Nevada United States 1998-01-05[ 6] 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[ 7] 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[ 8] 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[ 9] Sarah Burke 29 Park City , Utah United States 2012-01-19[ 10] 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[ 11] David Coe 58 Aspen , Colorado United States 2013-01-21 Philippe Favre 51 Val Thorens , Savoie , French Alps France 2013-12-06[ 12] 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[ 13] Amanda Asay 33 Whitewater Ski Resort , British Columbia Canada 2022-01-07[ 14] Gaspard Ulliel 37 La Rosière Ski Resort , Savoie France 2022-01-18[ 15]
^ 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 ^ "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 Archived 2010-03-01 at the Wayback Machine ^ "1988: Avalanche hits royal ski party" . BBC News . 1988-03-10. ^ "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. ^ "Extreme skier dies in Alaska" . Jackson Hole News and Guide. 2008-04-08. ^ "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 . ^ Reed, Jessica (2017-11-13). "David Poisson, French Olympic skier, dies in training accident aged 35" . The Guardian . ISSN 0261-3077 . Retrieved 2024-04-22 . ^ 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 ^ Vaux-Montagny, Nicolas (19 January 2022). "French actor Gaspard Ulliel, 37, dies after ski accident" . ABC News . Archived from the original on 25 January 2022.