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Olympic snowboarder Sophie Hediger, 26, dies in avalanche in Switzerland

Olympic snowboarder Sophie Hediger, 26, dies in avalanche in Switzerland


Sophie Hediger, a Swiss snowboarder who represented the nation within the 2022 Winter Olympics, died following an avalanche at a ski resort, officers mentioned Tuesday. She was 26.

The incident occurred Monday on the Arosa resort in Switzerland, the nation’s ski federation mentioned in an announcement.

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Switzerland’s Sophie Hediger competes through the ladies’s snowboard cross qualification spherical on the Winter Olympics, Feb. 9, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, File)

“We are surprised and in our ideas with Sophie’s household, to whom we specific our deepest condolences,” Swiss-Ski CEO Walter Reusser mentioned in an announcement.

“With the tragic demise of Sophie Hediger, a darkish shadow has been positioned over the Christmas days for the Swiss ski household. We are immeasurably unhappy. We will maintain Sophie an honorable reminiscence,” he added.

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Hediger was a participant within the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. She competed in snowboard cross and within the blended staff snowboard cross. She did not qualify for the quarterfinals within the singles occasion and her staff misplaced within the blended occasion within the semifinals.

Hediger bounced again in 2023 when she received a gold medal within the FISU World University Games in Lake Placid, New York. She was one in every of three Swiss individuals who received gold medals.

Snowboarders compete in 2022

Charlotte Bankes of Britain, Sophie Hediger of Switzerland and Kristina Paul of the Russian Olympic Committee in motion. (Reuters/Lisi Niesner)

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She then achieved two World Cup podium finishes, together with a second-place end in St. Mortiz in January.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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