Sophie Hediger — a Swiss snowboarder who competed within the 2022 Beijing Video games — was tragically killed in an avalanche on Monday. She was simply 26 years previous.
Switzerland’s snowboarding federation introduced the heartbreaking information on Tuesday — revealing the incident occurred on the Arosa resort.
“We are stunned,” Swiss-Ski CEO Walter Reusser mentioned in a press release, “and our thoughts are with Sophie’s family, to whom we express our deepest condolences.”
Hediger competed in a number of occasions on the 2022 Winter Olympics, together with the ladies’s snowboard cross.
In 2023-24, she completed on the rostrum twice in World Cup competitions.
Hediger had simply turned 26 years previous on Dec. 14.
“For the Swiss Ski family, the tragic death of Sophie Hediger has cast a dark shadow over the Christmas holidays,” Reusser mentioned. “We are immeasurably sad. We will keep an honorable memory of Sophie.”
RIP.
