Sophie Hediger
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| Full name | Sophie Anna Hediger | |||||||||||
| Nationality | Swiss | |||||||||||
| Born | 14 December 1998 Horgen, Zurich, Switzerland | |||||||||||
| Died | 23 December 2024 (aged 26) Arosa, Grisons, Switzerland | |||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||
| Sport | Snowboarding | |||||||||||
| Event | Snowboard cross | |||||||||||
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Sophie Anna Hediger (14 December 1998 – 23 December 2024) was a Swiss snowboarder. She competed in the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, in women's snowboard cross, and in the mixed team snowboard cross.[1][2][3]
Hediger competed at the 2018–19 FIS Snowboard World Cup, 2019–20 FIS Snowboard World Cup, 2020–21 FIS Snowboard World Cup, and 2021–22 FIS Snowboard World Cup.[4]
Hediger died in an avalanche at Arosa Lenzerheide, on 23 December 2024, at the age of 26.[5][6][7] It was reported that she and an acquaintance were on the Black Diamond slope that was closed at the time due to avalanche risks.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Sophie HEDIGER". olympics.com/beijing-2022. Archived from the original on 12 February 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
- ^ "Sophie Hediger 2022 Olympics | NBC Olympics". nbcolympics.com. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
- ^ "Sophie HEDIGER". beijing2022.cn. Archived from the original on 12 February 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
- ^ "HEDIGER Sophie". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
- ^ "Swiss Olympic snowboarder dies in avalanche". SWI swissinfo.ch. Keystone-SDA. 24 December 2024. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
- ^ "La snowboardeuse suisse Sophie Hediger est morte dans une avalanche". Le Monde (in French). 24 December 2024. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
- ^ "Sophie Hediger, Olympic Snowboarder From Switzerland, Dies in Avalanche". 24 December 2024. Archived from the original on 24 December 2024. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
- ^ Tragedy in Arosa, Switzerland, As Avalanche Claims Life of 26-Year-Old Olympic Snowboarder
External links
[edit]- Sophie Hediger at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Sophie Hediger at Olympedia (archive)
- Sophie Hediger at Olympics.com
- Sophie Anna Hediger at the Swiss Olympic Association (in German)
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