The 26-year-old snowboarder died after being buried in an avalanche on a closed black diamond slope in eastern Switzerland.

Sophie Hediger, a 26-year-old Olympian snowboarder, 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's death came less than four years after another Olympic snowboarder died in the Swiss Alps during an avalanche. In 2021, Julie Pomagalski, a former Olympic snowboarder from France, was 40 years old. Four people were freeriding together when the avalanche happened, the French federation said. Pomagalski's guide also died.

Sophie Hediger, an Olympic snowboarder from Switzerland, has died at the age of 26 following an avalanche, the country's skiing federation announced on Tuesday. Hediger was caught in an avalanche at the Arosa resort in Switzerland on Monday.

Sophie Hediger, who competed in the 2022 Olympics in Beijing, died in an avalanche in Arosa, Switzerland, according to the police and the Swiss ski federation.

Sophie Hediger, an Olympic snowboarder who competed for Switzerland at the 2022 Winter Olympics, has died in an avalanche. She was 26 years old. Hediger’s death was confirmed by the Swiss-Ski Federation on Tuesday.

Sophie Hediger, a member of Switzerland's snowboard cross team at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, has died following an avalanche at a mountain resort, the country's skiing federation said on Tuesday. The incident occurred on Monday at the Arosa resort in Switzerland.

Spread the loveThe sports world is in mourning following the tragic death of Swiss Olympic snowboarder Sophie Hediger. The 26-year-old athlete lost her life in an avalanche at the mountain resort of Arosa in eastern Switzerland,

Olympic snowboarder Sophie Hediger was killed Monday in an avalanche in her native Switzerland, just days after her 26th birthday.