At the age of just 26, snowboard crosser Sophie Hediger died in an avalanche accident in Arosa.
24.12.2024, 13:53
24.12.2024, 13:54
SDA
Sad news just before Christmas: Sophie Hediger, a member of the national snowboard cross team, was caught in an avalanche in Arosa on Monday and could only be recovered dead.
The 26-year-old native of Zurich had found a second home in Arosa and now died "while freeriding, a beloved hobby", as Swiss-Ski writes in a press release. Hediger had achieved her first two World Cup podiums last season. She came second at the main World Championships rehearsal in St. Moritz; winning a medal at the home World Championships in the Engadin next March was one of her sporting dreams. She was able to fulfill another with her participation in the 2022 Olympics in China.
"We are stunned and our thoughts are with Sophie's family, to whom we express our deepest condolences," said Walter Reusser, CEO Sport at Swiss-Ski, expressing his shock.
