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.

Professional snowboarder Sophie Hediger was killed in an avalanche while snowboarding on Monday. Hediger competes during the women's snowboard cross qualification round at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila) AP

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.

The area had allegedly been closed due to avalanche risk. It took emergency teams and rescuers ... She had finished second place in January in St. Moritz, Switzerland, for the World Cup. "Wow! what just happened yesterday! got my first World Cup podium ...

The snowboarding community is mourning the shocking loss of Sophie Hediger, a rising star in the sport, whose death has been confirmed after she was caught up in an avalanche on Dec. 23. She was 26.

Swiss snowboarder and Olympian Sophie Hediger died on Monday, Dec. 23 at age 26 in an 'avalanche accident,' the Swiss-Ski federation said in a statement.

Switzerland’s national snowboard cross team is mourning the loss of one of their own after Olympian Sophie Hediger died in an avalanche on Monday. She was 26. Hediger was swept up in an avalanche in the mountain resort town of Arosa, Switzerland, the Swiss-Ski Federation announced 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.

Reports say Sophie Hediger and a friend were on expert-level runs at a mountain resort in Switzerland when the tragic accident occurred.

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.

An accomplished Swiss snowboarder died in an avalanche, the Swiss-Ski federation announced on Tuesday. Sophie Hediger, a 26-year-old member of the national snowboard cross team, was at the mountain resort of Arosa when the tragedy occurred.

Swiss snowboarder Sophie Hediger, famous for competing in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, tragically lost her life yesterday (December 23) in an avalanche at Arosa Lenzerheide, a ski area located on the eastern side of her country.