Faraj Benlahoucine, Media365, published on Tuesday December 24, 2024 at 5:45 p.m.
Swiss snowboarder Sophie Hediger was swept away by an avalanche on Monday. The champion had just celebrated her 26th birthday ten days earlier.
On this Christmas Eve, the snowboarding family has just lost one of its stars. “For the Swiss-Ski family, a dark shadow fell over the Christmas period with the tragic death of Sophie Hediger. We are incredibly sad. We will honor the memory of Sophie” reacted Walter Reuss, the director of the Swiss federation, in a press release. Practicing off-piste with her companion this Monday according to the cantonal police of Graubünden, the young woman who had just celebrated her 26th candle on December 14 was swept away by an avalanche in Arosa in eastern Switzerland.
Immediately informed, However, emergency services were only able to locate Sophie Hediger two hours after the tragedy teaches usAFP. Despite their intervention, the snowboarder could not be resuscitated. Switzerland has lost a great champion. Last February she placed 3rd during the stage organized in Gudauri in Georgia. A week earlier she had won second place in front of the Swiss public in St-Moritz, signing her first World Cup podium. At the Beijing Winter Olympics, however, she failed to win a medal, placing 7th in the team competition and 19th in the individual snowboardcross event.
