Sophie Hediger, a member of Switzerland’s national snowboard cross team, who competed in the Beijing Winter Olympics in 2022, died on Monday in an avalanche in the Swiss Alps, the country’s ski federation said. She was 26.
Hediger was a regular competitor on the international race circuit in snowboard cross, which involves multiple snowboarders racing one another down an undulating course that includes jumps. Less than two weeks ago, she competed in a World Cup race in Cervinia, Italy.
In January, she reached the podium for the first time in a World Cup race, finishing second in a competition in St.