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Olympians Who Died in Mountaineering Accidents (35)

Athlete Nation(s) Sport(s) Role(s) Era Notes
Marysette Agnel FRA ALP Olympics 1952—1956 Died in a mountaineering accident on the Col de la Brenva, Mont Blanc massif.
Jean-Pierre Augert FRA ALP Olympics 1968 Died in an avalanche accident.
Jan Bartosik POL SAL Olympics 1980 Died in a paragliding accident.
Anatole Bozon FRA BOB Olympics 1936 Died in an avalanche accident near the Col de l'Iseran while leading two skiers on an excursion.
Charles Bozon FRA ALP Olympics 1956—1960 Died in an avalanche accident.
Otto Furrer SUI CCS/MSP Olympics / Non-Medal 1928 Mountain guide, died during a descent of the Matterhorn when a rope broke.
Gertrud Gabl AUT ALP Olympics 1968—1972 Died in an avalanche accident.
Klaus Ganter FRG CCS Olympics 1968 Died in a parachuting accident.
Benjamín González ESP ATH Olympics 1980—1984 Died in a mountaineering accident on Atxarte, Vizcaya.
Bruce Grant NZL ALP Olympics 1984 Died on the descent after reaching the summit of K2, only one man survived from a party of eight.
Ham Heung-Cheol KOR FBL Olympics 1964 Died in a climbing accident on Seoraksan mountain.
Marián Havlíček TCH
SVK		 CSL Olympics 1972 He died after falling on the icy terrain in the gully of Mount Prašivá in the Low Tatras.
Barbi Henneberger GER
FRG		 ALP Olympics 1960—1964 Died in an avalanche during the shooting of a movie, together with USA Olympian Buddy Werner.
Gerhard Huska AUT SAL Olympics 1960 Huska had a fatal accident in the Austrian Snow Alps region in 1987.
Charles L'Éplattenier SUI ART Olympics 1928 Died in the rocky terrain on the Doubs River while searching new motives.
René Le Grevès FRA CTR Olympics 1932 Died in a skiing accident.
Hubert Leitgeb ITA BTH Olympics 1992—1998 Died in an avalanche accident at Passo di Stalle on the border between Austria and Italy.
Otto Linher AUT ALP Olympics 1952 Died by an oncoming glacier, the avalanche having been caused by a falling ice column.
Henryk Mückenbrunn POL
SUI		 CCS/NCB/SJP/SJR Non-Medal / Non-starter 1924—1928 Died in a snowstorm in Vallée Blanche.
Walter Müller AUT BTH Olympics 1964 Died on the Sulzenauferner, a glacier in the Stubai Alps. He was hit by an avalanche and fell in a crevasse.
Mats Nyberg SWE SAL Olympics 1988—1996 Died in an avalanche accident.
James Palmer-Tomkinson GBR ALP Olympics 1936—1948 Died in a skiing accident.
Harald Paumgarten AUT CCS/NCB/SJP Olympics / Other 1928—1932 Died in an avalanche accident.
Luigi Perenni ITA MSP Non-Medal 1936 Died in a mountaineering accident during a military exercise.
Julie Pomagalski FRA SBD Olympics 2002—2006 Died in an avalanche accident.
Eric Powell GBR ROW Olympics 1908 Died in alpine accident.
Franz Raithel GER MSP Non-Medal 1928 Died in a climbing accident.
Dieter Renz FRG BOX Olympics 1968 Died in a mountaineering accident.
Franziska Rochat-Moser SUI ATH Olympics 1992—1996 Died from injuries sustained in a climbing accident.
Karine Ruby FRA SBD Olympics 1998—2006 Climbing on Mont Blanc, crossing a glacier on their descent, Ruby and a man she was tethered to fell into a crevasse and both were killed, despite rescue attempts.
Fritz Stuessi SUI CCS Olympics 1968 Died in a mountaineering accident in the Albigna-region.
Reinhard Tritscher AUT ALP Olympics 1972 Died in a mountaineering accident on Scheichenspitze.
Buddy Werner USA ALP Olympics 1956—1964 Died in an avalanche during the shooting of a movie, together with German Olympian Barbi Henneberger.
Charles, Count de Westenholz GBR ALP Olympics 1964 Died in a skiing accident.
Robert Zurbriggen SUI CCS/MSP Olympics / Non-Medal 1948 Died while leading a glacier tour.