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Olympians Who Died in Mountaineering Accidents (26)

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For Olympians who died in avalanche accidents see this list.

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.
Jan Bartosik POL SAL Olympics 1980 Died in a paragliding accident.
Delfín Campo ESP ALP Olympics 1988 Death as a result of a mountain bike accident
Laura Dahlmeier GER BTH Olympics 2014—2018 On 28 July 2025, Laura Dahlmeier was seriously injured in a rockfall while mountaineering on the Laila Peak in the Hushe Valley, Karakoram in Pakistan. On 30 July 2025, her management confirmed that Dahlmeier had been found dead.
Otto Furrer SUI CCS/MSP Olympics / Non-Medal 1928 Mountain guide, died during a descent of the Matterhorn when a rope broke.
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.
Ernst Hack AUT WRE Olympics 1972 Hack died from falling rocks while on a hiking trip.
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.
Gerhard Huska AUT SAL Olympics 1960 Huska had a fatal accident in the Austrian Snow Alps region in 1987.
Charles L'Éplattenier SUI SKL 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.
Henryk Mückenbrunn POL
SUI		 CCS/NCB/SJP/SJR Non-Medal / Non-starter 1924—1928 Died in a snowstorm in Vallée Blanche.
James Palmer-Tomkinson GBR ALP Olympics 1936—1948 Died in a skiing accident.
Luigi Perenni ITA MSP Non-Medal 1936 Died in a mountaineering accident during a military exercise.
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.
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.