Ueli Kestenholz, who won snowboarding's first Olympic medal in 1998, dies in Swiss avalanche

Swiss snowboard pioneer Ueli Kestenholz, who won bronze at snowboarding's 1998 Olympic debut in Nagano, died at age 50 in an ...
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Olympic legend dies in Swiss mountain accident

Swiss snowboard legend and Olympic bronze medalist Ueli Kestenholz has died at 50 after being caught in an avalanche in the ...

Olympic snowboard medalist Ueli Kestenholz dies in Swiss avalanche at age 50

Snowboarder Ueli Kestenholz, who won a bronze medal in the sport’s first Olympic race, died after being trapped in an ...

Olympic Snowboarding Medalist Dies After Being Trapped by Avalanche: ‘His Life Was Far Too Short’

Ueli Kestenholz, a former Olympic bronze medalist who represented Switzerland at the 1998 and 2022 Winter Games, has died on ...

‘Unstable off-piste conditions continue’: Skiers warned following avalanches in France

The Prefecture of Savoie has called on off-piste skiers to “exercise utmost caution and responsibility, both for their own ...

Olympian snowboarder and father Ueli Kestenholz dies in an avalanche

The snowboarding community is mourning the devastating news that Ueli Kestenholz has died in an avalanche. From Switzerland, ...

Watch: Skier rescues avalanche victim trapped in snow in Switzerland

A skier in Engelberg, Switzerland, spotted an arm sticking out of snow after an avalanche and quickly dug out the buried man, ...