Junior alpine snowboarding champion Matilde Lorenzi died in a automotive crash whereas coaching in Italy.
The Italian Protection Ministry stated Lorenzi, 19, fell whereas snowboarding on a slope in Valsenales, northern Italy.
In line with the official Olympic web site, Lorenzi was the Italian junior champion final season and her sister Lucrezia can be a aggressive skier.
Tributes have poured in since her dying, together with quite a few messages from Olympic ski stars.
Former U.S. Olympic skier Lindsey Vonn described Lorenzi’s dying as a “tragic loss” and stated she was “paying tribute to [her] Ideas to her household.”
Added U.S. Olympian Mikaela Shiffrin: “She had a lot love for her household, her buddies and her teammates.”
The Worldwide Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) stated it “expresses its deepest condolences on the tragic passing of Matilde Lorenzi”.
The assertion added: “FIS is in mourning and stands along with her household, buddies and all who cherished Matilde in honoring her reminiscence at this time and eternally.”
Lorenzi, who performs for the Italian military, competed within the Junior World Championships final season, ending sixth within the downhill and eighth within the super-G.
She additionally competed within the second stage European Championships.
The accident occurred simply months after World Cup skier Jean Daniel Pession and his girlfriend Elisa Arlian died after falling greater than 2,000 ft down a mountain in Italy.
