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Ueli Kestenholz, who won medal in snowboarding's first Olympic race, dies in avalanche
short by Anmol Sharma / on Wednesday, 14 January, 2026
Swiss snowboarder Ueli Kestenholz, who won bronze in snowboarding's Olympic debut at the 1998 Nagano Games, has died after being caught in an avalanche in Switzerland. The 50-year-old was snowboarding with a friend who was skiing in the Lötschental Valley in Valais canton on Sunday when the avalanche struck. Kestenholz also became snowboardcross champion at the X-Games twice.
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