Olympic Biathlon Champion Laura Dahlmeier Dies in Mountaineering Accident in Pakistan

The 31-year-old German athlete was struck by rockfall on July 28 while climbing in the Karakoram Mountains.

Laura Dahlmeier of Germany reacts after the Biathlon World Team Challenge at Veltins Arena in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, on Dec. 28, 2019. Christof Koepsel/Bongarts/Getty Images

Olympic biathlon champion Laura Dahlmeier has died after being struck by rockfall while climbing in the Karakoram Mountains in Pakistan earlier this week. She was 31.

The accident occurred on Monday afternoon as Dahlmeier and her rope partner, Marina Eva, were descending from the summit of Laila Peak, a statement posted to the German athlete’s Instagram account on Wednesday confirmed.