Two-time Olympic snowboarder Julie Pomagalski of France died in an avalanche in the Swiss Alps. She was 40.
The French Ski Federation announced Pomagalski’s death on Wednesday. The organization said she died Tuesday.
France's Julie Pomagalski smiles as she holds her World Cup trophy at the Alpine skiing World Cup finals in Bardonecchia, Italy, on March 14, 2004. Pomagalski was crowned 2004 World Cup Snowboard winner. (Kieran Doherty/Reuters File Photo
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