Ueli Kestenholz, who won a bronze medal in the first snowboarding event in Olympic history while representing Switzerland at the 1998 Winter Olympics, died over the weekend after being caught in an ...

Renowned Olympic gold medalist Ueli Kestenholz has died at the age of 50. While snowboarding with a fellow skier on the eastern slope of the Hockuchriz mountain in Switzerland, Kestenholz was buried ...

A Swiss snowboarder who won bronze in the sport’s Olympic debut has died. According to the Swiss ski federation, Ueli Kestenholz died after he was buried and trapped in an avalanche in Switzerland. He ...

On February 24, 2026, professional split-boarder (also known as backcountry snowboarding) Stratton Matteson was caught and killed in an avalanche near Pemberton, British Columbia. The avalanche ...

Former Bronze medal Olympic snowboarder Ueli Kestenholz has died at age 50 after becoming trapped in an avalanche while snowboarding with a friend in Switzerland, the Swiss Ski Federation confirmed on ...