Olympic ski cross medalist Audun Groenvold has died after being struck by lightning, the Norwegian ski federation introduced Wednesday. He was 49.
Groenvold gained bronze on the 2010 Vancouver Video games.
“It’s with nice disappointment that we have now obtained the information of Audun Groenvold’s premature passing,” the federation stated. “The previous nationwide Alpine skier and ski cross athlete was lately struck by lightning throughout a cabin journey.”
The federation stated Groenvold was “shortly taken to hospital and obtained therapy for the accidents he sustained within the lightning strike” after which died Tuesday evening.
Groenvold was a member of Norway’s alpine snowboarding workforce earlier than he moved into freestyle and ski cross. He had one podium end as a World Cup alpine skier, ending third in a downhill in Sierra Nevada, Spain, in 1999.
He additionally gained a bronze medal in ski cross on the 2005 world championships, and the general ski cross cup in 2007.
After his profession ended, he turned a nationwide workforce coach and a TV commentator.
“Norwegian snowboarding has misplaced a distinguished determine, who has meant a lot to each the Alpine and freestyle communities,” federation president Tove Moe Dyrhaug stated, including that his passing creates “an enormous void.”
