Italian Skier Matilde Lorenzi, 19, Dies After Crash During Training: 'This Is a Tragic Loss'

Mar. 15, 2025

Matilde Lorenzi.Photo:Matilde Lorenzi/Instagram

Matilde Lorenzi/Instagram

Italian skier Matilde Lorenzi has died after a crash during a training session, the country’s defense ministryannouncedTuesday, Oct. 29. Lorenzi was 19 years old.

The “promising Italian skier” died after a fall during a training session on the Grawand G1 slope in Val Senales, a valley in northern Italy’s mountainous South Tyrol province just south of the Austrian border, the International Ski and Snowboard Federation said in a statement.

Matilde Lorenzi.Mario Buehner-Wei/GEPA via ZUMA Press

Mario Buehner-Wei/GEPA via ZUMA Press

Lorenzi was airlifted via helicopter to a hospital in Bolzano, where she later died, according toOlympics.com.

The young alpine skier was from Villarbasse, a community in Turin, according to the website. She followed her sister Lucrezia Lorenzi into the sport.

The 19-year-old was last season’s Italian junior champion, according to Olympics.com. She also finished in sixth place in last year’s Junior World Alpine Ski Championships and eighth in the world’s super-G competition.

Matilde Lorenzi.Matilde Lorenzi/Instagram

Former Olympic skiers mourned Lorenzi’s death after the International Ski and Snowboard Federationsharedthe news on social media Tuesday.

Italian Olympic skier Luca De Aliprandini, Spanish Olympic skier Juan del Campo, Swiss Olympic skier Michelle Gisin and Austrian Olympic skiers Philipp Schörghofe, Michaela Kirchgasser and Nina Ortlieb all shared broken or black heart emojis in response to the federation’s social media tribute to Lorenzi.

“Unbelievable,” Slovakian Olympic skier Andreas Žampa responded with a broken heart emoji.

“So much love to her family, friends, and teammates,” U.S. Olympian Mikaela Shiffrin wrote.

source: people.com