DeathJan 13, 2026Ueli Kestenholz, who won snowboarding's first Olympic medal in 1998, dies in Swiss avalancheUeli Kestenholz, a Swiss snowboarder and pioneer of the sport, has died at the age of 50 after being caught in an avalanche in the Lötschental valley of Valais, Swit...Ueli KestenholzOlympicsAvalanche
