19-year-old Italian skier Matilde Lorenzi died after a crash during a training session in northern Italy, the country's defense ministry announced on Tuesday.
The "promising Italian skier" fell while skiing on the Grawand G1 slope in Val Senales, a valley in northern Italy’s South Tyrol province, the International Ski and Snowboard Federation said in a statement.
"The International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) extends its deepest condolences following the tragic loss of Matilde Lorenzi," they said.
Many former Olympic skiers, like Italian Olympic skier Luca De Aliprandini, Spanish Olympic skier Juan del Campo and Swiss Olympic skier Michelle Gisin took to the comments of the FIS Instagram post to pay their own respects to Lorenzi.
Lorenzi, who was part of the Italian Army’s sports section, was last season's Italian junior champion, according to Olympics.com.
Persons:
Matilde Lorenzi, Val Senales, Matilde, Luca De Aliprandini, Juan del Campo, Michelle Gisin, Mikaela Shiffrin, Lindsey Vonn, Lorenzi
Organizations:
Federation, Snowboard Federation, Olympic, Spanish Olympic, FIS, FIS Europa
Locations:
Italian, Italy, Val, Italy’s South Tyrol, Swiss, U.S