Swiss snowboarding champion Estelle Balet was killed in an avalanche on Tuesday after a slab of snow broke away during a film shoot in Switzerland and swept her down a narrow, rocky slope. Police say ...

A 21-year-old world champion snowboarder was killed by an avalanche in Switzerland on Tuesday, officials said. Estelle Balet died during a film shoot near the southwest border with Italy and France, ...

Swiss snowboard champion Estelle Balet has been killed in an avalanche. The 21-year-old Balet, who was the Freeride World Tour champion, had been filming above the village of Orsieres in the Swiss ...

FILE - In This March 9, 2015 file photo Freestyle Snowboarder Estelle Balet poses in front of the vallee du Rhone in Vercorin in the Canton of Valais, Switzerland. The 21-years-old skier has been ...

GENEVA (AP) — World champion extreme snowboarder Estelle Balet was killed in an avalanche on Tuesday while making a film in her native Switzerland. Police said the 21-year-old Swiss athlete was struck ...

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Estelle Balet, who won the Freeride World Tour in 2015, died in the 1km-long avalanche above the village of Orsires, near Switzerland’s southern border with France and Italy, on Tuesday despite ...

Estelle was 21 years of age. Estelle was killed in an avalanche in Switzerland. World champion extreme snowboarder Estelle Balet was killed in an avalanche on Tuesday while making a film in her native ...