2023-06-17 15:40:00
On April 30, 2006, Gerold Stadler shot dead his wife, downhill skier Corinne Rey-Bellet, and her brother in the kitchen of the family chalet in Les Crosets VS. Corinne Rey-Bellet won five World Cup races and took silver as a highlight in the downhill of the 2003 World Championships.
Franziska Rochat-Moser also died shortly after her resignation. The winner of the 1997 New York Marathon died in an avalanche in 2002. The lawyer was married to the Swiss top chef Philipp Rochat from 1995 and also gained notoriety as the hostess in a Gault Millau restaurant.
Two years ago, young motorcyclist Jason Dupasquier succumbed to his head injuries after falling in qualifying for the Moto3 class at Mugello. The young Swiss hope was only 19 years old.
Clay Regazzoni also indulged in a dangerous sport. Fate struck twice for the Formula 1 driver. A serious accident ended his career in 1980 – Regazzoni was paraplegic. The popular Ticino continued to drive in cars with hand throttle devices and had a fatal accident in December 2006 on a highway in Italy.
The climber Ueli Steck was not really a top athlete, but one who achieved top performances. The 40-year-old extreme mountaineer from Bern fell to his death in April 2017 near the world’s highest mountain, Mount Everest.
The Australian Peter Carter had a very close connection to the most famous Swiss athlete of all time. He was not only the coach for Roger Federer at the beginning of his professional career, but also a close friend and the most important person to relate to. At the beginning of August 2002, Carter had a fatal accident in South Africa. Roger Federer also struggled to get over Carter’s death late in his career.
Bryan Lefley also belongs in the category of foreigners with a Swiss connection. The Canadian became Swiss champion in 1997 as head coach with SC Bern. In October of the same year he died at the age of 48 in a car accident in Bolzano.
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