Jonatan Johansson (snowboarder)
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Jonatan Johansson (7 March 1980, Sollentuna, Stockholm County – 12 March 2006, Lake Placid, New York) was a Swedish Olympic snowboarder.
Johansson died following a failed jump landing during training for the
International Ski Federation
World Cup competition.
In 2000 he began competing at the World Cup level and was ranked 45th in the world.
He died in a snowboarding accident at
punctured lung
and heart proved fatal.
References
- ^ a b Pennington, Bill (2006-03-13). "Fall Claims Life of Olympic Snowboarder". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-03-06.
- ^ The Associated Press (2006-03-12). "Swedish snowboarder dies during training". CBC.ca. Retrieved 2009-03-06.
External links
- FIS Profile Archived 2007-05-15 at the Wayback Machine