Former Olympic snowboarder Julie Pomagalski dies in avalanche aged 40

• Pomagalski competed in parallel giant slalom in 2002 and 2006
• French snowboarder won world snowboard cross title in 1999

Julie Pomagalski, a former Olympic snowboarder from France, has died in an avalanche in the Swiss Alps. She was 40.

Pomagalski competed in the parallel giant slalom at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics and the 2006 Turin Games. She won gold in the snowboard cross at the world championships in 1999.