Elena Fanchini, Italian skier and world silver medalist, dies aged 37 from tumor

• Italian skier Elena Fanchini dies at 37 from tumor
• Fanchini won silver at 2005 world championships

Italian skier Elena Fanchini, whose career was cut short by a tumor, has died. She was 37.

Fanchini passed away Wednesday at her home in Solato, near Brescia, the Italian Winter Sports Federation announced.