Olympic freestyle skier Audun Groenvold — who gained bronze on the 2010 Vancouver Video games — died this week after he was struck by lightning.

The Norwegian ski federation introduced the tragic information on Wednesday … explaining the athlete was hit by a bolt throughout a current cabin journey and handed away from his accidents on Tuesday night time.

He was simply 49 years outdated.

“Norwegian snowboarding has misplaced a distinguished determine, who has meant a lot to each the Alpine and freestyle communities,” federation president Tove Moe Dyrhaug mentioned in an announcement. “Audun had an excellent profession in each alpine snowboarding and ski cross, earlier than turning into the nationwide ski cross coach. The Norwegian Ski Affiliation additionally remembers his efforts on the ski board. There shall be an enormous void after Audun.”

“Our ideas exit to Audun’s household, associates and everybody who was near him,” Tove continued.

Groenvold was a embellished athlete — along with his Olympic medal, he additionally gained a bronze within the ski cross occasion within the 2025 world championships. He logged a win within the ski cross cup in 2007 as properly.