Ueli Kestenholz

Ueli Kestenholz (10 May 1975 – 11 January 2026) was a Swiss snowboarder and speedriding pioneer. He won the first ever Olympic medal in Snowboarding. He won a bronze medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Kestenholz died on 11 January 2026 at a hospital in Sion, Switzerland after an avalanche accident in the Valais Alps, aged 50.

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Category:1975 births
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Category:Deaths in avalanches
Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Switzerland
Category:Snowboarders