//Olympic snowboarder Julie Pomagalski dies in avalanche at 40

Olympic snowboarder Julie Pomagalski dies in avalanche at 40

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.The French ski federation said Wednesday that Pomagalski died Tuesday but did not specify