Two-time Olympic gold medallist Laura Dahlmeier died tragically at the age of 31 after a climbing accident in Pakistan.
According to Mirror, the management of the former German biathlete announced her death on Wednesday, July 30, following a horrific incident while climbing in the Pakistani Karakoram Mountains with a rope partner.
She got “seriously injured” after falling rocks hit her at roughly 18,700 feet on Monday.
Dahlmeier, who retired from professional biathlon at 25 to pursue her passion of mountaineering, was at an altitude of around 5,700 meters on Laila Peak in Karakoram at the time of the accident.
The management said, “Based on the findings from the helicopter overflight and the rope partner's description of the severity of her injuries, it can be assumed that Laura Dahlmeier died immediately.”
“Recovering the body is too risky for the rescue workers under the current difficult conditions with rockfall and a change in the weather on Laila Peak and is not feasible. Her wish was to leave her body on the mountain in this case. This is also in the interest of her relatives, who also expressly request that Laura's final wishes be respected,” they added.
Dahlmeier made history after winning two gold medals at the 2018 Winter Olympics. She also became the first woman to win both the sprint and pursuit events at the same Olympics.
