Simona Senoner (13 June 1993 – 7 January 2011) was an Italian cross-country racer and

ski jumper Ski jumping is a winter sport in which competitors aim to achieve the farthest jump after sliding down on their skis from a specially designed curved ramp. Along with jump length, competitor's aerial style and other factors also affect the fin ...

Biography

Senoner was born in

Bolzano Bolzano ( ; ; or ) is the capital city of South Tyrol (officially the province of Bolzano), Northern Italy. With a population of 108,245, Bolzano is also by far the largest city in South Tyrol and the third largest in historical Tyrol. The ...

, in the province of

South Tyrol South Tyrol ( , ; ; ), officially the Autonomous Province of Bolzano – South Tyrol, is an autonomous administrative division, autonomous provinces of Italy, province in northern Italy. Together with Trentino, South Tyrol forms the autonomo ...

, and lived in

Santa Cristina Gherdëina Santa Cristina Gherdëina (; ; ) is a Ladin ''comune'' (municipality) and a village in Val Gardena in the South Tyrol of northern Italy. It is located about east of Bolzano. Its Saslong ski run is home of the Super-G and Downhill for men races ...

, in the Ladin-speaking territory of the province. From 2008 to her death she was a member of the Italian ski jumper team. She was a niece of Italian skier

Peter Runggaldier Peter Runggaldier (born 29 December 1968 in Brixen and living in Sëlva, South Tyrol) is an Italian former Alpine skier, who specialized in downhill and super-G disciplines. He competed at the 1994 Winter Olympics and the 1998 Winter Olympics. ...

Death

At the time of her death she was competing in the Continental Cup meet. After suddenly falling ill in her hotel room, she was airlifted to

University Medical Center Freiburg The University Medical Center Freiburg ''(Universitätsklinikum Freiburg)'' in Freiburg, Germany is the teaching hospital and part of the medical research unit of the University of Freiburg and home to its Faculty of Medicine. The medical center i ...

, where she was pronounced

dead Death is the end of life; the irreversible cessation of all biological functions that sustain a living organism. Death eventually and inevitably occurs in all organisms. The remains of a former organism normally begin to decompose sho ...

after about 24 hours. Initial tests indicated she may have died from a rapid onset of

meningitis Meningitis is acute or chronic inflammation of the protective membranes covering the brain and spinal cord, collectively called the meninges. The most common symptoms are fever, intense headache, vomiting and neck stiffness and occasion ...

. As a tribute, all Italian winter sports athletes wore black armbands the following Sunday. File:Simona_Senoner,_Tomba-Grab-Grave_(2014-12).JPG, Senoner's tomb in the cemetery of Santa Cristina Valgardena. File:Rose Dolomiti Rosarium Uhrerhof Dëur.JPG, The rose ''Dolomiti'' dedicated to the ski jumper on 30 July 2011 Dolomiten August 1, 2011
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