1. Estelle Balet was a Swiss freeride snowboarder and two-time world champion in 2015 and 2016 at the Freeride World Tour.
10 Facts About Estelle Balet
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Estelle Balet died in an avalanche on 19 April 2016, at the age of 21.
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Estelle Balet was born in the village of Vercorin in Valais.
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Estelle Balet won the Dakine Junior Tour competing with the seniors.
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Estelle Balet entered the Freeride World Tour at the age of eighteen and three weeks, as the youngest athlete ever on this level.
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In 2015, after two victories in the World Tour in Andorra and Fieberbrunn, Estelle Balet became the youngest ever Freeride World Tour champion.
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Estelle Balet upheld her world title in 2016 after her victories in Andorra and in Verbier Xtreme.
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Estelle Balet was a part of the Swatch professional team.
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On 19 April 2016, three weeks after having conquered her second consecutive freeride world title, Estelle Balet died in an avalanche while snowboarding in Orsieres.
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Estelle Balet was filming a snowboard segment with her friend Geraldine Fasnacht for her own first film called Exploring the Known on Le Portalet in southwestern Switzerland.