Jonatan Johansson (snowboarder)
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Jonatan Johansson (7 March 1980 - 12 March 2006) was a Swedish Olympic snowboarder.
Born in Sollentuna, Stockholms län, he had a bad landing on one of his jumps during training for the International Ski Federation World Cup competition.
He was twelfth in the final rankings for Snowboard Cross at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.
He had been competing at the World Cup level since 2000 and was ranked 45th in the world. In 2005, he was Swedish champion and won first prize in the Finnish National Championship.
He died in a snowboarding accident at Whiteface Mountain in Lake Placid, New York, five days after his 26th birthday.
[edit] References
- ↑ Swedish snowboardcross athelte Johansson dies after Whiteface spill. Ski Racing (2006-03-12). Retrieved on 2006-04-08.
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