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Pro skier, 29, killed in avalanche after being swept 1,300ft down mountain with her newlywed husband

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Jones, R. (2026, October 1). Pro skier, 29, killed in avalanche after being swept 1,300ft down mountain with her newlywed husband. Daily Mail. https://www.dailymail.com/sport/othersports/article-16174019/juliette-willmann-skier-avalanche-patagonia-argentina.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

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Professional skier Juliette Willmann, 29, died after being swept down a mountain by an avalanche while skiing with her newlywed husband, Pierre-Idris Mehdi, in the Patagonian Andes, Argentina. The incident occurred on Tuesday around 12:30 pm when they were caught in a snow slide that buried Willmann under five feet of snow. Despite efforts to rescue her and multiple rounds of CPR, she could not be revived. Her husband survived but was severely affected by the tragedy. Willmann had competed in the Freeride World Tour between 2019 and 2022 and came from a well-known ski family in France.
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Professional skier Juliette Willmann, 29, died after being swept 1,300 feet down a mountain in an avalanche near Cerro Creston in Patagonia, Argentina on Tuesday. She was skiing with her newlywed husband, Pierre-Idris Mehdi, when the incident occurred around 12:30 pm. Willmann's team and local rescue services rushed to save her but found her buried under five feet of snow several hours later at about 5 pm; she was pronounced dead while her husband survived with injuries. Willmann, part of the Freeride World Tour between 2019 and 2022, had previously warned about the dangers of extreme skiing landscapes, including those as high as 19,700 feet in Nepal.

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🔮 Professional skier Juliette Willmann has been killed after being swept 1,300ft down a mountain in an avalanche.
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Argentina French Patagonia the Freeride World Tour the Government of Santa Cruz

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Willmann PERSON · 7× Juliette Willmann PERSON · 3× Patagonia GPE · 3× Pierre-Idris Mehdi PERSON · 3× Argentina GPE · 2× French NORP · 2× Civil Defense ORG · 1× France GPE · 1× Wilmann PERSON · 1× the Government of Santa Cruz ORG · 1×

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Willmann (left) was part of the Freeride World Tour between 2019 and 2022 She gushed over their trip to Patagonia in a heartbreaking final post before her death Willmann was part of a French ski family that was well-known in the local community Willmann, who skied on some of the most extreme mountains in the world, including at around 19,700ft in Nepal, had previously warned about the dangers of such landscapes.
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🔮 Professional skier Juliette Willmann has been killed after being swept 1,300ft down a mountain in an avalanche.

Claims (19 extracted, 2 hedged)

Professional skier Juliette Willmann has been killed after being swept 1,300ft down a mountain in an avalanche. asserted
Willmann → kill → avalanche
Willmann, 29, was buried beneath five feet of snow after the horrific incident in the Patagonian Andes, Argentina on Tuesday. asserted
Willmann → bury → Tuesday
She had been skiing with her newlywed husband, Pierre-Idris Mehdi, 30, when a mass of snow crashed down the Cerro Creston mountain and swept up the couple at around 12:30pm, according to the Government of Santa Cruz. They plummeted a shocking 1,312ft from their starting height of 10,171ft as they were both engulfed and Willmann was buried beneath the ice and snow. uncertain
Willmann → ski → ice
Skiers desperately dug through the snow attempting to rescue her as a distress beacon rang out before mountain rescue, police, Civil Defense services and medics scrambled to find the pair. asserted
rescue → dig → pair
The victims were found hours later at around 5pm, with Willmann's husband surviving the avalanche and being evacuated for treatment. asserted
husband → find → treatment
Professional skier Juliette Willmann has died in an avalanche in Argentina at 29 years old Wilmann was skiing with her husband, Pierre-Idris Mehdi when tragedy struck on the mountain Willmann was buried under the snow for hours before being found and pronounced dead But his wife was discovered without vital signs and could not be revived after multiple rounds of CPR. uncertain
wife → die → CPR
The professional freeride and ski mountaineering athlete competed in the Freeride World Tour between 2019 and 2022 and was from a well-known ski family in France. Her dad, Phillippe, is a former French alpine ski coach who trained the women's national team while her older sister, Alison, raced for the national alpine team. asserted
sister → compete → team
'Juliette Willmann has indeed died. asserted
Willmann → die → ?
She is a professional skier who is well involved in local life,' confirmed Olivier Greber, president of the Chamonix guide company, contacted by AFP. asserted
Greber → confirm → AFP
Pierre-Idris Mehdi (her partner) is not doing too badly obviously but he is very affected. asserted
he → do → ?
I think they were newlyweds. asserted
they → think → ?
He had left in mid-August, I think, for this trip, the reason for which I don't know. asserted
I → leave → which
Before tragedy struck, she shared a post reflecting on how 'lucky' she was to be traveling through Patagonia with her husband. asserted
she → strike → husband
She wrote on Instagram: 'We feel so lucky to be here, in the mountains of Patagonia, exploring this amazing place. asserted
We → write → place
This trip in South America keeps blowing our mind. asserted
trip → blow → mind
Willmann (left) was part of the Freeride World Tour between 2019 and 2022 She gushed over their trip to Patagonia in a heartbreaking final post before her death Willmann was part of a French ski family that was well-known in the local community Willmann, who skied on some of the most extreme mountains in the world, including at around 19,700ft in Nepal, had previously warned about the dangers of such landscapes. asserted
who → gush → landscapes
Speaking in a 2024 documentary, she said: 'In the mountains you are vulnerable. asserted
you → speak → mountains
The mountains decide and you have to listen to them, you have to respect them. asserted
you → decide → them
'Experience plays an important role, but I'm still at the beginning of the process.' asserted
I → play → process
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