Simona Senoner
{{Short description|Italian ski jumper (1993–2011)}}
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{{Infobox ski jumper|name= Simona Senoner
| image =Continental Cup 2010 Villach - Simona Senoner 2.jpg
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1993|6|13|df=y}}
| birth_place = Bolzano, South Tyrol, Italy
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2011|1|7|1993|6|13|df=y}}
| death_place = Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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| club = Sci Club Gardena Raiffeisen
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| personalbest =
| seasons = 2008–2011
| wins = 0
| totalpodiums = 0
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Simona Senoner (13 June 1993 – 7 January 2011) was an Italian cross-country racer and ski jumper.
Biography
Senoner was born in Bolzano, in the province of South Tyrol, and lived in Santa Cristina Gherdëina, in the Ladin-speaking territory of the province. From 2008 to her death she was a member of the Italian ski jumper team.[http://www.ladies-skijumping.com/wiadomosci/189/Simona-Senoner-passed-away/ Simona Senoner passed away] She was a niece of Italian skier Peter Runggaldier.[https://www.welt.de/sport/wintersport/article12058210/Der-raetselhafte-Tod-der-17-jaehrigen-Skispringerin.html Der rätselhafte Tod der 17-jährigen Skispringerin]
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, where she was pronounced dead after about 24 hours.{{Cite news |date=8 January 2011 |title=Italian ski jumper dies in hotel room |publisher=USA Today |url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/2011-01-08-2069318669_x.htm |accessdate=8 January 2011}} Initial tests indicated she may have died from a rapid onset of meningitis.{{Cite news |date=9 January 2011 |title=Meningitis possible cause of ski jumper's death |work=USA Today |url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/2011-01-09-2069318669_x.htm}} As a tribute, all Italian winter sports athletes wore black armbands the following Sunday.[http://www.gazzetta.it/Sport_Vari/Sport_Invernali/Salto_con_sci/07-01-2011/lutto-mondo-sci-712401387488.shtml Tragedia nel mondo dello sci]{{Cite web |title=U.S. Jumpers take 4th, 5th in Schonach Event Overshadowed by Tragedy Cross Country Skier Magazine |url=http://www.crosscountryskier.com/ccsnews/news.php?newsid=1523 |url-status=dead |accessdate=9 January 2011 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708205239/http://www.crosscountryskier.com/ccsnews/news.php?newsid=1523 |archivedate=8 July 2011}}
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 [http://patrickstuflesser.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/dolomiten_30072011.pdf Dolomiten August 1, 2011]
References
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External links
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- [http://www.sciclubgardena.info/ Sci Club Gardena Cassa Raiffeisen de Sëlva]
- [http://www.ladies-skijumping.com/wiadomosci/189/Simona-Senoner-passed-away/ Simona Senoner passed away]
- [http://www.ilmessaggero.it/articolo.php?id=133596&sez=HOME_SPORT Sci, l'azzurra 17enne Simona Senoner muore dopo un malore in ritiro]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20121022075817/http://www.fis-ski.com/de/606/615.html?sector=JP&competitorid=122740&type=result Simona Senoner on FIS website]
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Category:Italian female ski jumpers
Category:Neurological disease deaths in Germany
Category:Infectious disease deaths in Germany