Jonatan Johansson (snowboarder), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Swedish snowboarder
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Place of Birth: Sollentuna Municipality, Sweden
About Jonatan Johansson (snowboarder)
- Jonatan Johansson (7 March 1980, Sollentuna, Stockholm County - 12 March 2006, Lake Placid, New York) was a Swedish Olympic snowboarder. Johansson died following a failed jump landing during training for the International Ski Federation World Cup competition. In 2000 he began competing at the World Cup level and was ranked 45th in the world.
- In 2005, he was the Swedish champion and won first prize in the Finnish National Championship.
- He was twelfth in the final rankings for Snowboard Cross at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.He died in a snowboarding accident at Whiteface Mountain in Lake Placid, New York, five days after his 26th birthday.
- It was the last run he had planned for the day.
- The snow had become faster and previous snowboarders had jumped very far.
- Allegedly, Johansson lost his balance before jumping; however, he did not abort the jump.
- In midair, he lost his balance and fell, breaking his femur and ribs.
- His ripped aorta and punctured lung and heart proved fatal.
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