DOUBLE Olympic champion Laura Dahlmeier has died aged 31 following a horror mountaineering accident.

The former German biathlete's management announced her heartbreaking death today.

Dahlmeier was climbing in the Pakistani Karakoram Mountains with a rope partner on Monday when falling rocks hit her at roughly 18,700 feet .

A rescue team had been deployed to find the three-time Olympic medallist, but was unable to locate her until Tuesday morning.

Now Dahlmeier's team have revealed she has been found dead after the search continued.

A statement revealed that Dahlmeier has been assumed dead for two days and that recovering her body was not possible due to "currently prevailing difficult conditions with rockfall and a change in the weather on Laila Peak."

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