Matteo Franzoso competing during a World Cup downhill event in Austria on January 25. Severin Aichbauer/Getty Images

Italian skier Matteo Franzoso has died aged 25 after suffering a head injury during a training session in Chile on Monday.

The International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) said the skier sustained “head trauma” after losing control on the first small jump of the training course on the La Parva slope near Santiago.

Franzoso competed in 17 World Cup races, with his best result coming in January 2023 when he finished 28th in the Super-G Slalom event at Cortina d’Ampezzo. He also won the Italian national alpine combined title the same year. His last World Cup appearance came in March.

“On behalf of the International Ski and Snowboard Federation, I would like to ext

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