Estelle Balet

Quick Facts

Full Name	Estelle Balet
Occupation	Snowboarder
Date Of Birth	Dec 19, 1994(1994-12-19)
Age	30
Date Of Death	2016-04-19
Birthplace	Sion
Country	Switzerland
Birth City	Valais
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Estelle Balet Biography

Estelle Balet is one of the most popular and richest Snowboarder who was born on December 19, 1994 in Sion, Valais, Switzerland. Snowboarder renowned for her win on the Freeride World Tour, which was her first win as the youngest to ever take home the title. She followed this up with winning the title again the following year.

She as well as She and Nicolas Muller both became known for being snowboarders from Switzerland. both were snowboarders who gained fame from Switzerland.

At the age of 16, she met her future mentor Geraldine Fasnacht who gave her a fascination for free ride. She won the Dakine Junior Tour competing with the seniors. Starting in la Clusaz, she won her first 2 competitions, and obtained a wild card for a 3 competition, achieving 2nd place. On her first year as an active athlete, she won in Hochfuegen (Austria), Chandolin and Nendaz, as well as the European Freeride World qualifier. She entered the Freeride World Tour at the age of eighteen and three weeks, as the youngest athlete ever on this level. Balet specialized particularly in switch, frontside 180, frontside 360 and jib. In 2014, she got 4 podiums in four competitions and was freeride world vice-champion and was nominated as 2014 Rookie of the year by the Direction of Freeride World Tour. In 2015, after two victories in the World Tour in Andorra and Fieberbrunn, Balet became the youngest ever Freeride World Tour champion. She upheld her world title in 2016 after her victories in Andorra and in Verbier Xtreme.

On 19 April 2016, three weeks after having conquered her second consecutive freeride world title, Estelle Balet died in an avalanche while snowboarding in Orsières. She was filming a snowboard segment with her friend Geraldine Fasnacht for her own first film called Exploring the Known on Le Portalet in southwestern Switzerland. Despite swift action from emergency services and attendance from Air Glaciers, she died from her injuries.

Her parents were Eric Balet and Marielle Balet in Switzerland.

Estelle Balet Net Worth

Estelle Balet is one of the richest Snowboarder from Switzerland. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Estelle Balet 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She began snowboarding when was 10 years old, after becoming used to winter sports through ski.

The victim was killed the 21st of April of 2016 when she was entangled in an snow avalanche as she snowboarded for the film. She was riding for Swatch.

Estelle Balet (19 December 1994 – 19 April 2016) was a Swiss freeride snowboarder and two-time world champion in 2015 and 2016 at the Freeride World Tour. She died in an avalanche on 19 April 2016, at the age of 21.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Estelle Balet height 5 ft 7 in Estelle weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Estelle Balet Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Estelle Ranked on the list of most popular Snowboarder. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Switzerland. Estelle Balet celebrates birthday on December 19 of every year.

Top Facts about Estelle Balet

1. Estelle Balet was a Swiss professional snowboarder.
2. She won two consecutive Freeride World Tour titles in 2015 and 2016.
3. Balet tragically died in an avalanche while filming a movie in April 2016.
4. She started snowboarding at the age of nine.
5. Balet was born on February 17, 1994, in Sion, Switzerland.
6. She was also a talented mountain biker and competed at national level events.
7. Balet had over 20k followers on Instagram before her passing.
8. Her death sparked discussions about safety measures for extreme sports athletes.
9. The Estelle Balet Award was created to honor her legacy and support young female freeriders.
10. Balet’s achievements inspired many young girls to pursue their passion for snowboarding.