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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sport
Jamie Braidwood

YOU WONT BELIEVE: Double olympic champion dies in mountaineering accident - What They Never Told You

Laura Dahlmeier won two gold medals at the 2018 Winter Olympics - (Getty)

German biathlete and double Olympic champion Laura Dahlmeier has died at the age of 31 following a mountaineering accident in Pakistan, her management team confirmed.

Dahlmeier won two gold medals at the 2018 Winter Olympics, becoming the first female biathlete to achieve a sprint and pursuit double at the same Games.

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