Muriel Furrer (1 July 2006[1] – 27 September 2024) was a Swiss mountain biker, road cyclist, and cyclo crosser. She won a bronze medal in the mixed relay at the 2024 European Mountain Bike Championships.[2] In road cycling, she was the runner-up at the national junior championships in both the time trial and road race events.[3]
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| Born | 1 July 2006 | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 27 September 2024 (aged 18) Zurich, Switzerland | ||||||||||||||
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She died from severe skull and brain injuries sustained in a race crash during the 2024 UCI Road World Championships on 27 September 2024, at the age of 18.[4][5][6][7] Furrer had been lying unnoticed for some time in the woods next to the road where she had crashed before.[8][9]
Muriel Furrer's accident was not witnessed by anybody. At 11:09, the first cyclists passed the Sechseläutenplatz for the first time; Furrer's split time was not recorded. At 11:54, the race ended with Cat Ferguson as the winner. As Furrer's missing status was still presumably unknown to the organizers, at 12:15 the men's paracycling race was started as scheduled, on the route that passes by the accident site. Furrer was found after her own fatal race had ended, by security personnel who went searching for her. At 12:45, TV images of the paracycling race showed several police cars and an ambulance near the accident site.[10]
The UCI had originally released a statement saying that all World Championships races may be cancelled. However, at the request of Furrer's family, the events planned for the 2024 Road World Championships will be contested.[11]
References
edit- ^ "Muriel Furrer". Retrieved 27 September 2024.
- ^ "Mixed team relay results" (PDF). Retrieved 17 August 2024.
- ^ Zwitsers wielertalent Muriel Furrer (18) overleden na val op WK voor junioren
- ^ "Mondiali ciclismo: morta la 18enne svizzera Furrer". ANSA (in Italian). 27 September 2024.
- ^ "Swiss rider Muriel Furrer dies after World Championship crash". 27 September 2024. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
- ^ ’Overleden wielrenster Muriel Furrer lag na haar crash lange tijd onopgemerkt in bos’
- ^ Onderzoek naar dodelijke val Muriel Furrer (18) op WK wielrennen: lag Zwitserse al uur in bos voor ze gevonden werd?
- ^ "Cycling World Championships continue in milder form after Furrer's death: "Swiss rider was lying in woods unnoticed for long time"". IDLprocycling.com. 27 September 2024. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
- ^ https://www.blick.ch/sport/rad/grosse-trauer-an-rad-wm-muriel-furrer-ist-gestorben-id20176158.html
- ^ "Was Muriel Furrer lying in the forest for almost two hours until she was rescued?". bluewin.ch. 30 September 2024. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
- ^ Avec le décès de Muriel Furrer, les Mondiaux de Zurich continuent, mais la fête s’arrête