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Husband of Olympic gold medalist Justyna Kowalczyk killed in avalanche at 38

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Fox News Flash top sports headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. The husband of two-time Olympic Gold medalist Justyna Kowalczyk has died following an avalanche in the Swiss Alps, officials confirmed this week.

He was 38. Kacper Tekieli, who married Kowalczyk in 2020 and with whom he shares a 20-month-old son, was killed in an avalanche, the Polish Mountaineering Support Foundation said.

Justyna Kowalczyk competes at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships on March 2, 2017, in Finland. (Foto Olimpik/NurPhoto via Getty Images) "He was the most beautiful Person in the world," Kowalczyk wrote in a Facebook post on Thursday.  MOUNTAINEERS WHO DISAPPEARED NEAR AMERICA'S HIGHEST PEAK BELIEVED DEAD Tekieli, who was a climbing instructor, last posted a picture on Facebook from inside Konkordia the Hut in Fiescherthal, Switzerland, on Tuesday.

Justyna Kowalczyk during the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships on Feb. 19, 2015, in Falun, Sweden. (Stanko Gruden/Agence Zoom/Getty Images) CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM He had previously climbed Makalu, the fifth-highest mountain in the world.

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