Mountaineer and sports climbing instructor Kacper Tekieli, husband of the Olympic cross-country skiing champion Justyna Kowalczyk-Tekieli, died in an avalanche in the Swiss Alps, informed the Foundation for the Support of Polish Mountaineering. Jerzy Kukuczka. He was 38 years old.
“An unimaginable loss, Kacper Tekieli died in the Alps. My condolences to the loved ones,” the foundation wrote on its website.
He was a participant in the Polish Winter Himalaism program (2010-2015) and as part of the project he took part in expeditions to Makalu and Broad Peak Middle. In 2016, he participated with Paweł Karczmarczyk in a rescue operation on Shivling in the Indian Himalayas (6543 m).
In the Tatra Mountains, he walked about 300 climbing routes, many alone, overcoming the most important walls of Polish and Slovak peaks. He also climbed in the Alps (the famous “Alpine trilogy” of the northern faces: Eiger, Matternhorn, Grandes Jorases), Alaska, the Caucasus, and Norway.
Justyna Kowalczyk is a two-time Olympic champion (2010 Vancouver – 30 km clical technique, 2014 Sochi – 10 km clical technique), two-time world champion, five-time Olympic medalist, eight-time world championship medalist, four-time World Cup winner, four-time winner of the prestigious Tour de Ski.
Kacper Tekieli married Justyna Kowalczyk on September 24, 2020. On September 2, 2021, their son Hugo was born. (PAP)
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