Muriel Furrer

Muriel Furrer (1 July 2006[1] – 27 September 2024) was a Swiss mountain biker, road cyclist, and cyclo crosser.[3] 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.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.At 12:45, TV images of the paracycling race showed several police cars and an ambulance near the accident site.However, at the request of Furrer's family, the events planned for the 2024 Road World Championships were contested.
2024 UCI Road World ChampionshipsZurichSwitzerlandmountain bike racingEuropean Championships2024 Cheile Grădișteimountain bikerroad cyclistcyclo crosser2024 European Mountain Bike Championshipsskull and brain injuriesSechseläutenplatzCat Ferguson