Nicolas Bochatay (August 27, 1964 – February 22, 1992) was a Swiss speed skier who died during the 1992 Winter Olympics.
Fernande Bochatay, Nicolas' aunt, won the bronze medal in the women's giant slalom during the 1968 Winter Olympics held in Grenoble, France.
Speed skiing was a demonstration sport at the 1992 Games, thus Bochatay's death was not considered as part of the official competition.
[4] Around 9:30 am on February 22, the next-to-last day of competition at the 1992 Winter Olympics,[5] Bochatay was warming up with teammate Pierre Yves-Jorand and United States team members Jeff Hamilton, Jimbo Morgan, and Dale Womack, when he crashed into a Snowcat used to groom snow on a public slope.
Jean-Albert Corrand, director general of COJO, was the one to say the snow groomer was using a siren and flashing lights and was moving uphill towards the skiers as they were coming down.