te famous superstar and his girlfriend fell more than 2,300ft to their death in horror accident

Jean Daniel Pession, a 28-year-old World Cup skier, and his girlfriend,

Elisa Arlian, tragically died in a skiing accident.

The couple fell over 2,300 feet off a mountain in Italy.

The Italian Winter Sports Federation confirmed the heartbreaking news, stating

, “A terrible tragedy happens in the world of winter sports,

especially speed skiing.” Pession, a native of the Aosta Valley,

had his best career year in 2021,

finishing fifteenth in the final World Cup rankings

and twenty-second at the 2022 World Championships in Vars.

The Federation’s President, Flavio Roda

, and the entire organization expressed their condolences to the Pession family.

Pession and Arlian, 27, were on a romantic hike on Mount Zerbion in the Alps when the accident occurred.

Their families raised the alarm when they didn’t

return home, prompting a rescue mission involving three helicopters with mountain rescue, police, and firefighters.

The couple was found deceased, still holding hands, after their fall.