Freestyle skier Sarah Burke's career in pictures

1 February 2005: Sarah Burke practices for the women's superpipe at the Winter X Games IX at Buttermilk Mountain in Aspen, Colorado Photograph: Riccardo S Savi/Getty Images 17 March 2006: she celebrates her gold medal in the halfpipe FIS World Cup event at Apex Mountain in Penticton, British Columbia Photograph: Jacques Boissinot/AP 12 March 2008: competing on her way to win the freestyle overall halfpipe title during the FIS Freestyle World Cup Grand Finals in Chiesa Valmalenco, Italy Photograph: Alberto Pizzoli/AFP/Getty Images 23 January 2009: Burke during the women's skiing superpipe final on her way to winning gold during the Winter X Games at Buttermilk Mountain Photograph: Jonathan Moore/Getty Images 30 January 2011: at the Winter X Games in Aspen Photograph: Steven G Smith/Corbis 5 February 2011: Burke competes in the women's halfpipe finals at the Freestyle Skiing World Championships in Park City, Utah Photograph: Mark J Terrill/AP 20 March 2011: taking first place during the FIS Freestyle World Cup men's and women's halfpipe in La Plagne, France Photograph: Christophe Pallot/Agence Zoom/Getty Images