Winter sports fans were saddened this weekend to learn that superstar Belarusian skier Maxim Gustik died at the age of 35. 

The Belarusian website Sport5 reported that the athlete and coach sustained fatal injuries after he was struck by a car on Saturday.

Maxim enjoyed a career that spanned across two decades

Sport5 noted that Gustik spent his teenage years on the slopes and won back-to-back youth world championships in 2006 and 2007.

#RIP Maxim Gustik 🇧🇾⛷️(35)

Freestyle skier from Belarus who won 🥉 in the Aerials at the 2015 #WorldChampionships in Kreischberg🇦🇹. Competed in the 2018 & 2022 #Olympics & achielved 9 #WorldCup podiums including 2 wins in Deer Valley🇺🇸 2013 & Beijing🇨🇳 2015 pic.twitter.com/trubSkFwJ4

— Sporting Obituaries (@SportIconObit) December 10, 2023

According to the Belarusian website Charter97, Gustik first debuted at the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup in 2008 and went on to appear another nine times.

Tragic Loss: Belarusian Freestyle Skiing Team Coach Maksim Hustsik Passes Away

He was 35 years old:https://t.co/txCgrb2bCj

— Charter97.org (EN) (@Charter_97_EN) December 10, 2023

Maxim won bronze medal at 2015 World Championships, skied in two Olympic games

His best performance came in 2015 when he won a bronze medal at the World Championships which were held in Austria that year.

Belarus' Maxim Gustik wins aerial skiing bronze in Austria http://t.co/W5SaiX2Emm

— Josh Harper (@joshharper412) January 16, 2015

Charter97 noted how in addition to the World Cup, Gustkin also made it to two Winter Olympic Games, appearing in Pyeongchang, South Korea and Beijing, China.

#8 of the top 25 must see #WinterOlympics events: Men’s #Aerials 2/17 & 2/18. #JiaZongyang #QiGuangpu (CHN) faceoff against #AntonKushnir #MaximGustik (BLR). Expect potential spoilers via OAR (Russia), AUS, UKR, CAN & #TeamUSA. #PyeongChang2018 More at: https://t.co/ivpMCQu9xg pic.twitter.com/QEhKJsAFJf

— Joe Fan Show (@JoeFanShow) February 8, 2018

French professional skier Tof Henry dies while skiing in Chilean volcano

Gustik's passing came less than two months after Outside magazine reported that French professional skier Tof Henry lost his life while exploring the Putiagudo Volcano in the Los Lagos region of Chile.

Christophe Claude Michel Henry, known as Tof, died on October 11 while skiing a northeast-facing line on 8,179-foot Puntiagudo Volcano in the Los Lagos Region of Chile. He was 38. https://t.co/0aec0MOuop

— Outside (@outsidemagazine) October 26, 2023

Henry's fellow skiers were left mourning his death, with some posting tributes to their late colleague on social media.

They included Austrian Eva Walkner, who said on her Instagram account that she "will remember Tof as a very special and great character with a very big heart and probably the fastest steep skier I've ever met."