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Julie Pomagalski (10 October 1980 – 23 March 2021) was a French snowboarder.
She was born in La Tronche, and was the granddaughter of Jean Pomagalski, founder of the Poma ski lift manufacturing company. She competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics and the 2006 Winter Olympics, where she placed sixth in both parallel giant slalom events. She won a gold medal in snowboard cross at the FIS Snowboarding World Championships 1999, and a silver medal in parallel giant slalom at the FIS Snowboarding World Championships 2003.Subsequent to her competitive career, Pomagalski operated a ski school and a sports shop in Méribel.Pomagalski died in an avalanche in Switzerland on 23 March 2021, at age 40.