Club Saas-Almagell Name Silvan Zurbriggen Partner Nathalie Furrer Teams 7 – (2003–15) Weight 97 kg | Teams 2 – (2006, 2010) Height 1.85 m Website silvanzurbriggen.ch Role Alpine skier Retired April 1, 2015 | |
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Disciplines Downhill, Combined,
Super G Born August 15, 1981 (age 42)
Brig, Switzerland ( 1981-08-15 ) World Cup debut 20 January 2002 (age 20) Parents Marlies Zurbriggen, Uli Zurbriggen Olympic medals Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's Super Combined | ||
Switzerland s silvan zurbriggen 2nd in schladming night slalom
Silvan Zurbriggen (born 15 August 1981) is a retired Swiss World Cup alpine ski racer who competed primarily in downhill and combined, and occasionally in super-G. In 2012, he stopped competing in slalom due to poor results.
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Born in Brig, Valais, Zurbriggen represented Switzerland in seven world championships and two Olympics. He won the silver medal in the slalom before a home crowd at the world championships in 2003 at St. Moritz, and was the Olympic bronze medalist in the combined in 2010 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, held at Whistler. Following his silver medal at age 21, he was the Swiss Winter Sportsman of the year in 2002 / 2003.
Zurbriggen retired from World Cup competition in April 2015 at age 33 with two victories and thirteen podiums. He is a distant cousun of former Swiss ski racers Pirmin Zurbriggen and Heidi Zurbriggen, and the cousin of Elia Zurbriggen.
Following his racing career, he embarked on a career in banking with an 18-month internship at Raiffeisen.
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