Pirmin Zurbriggen
Medal record Men's
Alpine SkiingCompetitor for
SwitzerlandOlympic GamesGold
1988 CalgaryDownhillBronze
1988 CalgaryGiant SlalomAlpine World ChampionshipsGold
1985
BormioDownhillGold
1985
BormioCombinedGold
1987
Crans-MontanaSuper-GGold
1987
Crans-MontanaGiant SlalomSilver
1985
BormioGiant SlalomSilver
1987
Crans-MontanaDownhillSilver
1987
Crans-MontanaCombinedSilver
1989
VailSuper-GBronze
1989
VailGiant Slalom
Pirmin Zurbriggen (born February 4, 1963 in Saas-Almagell, Kanton Wallis) is a Swiss
former alpine skier, one of the all time great ski racers. He won
the Overall World Cup title four times, an
Olympic Gold Medal in
Downhill, and 9 World Championships medals (4 Gold, 4 Silver, 1
Bronze). He is the first skier ever to win all five specialties of modern
alpine ski racing during his outstanding career. He retired from the sport
after the 1990 season. A very religious person who grew up the remote village
of Saas-Almagell, near Saas-Fee, Zurbriggen attacked ski racing with incredible
aggressiveness to reach his goals. A seemingly reckless skier in downhill, he
loved the danger of steep, icy and treacherous courses. With a total of 40
World Cup victories over nine years and five gold medals, Pirmin Zurbriggen
definitely belongs to the "All-Time Greats" of Alpine Skiing. He left the World
Cup tour as a hero to start a family. A father of four kids, and brother to
Heidi Zurbriggen (she won 3 DH races in the World Cup
herself), Pirmin now runs the "Wellness Hotel Pirmin Zurbriggen" with his
parents in Saas-Almagell 46°5′32.57″N 7°57′27.34″E / 46.0923806, 7.9575944 and
another, Apparthotel Zurbriggen, in Zermatt.[1] 46°0′54.80″N 7°44′32.78″E / 46.0152222, 7.7424389 In
addition, after his World Cup career had ended he partnered with Authier Ski
company on a line of signature skis.[2]
Contents
World Cup victories
Season Discipline
1990Overall
1990Super G
1989GS
1989Super G
1988Overall
1988DH
1988Super G
1987Overall
1987DH
1987GS
1987Super G
1984Overall
Individual victories
Downhill
Date Location
11 January1985Kitzbühel12 January1985Kitzbühel16 August1986Las Lenas5 December1986Val d'Isère10
January1987Garmisch-Partenkirchen25
January1987Kitzbühel7 March1987Aspen9
January1988Val d'Isère29
January1988Schladming6 December1989Val
Gardena
Giant slalom
Date Location
24 March1982San Sicario11
January1983Adelboden5 March1984Aspen13
January1987Adelboden20 January1987Adelboden15 February1987Todtnau29
November1988Val
Thorens
Slalom
Date Location
10 December1984Sestriere23
February1986Åare
Super-G
Date Location
19 December1983Val
Gardena20 March1984Oppdal7 December1984Puy-St-Vinsent
17
March1985Panorama28
February1986Hemsedal8 March1987Aspen27
November1988Schladming12
December1989Sestrières6 February1990Courmayeur10
March1990Hemsedal
Combined
Date Location
24 January1982Wengen22
December1982Campiglio29
January1984Garmisch-Partenkirchen11
January1985Kitzbuhel19 January1986Kitzbuhel23 February1986Åare18 January1987Wengen25 January1987Kitzbuhel22 December1988Sankt
Anton12 January1990Schladming21 January1990Kitzbuhel
Footnotes
- ^ Zurbriggen Homepage,
<http://www.zurbriggen.ch/>.
Retrieved on 22 November 2007
- ^ California Ski
Company (2003), The
Authier Story, <http://www.calskico.com/authier.htm>. Retrieved on 19
November 2007
External links
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eOlympic champions in men's
downhill1948:
Henri Oreiller | 1952:
Zeno
Colò | 1956:
Toni Sailer | 1960:
Jean
Vuarnet | 1964:
Egon Zimmermann | 1968:
Jean-Claude Killy | 1972:
Bernhard Russi | 1976:
Franz Klammer | 1980:
Leonhard Stock | 1984:
Bill Johnson | 1988: Pirmin Zurbriggen |
1992:
Patrick Ortlieb | 1994:
Tommy
Moe | 1998:
Jean-Luc Crétier | 2002:
Fritz
Strobl | 2006:
Antoine Dénériaz
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eMen's Alpine skiing World Cup
winners(overall) 1967:
Jean-Claude Killy | 1968:
Jean-Claude Killy | 1969:
Karl
Schranz | 1970:
Karl Schranz | 1971:
Gustav Thöni | 1972:
Gustav Thöni | 1973:
Gustav Thöni | 1974:
Piero
Gros | 1975:
Gustav Thöni | 1976:
Ingemar Stenmark | 1977:
Ingemar Stenmark | 1978:
Ingemar Stenmark | 1979:
Peter Lüscher | 1980:
Andreas Wenzel | 1981:
Phil
Mahre | 1982:
Phil Mahre | 1983:
Phil
Mahre | 1984: Pirmin Zurbriggen | 1985:
Marc Girardelli | 1986:
Marc Girardelli | 1987: Pirmin Zurbriggen | 1988: Pirmin
Zurbriggen | 1989:
Marc Girardelli | 1990: Pirmin Zurbriggen | 1991:
Marc Girardelli | 1992:
Paul
Accola | 1993:
Marc Girardelli | 1994:
Kjetil André Aamodt | 1995:
Alberto Tomba | 1996:
Lasse
Kjus | 1997:
Luc Alphand | 1998:
Hermann Maier | 1999:
Lasse
Kjus | 2000:
Hermann Maier | 2001:
Hermann Maier | 2002:
Stephan Eberharter | 2003:
Stephan Eberharter | 2004:
Hermann Maier | 2005:
Bode
Miller | 2006:
Benjamin Raich | 2007:
Aksel Lund Svindal
v • d •
eWorld champions in
men'sdownhill 1931:
Walter Prager | 1932:
Gustav Lantschner | 1933:
Walter Prager | 1934:
David
Zogg | 1935: Franz Zingerle | 1936:
Rudolf Rominger | 1937:
Émile Allais | 1938:
James Couttet | 1939: Hellmut Lantschner | 1948:
Henri Oreiller | 1950:
Zeno
Colò | 1952:
Zeno Colò | 1954:
Christian Pravda | 1956:
Anton Sailer | 1958:
Anton Sailer | 1960:
Jean
Vuarnet | 1962:
Karl Schranz | 1964:
Egon Zimmermann | 1966:
Jean-Claude Killy | 1968:
Jean-Claude Killy | 1970:
Bernhard Russi | 1972:
Bernhard Russi | 1974:
David Zwilling | 1976:
Franz Klammer | 1978:
Josef Walcher | 1980:
Leonhard Stock | 1982:
Harti Weirather | 1985: Pirmin Zurbriggen | 1987:
Peter Müller | 1989:
Hans-Jörg Tauscher | 1991:
Franz Heinzer | 1993:
Urs
Lehmann | 1996:
Patrick Ortlieb | 1997:
Bruno
Kernen | 1999:
Hermann Maier | 2001:
Hannes Trinkl | 2003:
Michael Walchhofer | 2005:
Bode
Miller | 2007:
Aksel Lund Svindal
v • d •
eWorld champions in men's giant
slalom1950:
Zeno Colò| 1952:
Stein Eriksen| 1954:
Stein Eriksen| 1956:
Toni
Sailer| 1958:
Toni Sailer| 1960:
Roger
Staub| 1962:
Egon Zimmermann| 1964:
François Bonlieu| 1966:
Guy Périllat| 1968:
Jean-Claude Killy| 1970:
Karl
Schranz| 1972:
Gustav Thöni| 1974:
Gustav Thöni| 1976:
Heini
Hemmi| 1978:
Ingemar Stenmark| 1980:
Ingemar Stenmark| 1982:
Steve
Mahre| 1985:
Markus Wasmeier| 1987: Pirmin Zurbriggen | 1989:
Rudolf Nierlich| 1991:
Rudolf Nierlich| 1993:
Kjetil André Aamodt| 1996:
Alberto Tomba| 1997:
Michael von Grünigen| 1999:
Lasse
Kjus| 2001:
Michael von Grünigen| 2003:
Bode
Miller| 2005:
Hermann Maier| 2007:
Aksel Lund Svindal
v • d •
eWorld champions in
men'sSuper-G 1987: Pirmin Zurbriggen | 1989:
Martin
Hangl | 1991:
Stephan Eberharter | 1993: unassigned | 1996:
Atle Skårdal | 1997:
Atle Skårdal | 1999:
Lasse
Kjusand
Hermann Maier | 2001:
Daron Rahlves | 2003:
Stephan Eberharter | 2005:
Bode
Miller | 2007:
Patrick Staudacher
v • d •
eWorld champions in men's
combined1932: Otto Furrer | 1933: Anton Seelos | 1934:
David
Zogg | 1935: Anton Seelos | 1936:
Rudolf Rominger | 1937:
Émile Allais | 1938:
Émile Allais | 1939: Josef Jennewein | 1948:
Henri Oreiller | 1954:
Stein Eriksen | 1956:
Toni
Sailer | 1958:
Toni Sailer | 1960:
Guy Périllat | 1962:
Karl
Schranz | 1964: Ludwig Leitner | 1966:
Jean-Claude Killy | 1968:
Jean-Claude Killy | 1970:
Billy
Kidd | 1972:
Gustav Thöni | 1974:
Franz Klammer | 1976:
Gustav Thöni | 1978:
Andreas Wenzel | 1980:
Phil
Mahre | 1982: Michel Vion | 1985: Pirmin Zurbriggen | 1987:
Marc Girardelli | 1989:
Marc Girardelli | 1991:
Stephan Eberharter | 1993:
Lasse
Kjus | 1996:
Marc Girardelli | 1997:
Kjetil André Aamodt | 1999:
Kjetil André Aamodt | 2001:
Kjetil André Aamodt | 2003:
Bode
Miller | 2005:
Benjamin Raich | 2007:
Daniel Albrecht
Awards Preceded by
Étienne DagonSwiss Sportsman
of the Year
1985Succeeded by
Werner Günthör
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eMen's Alpine skiing World Cup
winners(overall) 1967:
Jean-Claude Killy | 1968:
Jean-Claude Killy | 1969:
Karl
Schranz | 1970:
Karl Schranz | 1971:
Gustav Thöni | 1972:
Gustav Thöni | 1973:
Gustav Thöni | 1974:
Piero
Gros | 1975:
Gustav Thöni | 1976:
Ingemar Stenmark | 1977:
Ingemar Stenmark | 1978:
Ingemar Stenmark | 1979:
Peter Lüscher | 1980:
Andreas Wenzel | 1981:
Phil
Mahre | 1982:
Phil Mahre | 1983:
Phil
Mahre | 1984: Pirmin Zurbriggen | 1985:
Marc Girardelli | 1986:
Marc Girardelli | 1987: Pirmin Zurbriggen | 1988: Pirmin
Zurbriggen | 1989:
Marc Girardelli | 1990: Pirmin Zurbriggen | 1991:
Marc Girardelli | 1992:
Paul
Accola | 1993:
Marc Girardelli | 1994:
Kjetil André Aamodt | 1995:
Alberto Tomba | 1996:
Lasse
Kjus | 1997:
Luc Alphand | 1998:
Hermann Maier | 1999:
Lasse
Kjus | 2000:
Hermann Maier | 2001:
Hermann Maier | 2002:
Stephan Eberharter | 2003:
Stephan Eberharter | 2004:
Hermann Maier | 2005:
Bode
Miller | 2006:
Benjamin Raich | 2007:
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