Pirmin Zurbriggen

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Pirmin Zurbriggen
1984, 1987, 1988, 1990
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Discipline titles12
Medal record
Men's
Alpine Skiing
Representing  Switzerland
International alpine ski competitions
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1 0 1
World Championships 4 4 1
Total 5 4 2
World Cup race podiums
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Slalom 2 2 2
Giant 7 6 6
Super-G 10 9 4
Downhill 10 5 4
Combined 11 4 1
Parallel 0 0 0
Total 40 26 17
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1988 Calgary Downhill
Bronze medal – third place 1988 Calgary Giant slalom
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1985 Bormio Downhill
Gold medal – first place 1985 Bormio Combined
Gold medal – first place 1987 Crans-Montana Super-G
Gold medal – first place 1987 Crans-Montana Giant slalom
Silver medal – second place 1985 Bormio Giant slalom
Silver medal – second place 1987 Crans-Montana Downhill
Silver medal – second place 1987 Crans-Montana Combined
Silver medal – second place 1989 Vail Super-G
Bronze medal – third place 1989 Vail Giant slalom

Pirmin Zurbriggen (born 4 February 1963) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Switzerland. One of the most successful ski racers ever, he won the overall World Cup title four times, an Olympic gold medal in 1988 in Downhill, and nine World Championships medals (4 gold, 4 silver, 1 bronze).

Biography

Zurbriggen was born in

1982.)[2] Incidentally Marc Girardelli
, the second to enter this exclusive circle, won his first downhill race four years later at the same venue.

Zurbriggen retired from international competition after having won the

1975
. Again it was Marc Girardelli who followed him in 1991 with a fourth overall title, and Girardelli added another in 1993 to become the only male racer with five overall titles in World Cup history.

Zurbriggen grew up in the remote village of Saas-Almagell, near Saas-Fee. With a total of 40 World Cup victories over nine years and five gold medals, he belongs to the "All-Time Greats" of alpine skiing, ranking fifth in all-time wins and having 169 Top Ten finishes.[3]

Zurbriggen left the World Cup tour as a hero to start a family; he was married the previous summer (30 June 1989) to Monika Julen (the sister of his best friend on the Swiss ski team, Max Julen),[4] with whom he has five children: Elia, Pirmin Jr., Maria, Alain and Leonie, who have all competed in ski racing.[5] He is the older brother of Heidi Zurbriggen, a winner of three World Cup downhill races, and a distant cousin of Silvan Zurbriggen.[6]

Zurbriggen now runs the "Wellness Hotel Pirmin Zurbriggen" with his parents in Saas-Almagell and another, "Apparthotel Zurbriggen," in Zermatt.[7] In addition, after his World Cup career had ended he partnered with Authier Ski company on a line of signature skis.[8]

World Cup results

Season standings

Season Age Overall Slalom Giant
Slalom		 Super G Downhill Combined
1981
 18 31 — 17 not
run 		— 18
1982
 19 11 33 6 — 7
1983
 20 6 21 4 not
awarded
(w/ GS) 		26 3
1984
 21 1 24 2 10 2
1985
 22 2 14 2 5 9
1986
 23 2 6 10 2 11 1
1987
 24 1 21 1 1 1 1
1988
 25 1 9 4 1 1 4
1989
 26 2 15 2 1 4 3
1990
 27 1 11 6 1 3 1

Season titles

  • 11 titles (4 overall, 2 DH, 4 SG, 1 GS) plus unofficial 3 K
Season Discipline
1984
 Overall
1987
 Overall
Downhill
Super-G
Giant slalom
1988
 Overall
Downhill
Super G
1989
 Super-G
1990
 Overall
Super-G

Race victories

  • 40 wins (10 DH, 10 SG, 7 GS, 11 SC, 2 SL)
  • 83 podiums (40 wins, 26 second place, 17 third place)

Downhill

Date Location
11-Jan-
1985
 Austria Kitzbühel
12-Jan-1985 Austria Kitzbühel
16-Aug-
1986
 Argentina Las Leñas
05-Dec-1986
Val d'Isère
10-Jan-
1987
 West Germany Garmisch
25-Jan-1987 Austria Kitzbühel
07-Mar-1987 United States Aspen, CO
09-Jan-
1988
 France Val d'Isère
29-Jan-1988 Austria Schladming
06-Dec-
1989
 Italy Val Gardena

Giant slalom

Date Location
24-Mar-
1982
San Sicario
11-Jan-
1983
  Switzerland  Adelboden
05-Mar-
1984
 United States Aspen, CO
13-Jan-
1987
  Switzerland  Adelboden
20-Jan-1987  Switzerland  Adelboden
15-Feb-1987 West Germany Todtnau
29-Nov-
1988
 France Val Thorens

Slalom

Date Location
10-Dec-
1984
 Italy Sestriere
23-Feb-
1986
 Sweden Åre

Super-G

Date Location
19-Dec-
1983
 Italy Val Gardena
20-Mar-
1984
 Norway Oppdal
07-Dec-
1984
 France Puy-Saint-Vincent
17-Mar-
1985
Panorama, BC
28-Feb-
1986
 Norway Hemsedal
08-Mar-
1987
 United States Aspen, CO
27-Nov-
1988
 Austria Schladming
12-Dec-
1989
 Italy Sestriere
06-Feb-
1990
 Italy Courmayeur
10-Mar-1990 Norway Hemsedal

Combined

Date Location
24-Jan-
1982
  Switzerland  Wengen
22-Dec-
1982
 Italy Campiglio
29-Jan-
1984
 West Germany Garmisch
11-Jan-
1985
 Austria Kitzbühel
19-Jan-
1986
 Austria Kitzbühel
23-Feb-1986 Sweden Åre
18-Jan-
1987
  Switzerland  Wengen
25-Jan-1987 Austria Kitzbühel
22-Dec-
1988
St. Anton
12-Jan-
1990
 Austria Schladming
21-Jan-1990 Austria Kitzbühel

World championship results

  Year    Age   Slalom   Giant 
 Slalom 		 Super-G Downhill Combined
1985 22 DNF 2 not run 1 1
1987 24 DNF 1 1 2 2
1989 26 DNF 3 2 15 4

Olympic results

  Year    Age   Slalom   Giant 
 Slalom 		 Super-G Downhill Combined
1984 21 DNF1 DNF1 not run 4 not run
1988 25 7 3 5 1 DNF SL2

See also

References

  1. ^ Johnson, William Oscar (27 January 1988). "The Swiss Golden Boy". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  2. ^ victories of Pirmin Zurbriggen on fis-ski.com, sorted by date, retrieved 2011-12-30
  3. ^ Most Valuable Racers – Top 50, retrieved 2010-02-22
  4. ^ Harvey, Randy (February 8, 1988). "PIRMIN ZURBRIGGEN: The Pride of the Swiss Mountain Country Is an Often Humble, Yet Daring Young Man Who Could Win Three Gold Medals in Skiing". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 21, 2018.
  5. ^ Despont, Christian; Monnard, Bertrand (28 December 2014). "Les enfants Zurbriggen arrivent en force" [The children of Zurbriggen arrive in force]. Le Matin (Switzerland) (in French). Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  6. ^ Lang, Patrick (18 December 2010). "Silvan Zurbriggen on Pirmin's footsteps". FIS-Ski.com. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  7. ^ Zurbriggen Homepage, retrieved 2007-11-22
  8. ^ California Ski Company (2003), The Authier Story, archived from the original on December 27, 2007, retrieved 2007-11-19

External links

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