- Otto Furrer
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Medal record Competitor for Switzerland Men’s Alpine skiing World Championships Gold 1932 Cortina d'Ampezzo Combined Silver 1931 Mürren Downhill Silver 1932 Cortina d'Ampezzo Slalom Bronze 1932 Cortina d'Ampezzo Downhill Bronze 1933 Innsbruck Combined Otto Furrer (October 19, 1903 – July 26, 1951) was a Swiss alpine skier and cross-country skier and world champion.
Furrer was born in Zermatt. He became a world champion in the combined event, received a silver medal in the slalom and a bronze medal in the downhill in Cortina d'Ampezzo in 1932.[1] He was killed in an accident on the Matterhorn.
References
- ^ Official results for the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships – FIS-ski.com - (Retrieved on 15 November 2008)
1932: 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 | 2009: Aksel Lund Svindal | 2011: Aksel Lund SvindalThis biographical article related to ski mountaineering is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.