- Pirmin Zurbriggen
Pirmin Zurbriggen (born
February 4 ,1963 inSaas-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 inDownhill , 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 toHeidi 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 coord|46|5|32.57|N|7|57|27.34|E|type:landmark|region:CH and another, Apparthotel Zurbriggen, in Zermatt. [Citation
title = Zurbriggen Homepage
url = http://www.zurbriggen.ch/
accessdate = 2007-11-22] coord|46|0|54.80|N|7|44|32.78|E|type:landmark|region:CH In addition, after his World Cup career had ended he partnered with Authier Ski company on a line of signature skis. [Citation
last = California Ski Company
year = 2003
title = The Authier Story
url = http://www.calskico.com/authier.htm
accessdate = 2007-11-19]World Cup victories
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External links
* [http://www.zurbriggen.ch/pirmin/ Official Website] de icon
* [http://www.skiworldcup.org/load/champions/men/zur/01.html skiworldcup.org biography]
* [http://www.ski-db.com/db/profiles/zrbpi.asp ski db]
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