Silvan Zurbriggen

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Silvan Zurbriggen
Alpine skier
Silvan Zurbriggen.jpg
Zurbriggen in December 2006
Disciplines Downhill, Combined,
Super G
Club Saas-Almagell
Born (1981-08-15) 15 August 1981 (age 39)
Brig, Valais, Switzerland
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
World Cup debut20 January 2002 (age 20)
Retired1 April 2015 (age 33)
Website www.silvanzurbriggen.ch
Olympics
Teams2 – (2006, 2010)
Medals1 (0 gold)
World Championships
Teams7 – (200315)
Medals1 (0 gold)
World Cup
Seasons14 – (200215)
Wins2 – (1 DH, 1 SC)
Podiums13 – (2 DH, 3 SL, 8 SC)
Overall titles0 – (6th in 2011)
Discipline titles0 – (2nd in SC, 2009)

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 cousin of former Swiss ski racers Pirmin Zurbriggen and Heidi Zurbriggen, [1] and the cousin of Elia Zurbriggen.

Following his racing career, he embarked on a career in banking with an 18-month internship at Raiffeisen. [2]

World Cup results

Season standings

SeasonAgeOverallSlalomGiant
Slalom
Super GDownhillCombined
2003 215418
2004 223013
2005 2324123522
2006 244935434810
2007 25131418264
2008 266633364626
2009 27181932342
2010 28833233384
2011 29618491744
2012 303323266
2013 3175303423
2014 3272543220
2015 33622715

Race podiums

SeasonDateLocationDisciplinePlace
2005 13 Dec 2004 Flag of Italy.svg Sestriere, Italy Slalom 2nd
2007 14 Jan 2007  Flag of Switzerland.svg   Wengen, Switzerland Super combined 3rd
9 Mar 2007 Flag of Norway.svg   Kvitfjell, NorwaySuper combined2nd
2009 16 Jan 2009  Flag of Switzerland.svg   Wengen, SwitzerlandSuper combined3rd
25 Jan 2009 Flag of Austria.svg Kitzbühel, AustriaCombined1st
2010 21 Dec 2009 Flag of Italy.svg Alta Badia, ItalySlalom2nd
15 Jan 2010  Flag of Switzerland.svg   Wengen, SwitzerlandSuper combined3rd
24 Jan 2010 Flag of Austria.svg Kitzbühel, AustriaCombined2nd
26 Jan 2010 Flag of Austria.svg Schladming, AustriaSlalom2nd
2011 18 Dec 2010 Flag of Italy.svg Val Gardena, Italy Downhill 1st
29 Dec 2010 Flag of Italy.svg Bormio, ItalyDownhill2nd
23 Jan 2011 Flag of Austria.svg Kitzbühel, AustriaCombined2nd
2012 22 Jan 2012Combined3rd

World Championship results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombined
2003 2125
2005 2375
2007 25 DNF1 14 8
2009 27 DNF2 4
2011 29 DNF1 13 12 DNF2
2013 31 DSQ 6 7
2015 33 15

Olympic results Olympic rings.svg

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 slalom 
Super-GDownhillCombined
2006 24 15 DNF2
2010 28 12 3

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References

  1. Lang, Patrick (18 December 2010). "Silvan Zurbriggen on Pirmin's footsteps". FIS-Ski.com. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  2. "Silvan Zurbriggen to begin new career in banking". FIS-Ski.com. 2 April 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2016.