Silvan Zurbriggen

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.

Silvan Zurbriggen
Zurbriggen in December 2006
Born (1981-08-15) 15 August 1981
Brig, Valais, Switzerland
OccupationAlpine skier
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Skiing career
DisciplinesDownhill, Combined,
Super G
ClubSaas-Almagell
World Cup debut20 January 2002 (age 20)
Retired1 April 2015 (age 33)
Websitewww.silvanzurbriggen.ch
Olympics
Teams2 – (2006, 2010)
Medals1 (0 gold)
World Championships
Teams7 – (2003–15)
Medals1 (0 gold)
World Cup
Seasons14 – (2002–15)
Wins2 – (1 DH, 1 SC)
Podiums13 – (2 DH, 3 SL, 8 SC)
Overall titles0 – (6th in 2011)
Discipline titles0 – (2nd in SC, 2009)
Medal record
Men's alpine skiing
Representing   Switzerland
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Vancouver Combined
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2003 St. Moritz Slalom

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
2003215418————
2004223013————
2005232412—3522—
2006244935—434810
2007251314—18264
2008266633—364626
2009271819—32342
201028833233384
201129618491744
20123033——23266
20133175——303423
20143272——543220
20153362———2715

Race podiums
SeasonDateLocationDisciplinePlace
200513 Dec 2004Italy Sestriere, ItalySlalom2nd
200714 Jan 2007 Switzerland  Wengen, SwitzerlandSuper combined3rd
9 Mar 2007Norway  Kvitfjell, NorwaySuper combined2nd
200916 Jan 2009 Switzerland  Wengen, SwitzerlandSuper combined3rd
25 Jan 2009Austria Kitzbühel, AustriaCombined1st
201021 Dec 2009Italy Alta Badia, ItalySlalom2nd
15 Jan 2010 Switzerland  Wengen, SwitzerlandSuper combined3rd
24 Jan 2010Austria Kitzbühel, AustriaCombined2nd
26 Jan 2010Austria Schladming, AustriaSlalom2nd
201118 Dec 2010Italy Val Gardena, ItalyDownhill1st
29 Dec 2010Italy Bormio, ItalyDownhill2nd
23 Jan 2011Austria Kitzbühel, AustriaCombined2nd
201222 Jan 2012Combined3rd

World Championship results
  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 slalom 		Super-GDownhillCombined
2003212———5
2005237———5
200725DNF1—14—8
200927DNF2———4
201129DNF1—1312DNF2
201331——DSQ67
201533————15

Olympic results

  Year   Age  Slalom  Giant 
 slalom 		Super-GDownhillCombined
20062415———DNF2
20102812———3

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.
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