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
Personal information
Born	(1981-08-15) 15 August 1981 (age 43) Brig, Valais, Switzerland
Occupation	Alpine skier
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Skiing career
Disciplines	Downhill, Combined, Super G
Club	Saas-Almagell
World Cup debut	20 January 2002 (age 20)
Retired	1 April 2015 (age 33)
Website	www.silvanzurbriggen.ch
Olympics
Teams	2 – (2006, 2010)
Medals	1 (0 gold)
World Championships
Teams	7 – (2003–15)
Medals	1 (0 gold)
World Cup
Seasons	14 – (2002–15)
Wins	2 – (1 DH, 1 SC)
Podiums	13 – (2 DH, 3 SL, 8 SC)
Overall titles	0 – (6th in 2011)
Discipline titles	0 – (2nd in SC, 2009)
Medal record Men's alpine skiing Representing  Switzerland Olympic Games 2010 Vancouver Combined World Championships 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

Season	Age	Overall	Slalom	Giant Slalom	Super G	Downhill	Combined
2003	21	54	18	—	—	—	—
2004	22	30	13	—	—	—	—
2005	23	24	12	—	35	22	—
2006	24	49	35	—	43	48	10
2007	25	13	14	—	18	26	4
2008	26	66	33	—	36	46	26
2009	27	18	19	—	32	34	2
2010	28	8	3	32	33	38	4
2011	29	6	18	49	17	4	4
2012	30	33	—	—	23	26	6
2013	31	75	—	—	30	34	23
2014	32	72	—	—	54	32	20
2015	33	62	—	—	—	27	15

Race podiums

• 2 wins – (1 Downhill, 1 Combined)
• 13 podiums – (2 Downhill, 3 Slalom, 8 Combined)

Season	Date	Location	Discipline	Place
2005	13 Dec 2004	Sestriere, Italy	Slalom	2nd
2007	14 Jan 2007	Wengen, Switzerland	Super combined	3rd
	9 Mar 2007	Kvitfjell, Norway	Super combined	2nd
2009	16 Jan 2009	Wengen, Switzerland	Super combined	3rd
	25 Jan 2009	Kitzbühel, Austria	Combined	1st
2010	21 Dec 2009	Alta Badia, Italy	Slalom	2nd
	15 Jan 2010	Wengen, Switzerland	Super combined	3rd
	24 Jan 2010	Kitzbühel, Austria	Combined	2nd
	26 Jan 2010	Schladming, Austria	Slalom	2nd
2011	18 Dec 2010	Val Gardena, Italy	Downhill	1st
	29 Dec 2010	Bormio, Italy	Downhill	2nd
	23 Jan 2011	Kitzbühel, Austria	Combined	2nd
2012	22 Jan 2012		Combined	3rd

World Championship results

Year	Age	Slalom	Giant   slalom	Super-G	Downhill	Combined
2003	21	2	—	—	—	5
2005	23	7	—	—	—	5
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

Year	Age	Slalom	Giant   slalom	Super-G	Downhill	Combined
2006	24	15	—	—	—	DNF2
2010	28	12	—	—	—	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.

External links

• Silvan Zurbriggen at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
• Silvan Zurbriggen World Cup standings at the International Ski Federation
• Silvan Zurbriggen at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
• Silvan Zurbriggen at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Official website (in German)