Otto Furrer
Appearance
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Born | Zermatt, Switzerland | 19 October 1903||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 26 July 1951 Matterhorn, Switzerland | (aged 47)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Otto Furrer (19 October 1903 – 26 July 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 Archived 2005-02-14 at Bibliotheca Alexandrina – FIS-ski.com - (Retrieved on 15 November 2008)
Categories:
- 1903 births
- 1951 deaths
- Swiss male alpine skiers
- Swiss male cross-country skiers
- Swiss military patrol (sport) runners
- Olympic cross-country skiers of Switzerland
- Cross-country skiers at the 1928 Winter Olympics
- Military patrol competitors at the 1928 Winter Olympics
- Olympic biathletes of Switzerland
- People from Zermatt
- Accidental deaths in Switzerland
- Swiss alpine skiing biography stubs
- Ski mountaineering biography stubs
- Swiss cross-country skiing biography stubs