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Silvan Zurbriggen
Zurbriggen in December 2006
Personal information
Born (1981-08-15) August 15, 1981 (age 43)
Brig, Valais, Switzerland
OccupationAlpine skier
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Sport
CountrySwitzerland
Skiing career
DisciplinesDownhill, Combined,
Super G
ClubSaas-Almagell
World Cup debut20 January 2002 (age 20)
Retired1 April 2015 (age 33)
Websitesilvanzurbriggen.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

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.

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, 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 cousun 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

Season Date Location Discipline Place
2005 13 Dec 2004 Sestriere, Italy Slalom 2nd
2007 14 Jan 2007 Wengen, Switzerland Super combined 3rd
09 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 Kitzbühel, Austria 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.
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