Pirmin Zurbriggen 2644139 210483672 2008-05-06T02:48:59Z Rjwilmsi 203434 accessdate compliance to [[Template:Cite_web#Required_parameters|Template:Cite_web]], Replaced: accessdate = November 22, 2007 → accessdate = 2007-11-22 (2) using [[Project:AutoWikiBrowser|AWB]] {{MedalTableTop}} {{MedalSport|Men's [[Alpine Skiing]]}} {{MedalCountry| {{SUI}} }} {{MedalCompetition|[[Olympic Games]]}} {{MedalGold|[[1988 Winter Olympics|1988 Calgary]]|[[Downhill]]}} {{MedalBronze|[[1988 Winter Olympics|1988 Calgary]]|[[Giant Slalom]]}} {{MedalCompetition|[[FIS_Alpine_World_Ski_Championships | Alpine World Championships]]}} {{MedalGold|[[1985 Alpine Skiing World Championships|1985 Bormio]]|[[Downhill]]}} {{MedalGold|[[1985 Alpine Skiing World Championships|1985 Bormio]]|[[Alpine_skiing_combined|Combined]]}} {{MedalGold|[[1987 Alpine Skiing World Championships|1987 Crans-Montana]]|[[Super_Giant_Slalom_skiing|Super-G]]}} {{MedalGold|[[1987 Alpine Skiing World Championships|1987 Crans-Montana]]|[[Giant Slalom]]}} {{MedalSilver|[[1985 Alpine Skiing World Championships|1985 Bormio]]|[[Giant Slalom]]}} {{MedalSilver|[[1987 Alpine Skiing World Championships|1987 Crans-Montana]]|[[Downhill]]}} {{MedalSilver|[[1987 Alpine Skiing World Championships|1987 Crans-Montana]]|[[Alpine_skiing_combined|Combined]]}} {{MedalSilver|[[1989 Alpine Skiing World Championships|1989 Vail]]|[[Super_Giant_Slalom_skiing|Super-G]]}} {{MedalBronze|[[1989 Alpine Skiing World Championships|1989 Vail]]|[[Giant Slalom]]}} {{MedalBottom}} '''Pirmin Zurbriggen''' (born [[February 4]], [[1963]] in [[Saas-Almagell]], [[Kanton Wallis]]) is a [[Switzerland|Swiss]] former [[Alpine skiing|alpine skier]], one of the all time great ski racers. He won the [[Alpine skiing World Cup|Overall World Cup]] title four times, an [[Alpine skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics|Olympic Gold Medal]] in [[Downhill]], and 9 World Championships medals (4 Gold, 4 Silver, 1 Bronze). He is the first skier ever to win all five specialties of modern alpine ski racing during his outstanding career. He retired from the sport after the 1990 season. A very religious person who grew up the remote village of Saas-Almagell, near Saas-Fee, Zurbriggen attacked ski racing with incredible aggressiveness to reach his goals. A seemingly reckless skier in downhill, he loved the danger of steep, icy and treacherous courses. With a total of 40 World Cup victories over nine years and five gold medals, Pirmin Zurbriggen definitely belongs to the "All-Time Greats" of Alpine Skiing. He left the World Cup tour as a hero to start a family. A father of four kids, and brother to [[Heidi Zurbriggen]] (she won 3 DH races in the World Cup herself), Pirmin now runs the "Wellness Hotel Pirmin Zurbriggen" with his parents in Saas-Almagell {{coord|46|5|32.57|N|7|57|27.34|E|type:landmark|region:CH}} and another, Apparthotel Zurbriggen, in Zermatt.<ref>{{Citation | title = Zurbriggen Homepage | url = http://www.zurbriggen.ch/ | accessdate = 2007-11-22 }}</ref> {{coord|46|0|54.80|N|7|44|32.78|E|type:landmark|region:CH}} In addition, after his World Cup career had ended he partnered with Authier Ski company on a line of signature skis.<ref>{{Citation | last = California Ski Company | year = 2003 | title = The Authier Story | url = http://www.calskico.com/authier.htm | accessdate = 2007-11-19 }}</ref> ==World Cup victories== {| class="wikitable" |- ! '''Season''' ! '''Discipline''' |- | align=center|[[1990 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1990]] || '''Overall''' |- | align=center|[[1990 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1990]] || Super G |- | align=center|[[1989 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1989]] || GS |- | align=center|[[1989 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1989]] || Super G |- | align=center|[[1988 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1988]] || '''Overall''' |- | align=center|[[1988 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1988]] || DH |- | align=center|[[1988 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1988]] || Super G |- | align=center|[[1987 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1987]] || '''Overall''' |- | align=center|[[1987 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1987]] || DH |- | align=center|[[1987 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1987]] || GS |- | align=center|[[1987 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1987]] || Super G |- | align=center|[[1984 Alpine Skiing World Cup|1984]] || '''Overall''' |} ===Individual victories=== {| | valign="top" width="50%" | ====Downhill==== {| class="wikitable" ! '''Date''' !Location |- | [[11 January]] [[1985]] || {{flagicon|Austria}} [[Kitzbühel]] |- | [[12 January]] [[1985]] || {{flagicon|Austria}} [[Kitzbühel]] |- | [[16 August]] [[1986]] || {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Las Lenas]] |- | [[5 December]] [[1986]] || {{flagicon|France}} [[Val d'Isère]] |- | [[10 January]] [[1987]] || {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Garmisch-Partenkirchen]] |- | [[25 January]] [[1987]] || {{flagicon|Austria}} [[Kitzbühel]] |- | [[7 March]] [[1987]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Aspen]] |- | [[9 January]] [[1988]] || {{flagicon|France}} [[Val d'Isère]] |- | [[29 January]] [[1988]] || {{flagicon|Austria}} [[Schladming]] |- | [[6 December]] [[1989]] || {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Val Gardena]] |} ====Giant slalom==== {| class="wikitable" |- ! '''Date''' ! '''Location''' |- | [[24 March]] [[1982]] || {{flagicon|Italy}} [[San Sicario]] |- | [[11 January]] [[1983]] || {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Adelboden]] |- | [[5 March]] [[1984]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Aspen]] |- | [[13 January]] [[1987]] || {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Adelboden]] |- | [[20 January]] [[1987]] || {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Adelboden]] |- | [[15 February]] [[1987]] || {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Todtnau]] |- | [[29 November]] [[1988]] || {{flagicon|France}} [[Val Thorens]] |} ====Slalom==== {| class="wikitable" ! '''Date''' ! Location |- | [[10 December]] [[1984]] || {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Sestriere]] |- | [[23 February]] [[1986]] || {{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Åreskutan|Åare]] |} | valign="top" width="50%" | ====Super-G==== {| class="wikitable" |- ! '''Date''' ! '''Location''' |- | [[19 December]] [[1983]] || {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Val Gardena]] |- | [[20 March]] [[1984]] || {{flagicon|Norway}} [[Oppdal]] |- | [[7 December]] [[1984]] || {{flagicon|France}} Puy-St-Vinsent |- | [[17 March]] [[1985]] || {{flagicon|Canada}} [[Panorama]] |- | [[28 February]] [[1986]] || {{flagicon|Norway}} [[Hemsedal]] |- | [[8 March]] [[1987]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Aspen]] |- | [[27 November]] [[1988]] || {{flagicon|Austria}} [[Schladming]] |- | [[12 December]] [[1989]] || {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Sestrières]] |- | [[6 February]] [[1990]] || {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Courmayeur]] |- | [[10 March]] [[1990]] || {{flagicon|Norway}} [[Hemsedal]] |} ====Combined==== {| class="wikitable" ! '''Date''' ! Location |- | [[24 January]] [[1982]] || {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Wengen]] |- | [[22 December]] [[1982]] || {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Madonna di Campiglio|Campiglio]] |- | [[29 January]] [[1984]] || {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Garmisch-Partenkirchen]] |- | [[11 January]] [[1985]] || {{flagicon|Austria}} [[Kitzbuhel]] |- | [[19 January ]] [[1986]] || {{flagicon|Austria}} [[Kitzbuhel]] |- | [[23 February]] [[1986]] || {{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Åreskutan|Åare]] |- | [[18 January ]] [[1987]] || {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Wengen]] |- | [[25 January ]] [[1987]] || {{flagicon|Austria}} [[Kitzbuhel]] |- | [[22 December]] [[1988]] || {{flagicon|Austria}} [[Sankt Anton]] |- | [[12 January]] [[1990]] || {{flagicon|Austria}} [[Schladming]] |- | [[21 January ]] [[1990]] || {{flagicon|Austria}} [[Kitzbuhel]] |} |} ==Footnotes== <references/> ==External links== * [http://www.zurbriggen.ch/pirmin/ Official Website] {{de icon}} * [http://www.skiworldcup.org/load/champions/men/zur/01.html skiworldcup.org biography] * [http://www.ski-db.com/db/profiles/zrbpi.asp ski db] * {{FIS|S=AL|ID=68531}} <br> <br> {{Footer Olympic Champions Downhill Men}} {{Footer World Cup Champions Men}} {{Footer World Champions Downhill Men}} {{Footer World Champions Giant Slalom Men}} {{Footer World Champions Super-G Men}} {{Footer World Champions Combined Men}} <br> {{start box}} {{s-awards}} {{succession box|before={{flagicon|SUI}} [[Étienne Dagon]]|title=[[Swiss Sportspersonality of the year|Swiss Sportsman of the Year]]|years=[[1985]]|after= {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Werner Günthör]]}} {{end box}} {{Footer World Cup Champions Men}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Zurbriggen, Pirmin}} [[Category:1963 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:People from Valais]] [[Category:Swiss alpine skiers]] [[Category:Alpine skiers at the 1984 Winter Olympics]] [[Category:Alpine skiers at the 1988 Winter Olympics]] [[Category:Olympic gold medalists for Switzerland]] [[Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Switzerland]] {{Switzerland-bio-stub}} {{Alpine-skiing-bio-stub}} [[de:Pirmin Zurbriggen]] [[fr:Pirmin Zurbriggen]] [[it:Pirmin Zurbriggen]] [[nl:Pirmin Zurbriggen]] [[ja:ピルミン・ツルブリッゲン]] [[no:Pirmin Zurbriggen]] [[pl:Pirmin Zurbriggen]] [[fi:Pirmin Zurbriggen]] [[sv:Pirmin Zurbriggen]]