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INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - ATHLETES Pirmin Zurbriggen, who grew up in Switzerland's Valois Alps, was the opposite of this stereotype: a deeply religious homebody. Zurbriggen made his Olympic début in 1984, when he finished fourth in the downhill, missing a medal by only one tenth of a second. Between the two runs of the giant slalom, Zurbriggen was riding on the chairlift when he witnessed a horrible accident in which a member of Austria's medical team was killed by a snow-grooming machine. www.olympic.org /uk/athletes/heroes/bio_uk.asp?PAR_I_ID=73188   (229 words)

www.skiworldcup.org   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) Pirmin Zurbriggen made history in the mid 1980's : the first athlete ever to win all five specialties of modern alpine ski racing during his outstanding career. Zurbriggen finished in 1990 as an impressive all-rounder who excelled in the speed events, DH and SG. In 1988 Zurbriggen was Olympic champion in DH after an fantastic run on the Nakiska course at Calgary. www.skiworldcup.org /load/champions/men/zur/01.html   (373 words)

Washingtonpost.com: Tomba True to Word: Gets Gold in Giant Slalom Zurbriggen, the defending World Cup giant slalom champion, was expected to breeze into the giant slalom with several medals, perhaps all gold. Still, it was Zurbriggen who squinted into the glare off the steep incline, waiting for Tomba to emerge from around a corner for the last 10 seconds of his run. It was Zurbriggen who looked at the electronic scoreboard to see that Tomba had skied the second run in 1:02.46, a bit slower than Strolz, but well within the margin needed to win. www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/sports/longterm/olympics1998/history/memories/88-tomba2.htm   (1052 words)

Super Giant Slalom skiing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The discipline is relatively new and was created in the early 1980's in an effort to offset specialization in alpine skiing World Cup events caused by widely different technique and physical demands of technical and speed disciplines. It was first introduced on the World Cup level in 1982 and was added to the FIS Alpine World Championships at Crans-Montana in 1987, where Swiss skiers Pirmin Zurbriggen and Maria Walliser won gold medals. The first Olympic Super G competition occurred at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary where Franck Piccard of France and Sigrid Wolf of Austria took gold. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Super_Giant_Slalom_skiing   (508 words)

Fischer-Ski News - Sensational second run earns Silvan Zurbriggen first podium placing in World Cup   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) Asked "What should people write about you in 20 years' time in the skiing books?", he answers: "Another Zurbriggen goes down in sporting history." Silvan Zurbriggen (SUI), a distant relative of the legendary Pirmin Zurbriggen and a close friend of his, is well on the way to achieving this. Zurbriggen's analysis after his successful run in which he left Bode Miller 22 hundredths of a second behind him: "I simply let the skis go and it was exactly the right thing to do. Two ligaments on the left and two on the right of the ankle were damaged and bone protrusions were also torn away on the inner side. www.fischerskis.com /en/news.php?show=detail&id_news=257   (362 words)

AspenWORLDcup2002 Swiss phenomenon Pirmin Zurbriggen made history in Aspen in 1987, winning both the men’s downhill and the giant slalom. In the GS, Zurbriggen showed he was at the top of his game, winning the race by almost a one-second margin ahead of Italy’s Richard Pramatton. Zurbriggen’s teammate, Alpiger, called him the “best skier in the world” after his coup in Aspen. www.aspenworldcup.com /awc2004/1987.html   (166 words)

CFAITH Ministry Newsletter He did not have to do better than that, because due to the computerized formula that measures winning and losing in the combined events, even an unspectacular finish in the second slalom run would have clinched Zurbriggen's second gold medal of the Olympics (he had already won a gold medal in the downhill). His run was proceeding well until suddenly, approximately two thirds of the way down the course, the tip of his right ski caught a pole and Zurbriggen went down hard. I don't know what motivated Pirmin Zurbriggen that day in Calgary, but I do know this: Champions in any walk of life are committed to the pursuit of their true potential, to answering the question "How good can I be?" www.cfaith.com /GENERAL/ministrynewsletter_article/0,5174,15667,00.asp   (583 words)

Pirmin Zurbriggen Z-Man is a real he-man. (Pirmin Zurbriggen wins 3rd World Cup title) One of three for Z; Pirmin Zurbriggen won the downhill but fell short of immortality. (Pirmin Zurbriggen and Dan Jansen) (Winter Olympics 1988) www.infoplease.com /ipsa/A0109778.html   (195 words)

BBC SPORT | TV/Radio Listings | Ski Sunday | Austria eyes Bormio medal haul Zurbriggen struck double gold in '85, winning the downhill and the combined, and added the giant slalom silver for good measure. At the 2005 Championships, another Zurbriggen from Switzerland will be skiing for glory, and represents his country's best chance for success. These are dark days for the once proud Swiss and 23-year-old Silvan Zurbriggen (no relation, by the way) carries a nation's hopes on his shoulders. news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/tv_and_radio/ski_sunday/4210135.stm   (548 words)

Press Announcement 11 November 2003 (Zermatt Mountain Cableways) Swizerland's first glacier chair lift was officially inaugurated in Zermatt on 11 November 2003. Proud patron of this longest glacier chair lift in Europe is Olympic champion Pirmin Zurbriggen. Pirmin Zurbriggen clearly indicated what the Furggsattel glacier chair lift offers snow sport enthusiasts. bergbahnen.zermatt.ch /e/medienmitteilung/2003/11/11.html   (418 words)

Apparthotel Zurbriggen - As featured in our special feature on Ski Apartments Designed by Heinz Julen for his sister and her husband (the former downhill ski champion Pirmin Zurbriggen), it is a more restful building than his View House, sleeker and less idiosyncratic. Aside from the ground-floor extension housing the solarium, sauna, outside shower (known as the ice grotto), aromatherapy 'dream shower' and glass-sided pool, it has few of Julen's hi-tech touches, the main structure's façades being timber-clad or - on the south-west side, facing the Matterhorn - almost wholly glazed. All the apartments, named after pistes on which Zurbriggen won a race, have balconies with superb views. www.cntraveller.com /Special_Features/Ski_Apartments/Apparthotel_Zurbriggen   (490 words)

History Fourth place went to Pirmin Zurbriggen of Switzerland, who held an overall points lead in the World Cup downhill. Girardelli muscled past Sweden’s Ingemar Stenmark and Switzerland’s Max Julen and Pirmin Zurbriggen to win the event. Second place was claimed by Austrian Peter Wirneberger, and in third place was Austria’s Leonhard Stock, gold medalist in the 1980 Olympics. www.aspenworldcup.com /history.htm   (3611 words)

BBC SPORT | Other Sport | Miller targets World slalom glory   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) This is the Web page from which Newsblaster extracted "That made him only the fifth skier - after Pirmin Zurbriggen, Girardelli, Gunther Mader and Kjetil Andre Aamodt - to win a career "grand slam" of victories in all four disciplines. That made him only the fifth skier - after Pirmin Zurbriggen, Girardelli, Gunther Mader and Kjetil Andre Aamodt - to win a career "grand slam" of victories in all four disciplines. Miller missed out on equalling Girardelli's overall record of five wins in a year when the Kitzbuhel downhill was cancelled - scuppering chances of a triumph in the combined event. newsblaster.cs.columbia.edu /archives/2005-01-30-09-01-21/web/NBproxy.cgi?sentence=4851   (672 words)

Untitled His resulting knee injury was said to have terminated his racing career. Zurbriggen went on to win the giant slalom with the fastest time in the first run and the second fastest in the second run, to beat Luxembourg’s Marc Girardelli. Marc Girardelli of Luxembourg won the giant slalom despite a cold drizzle, soggy course and flat light. www.aspensnowmass.com /MediaKit/WorldCup/WorldCupSkiRacing.cfm   (3619 words)

TIME Magazine Archive Article -- Triumph . . . And Tragedy -- Feb. 29, 1988   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) At the Olympics, for every jubilant Pirmin Zurbriggen skiing to the limit, there is a devastated Dan Jansen suffering to the extreme. They need each other to describe the Winter Games' opening week, with its fist in the air, its head in its hands, a grin on its face, a tear in its eye, and still eight days to go. As touchstones, the Swiss downhiller and the Wisconsin speed skater could have been a little tidier: Zurbriggen, 25, triumphed and fell; Jansen, 22, fell and. www.time.com /time/archive/printout/0,23657,966830,00.html   (137 words)

[No title] The ice dancer Denise Biellmann will be one of the top attractions when Switzerland invites Londoners to get their skates on and join in the fun at the open-air ice-rink at Somerset House this November. Biellmann ranks alongside the likes of Clay Regazzoni, Pirmin Zurbriggen and Martina Hingis as a Swiss sporting legend. Biellmann will be performing at the opening ceremony of the Somerset House outdoor Ice Rink on November 26. www.uk-ch.org /articles/biellmann.html   (347 words)

Daily News Record: Ski 'King' Zurbriggen hits sportswear business trail. (Pirmin Zurbriggen)@ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) Ski 'King' Zurbriggen Hits Sportswear Business Trail GENEVA (FNS) -- Swiss ski star Pirmin Zurbriggen, the reigning world champion, is following trail blazed by Jean-Claude Killy and is getting into the sportswear business. Frenchman Killy became a highly successful manufacturer and promoter of brand-name ski and other sports gear after winning three gold medals at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble. "King" Pirmin Zurbriggen, who is 24 years old and already a millionaire, has now bought a minority holding in the Nabholz A.G. sportswear and spparel company located at... highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:4634397&refid=ip_almanac_hf   (205 words)

SkiNet.com | Competition | Swiss Ski Team in Crisis Ahead of Games   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) “This is a new race and a new chance for us,” said Silvan Zurbriggen, one of Switzerland's top young skiers and a distant relative of Swiss legend Pirmin Zurbriggen. Silvan Zurbriggen was 43rd among 88 finishers Friday. The team has no dominant skiers like in the days of Pirmin Zurbriggen, Vreni Schneider or Erika Hess. www.skinet.com /skinet/competition/article/0,12855,1158712,00.html   (486 words)

Ferienwohnungen Schweiz, Holidays Switzerland, Klettertouren Wallis, snowboarding swiss alps, Familienferien Schweiz, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) It is a family-friendly resort with an idyllic atmosphere which owes its degree of fame not least to three ski stars: Pirmin, Heidi and Silvan Zurbriggen. Would you like to ski where the ski star Pirmin Zurbriggen made his first timid attempts at sliding on the snow? If so, the family-friendly ski area of Furggstalden-Heidbodme with guaranteed snow is the right place for you. www.saas-fee.ch /en/navpage.cfm?category=RegionSF&subcat=DestSA&id=24086   (295 words)

Sports Illustrated: Z-Man is a real he-man. (Pirmin Zurbriggen wins 3rd World Cup title)@ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) Sports Illustrated: Z-Man is a real he-man. (Pirmin Zurbriggen wins 3rd World Cup title)@ HighBeam Research Z-MAN IS A REAL HE-MAN Peerless Pirmin Zurbriggen clinched a third Cup title on capricious Mount All AT LAST THE TIME HAD COME FOR T the unveiling of the much T maligned, much redesigned T Olympic men's downhill run T on Mount Allan, some 50 su perhighway miles west of the 1988 Winter Games' host city, Calgary. highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:4745132&refid=ip_almanac_hf   (230 words)

Pirmin Zurbriggen Hotel - Saas-Fee - Pirmin Zurbriggen Hotel Reviews - TripAdvisor Click here for best prices for Pirmin Zurbriggen We currently do not have any Web articles about Pirmin Zurbriggen. If you know of a travel article about it, please let us know so we can post it here! tripadvisor.com /Hotel_Review-g198839-d290126-Reviews-Pirmin_Zurbriggen...   (289 words)

Wellnesshotel Pirmin Zurbriggen **** Das Hotel Pirmin Zurbriggen liegt direkt neben den Skianlagen von Saas-Almagell. Für diejenigen Gäste, die gerne ein bißchen mehr Abwechslung beim Skifahren haben, ist der Skipass SAAS die ideale Kombination. Infos über das Hotel Pirmin Zurbriggen, Saas Almagell und die Schweiz www.zurbriggen.ch /saasalmagell/e/anm.htm   (234 words)

CNNSI.com - Historic Medal Tracker - Pirmin Zurbriggen - Switzerland CNNSI.com - Historic Medal Tracker - Pirmin Zurbriggen - Switzerland HISTORIC MEDAL TRACKER - PIRMIN ZURBRIGGEN - SWITZERLAND The A's haven't made it into the playoffs in the past two years. sportsillustrated.cnn.com /olympics/2002/historic_medal_tracker/contestants/34209   (53 words)

RESULTS PLUS - Free Preview - The New York Times DISPLAYING FIRST 50 OF 306 WORDS -LEAD: Skiing Zurbriggen Atop Standing: Pirmin Zurbriggen of Switzerland won his second downhill race of the season and vaulted into first place in the overall World Cup standing yesterday, ahead of Alberto Tomba of Italy. Zurbriggen swept down a dangerous course in Schladming, Austria, in 1 minute 59.28 seconds.... To read the rest of this archive article, upgrade to TimesSelect or purchase as a single article. select.nytimes.com /gst/abstract.html?res=FA0716FC385E0C738FDDA80894D0484D81   (132 words)

Oxana Kosteniuk wins her match against Alexandra Wilson in Saas Almagell (Switzerland) Oxana Kosteniuk, in the background Hotel Pirmin Zurbriggen Oxana Kosteniuk tried the famous Swiss cheese fondue for the first time of her life in Saas Fee, she loved it! Relatives of The great Swiss ski champion Pirmin Zurbriggen who helped in the organization of the tournament www.kosteniuk.com /oxana/saas/saas.html   (302 words)

Fränzi Aufdenblatten has high hopes - Credit Suisse emagazine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) Of course, I would like to be able to work the slopes like Carole Montillet at the moment - she seems so self-confident that it makes you think nothing could happen to her. When I was younger I admired Vreni Schneider and Pirmin Zurbriggen. Today they are good friends who give me valuable advice. emagazine.credit-suisse.com /article/index.cfm?fuseaction=OpenArticle&aoid=23359&lang=en   (769 words)

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