Silvan Zurbriggen

Silvan Zurbriggen

— Alpine skier —
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Disciplines	Downhill, Combined, Super G
Club	Saas-Almagell
Born	(1981-08-15) August 15, 1981 Brig, Switzerland
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
World Cup debut	20 January 2002 (age 20)
Retired	1 April 2015 (age 33)
Website	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

Silvan Zurbriggen (born 15 August 1981) is a retired Swiss alpine skier who competed primarily in downhill and combined, and occasionally in super G. In 2012 he stopped competing in slalom due to poor results. He is the nephew of former Swiss skiers Pirmin Zurbriggen and Heidi Zurbriggen, and the cousin of Elia Zurbriggen.

He was born in Brig, Valais. He came second in the Slalom at the 2003 World Championships, and won the bronze medal in the Combined at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.

Success

• 2010: Bronze medal in the Super Combined at the Olympic Winter Games 2010 in Vancouver
• 2003: Silver medal in Slalom at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships in St. Moritz
• Winter Sportsman of the year 2002 / 2003

Race podiums

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

Season	Date	Location	Discipline	Place
2003	16 Feb 2003	St. Moritz, Switzerland	Slalom
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
	21 Feb 2010	Whistler, Canada	Super combined
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

Season standings

Season	Age	Overall	Slalom	Giant Slalom	Super G	Downhill	Combined
2003	21	54	18	–	–	–	—
2004	22	30	13	–	–	–	7
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

External links

• Official website
• Profile at SKI-DB