Arnold Andenmatten (22 August 1922 – 24 March 2018)Andenmatten's date of birth is usually seen as August 23. This is due to an error on his official documents: was a Swiss skier and skiing instructor.
Biography Born in Saas-Fee, Andenmatten was the winner of the first classical glacier downhill skiing from the Allalinhorn down to Saas-Fee in 1946 (time: 8:07 min.). As a soldier, he participated in the demonstration event, military patrol. He had the military rank of a Kanonier at this time.Review: Totally 103 medals for Switzerland: Demonstration events , Tagesanzeiger, February 2, 2006. His Swiss team (R. Zurbriggen, H. Zurbriggen, Vouardoux, Andenmatten) finished first in the military patrol event.Sally Mules: Saas-Fee’s golden oldie, swissinfo.ch. In 1947 he, Robert Zurbriggen, Karl Hischier and Karl Bricker also won the revenge race in Oslo.Touristische Entwicklung des Gletscherdorfes: 8. Skiasse im Spiegel der internationalen Sportpresse (German), Saas-Fee. In 2008, at the age of 84, he was still participating in ski races, for example, as the eldest competitor of the Saas-Balen valley race on 17 February 2008.Talrennen vom 17. Februar 2008 in Saas-Balen-Ehrung der jüngsten und ältesten Teilnehmer (German), Gletscher-Post.
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