Anton "Toni" Steurer (born 1 December 1978) is a German extreme sports athlete and non-commissioned officer.
Steurer was born in Oberstdorf. Having climbed the Eiger Nordwand at the age of seventeen, he is one of the youngest mountaineers to have ever done so. He is currently deployed as a medical service soldier and army mountain guide in Kempten, Germany. He is member of the DAV section Oberstaufen and part of the German skimountaineering team. Besides mountain climbing, he also practices biking, skiing and other sports. In 2002, the UN International Year of Mountains, he and Walter Hölzler from Thalkirchdorf climbed the three summits of Piz Palü in a Hat-trick within 24 hours.Bernina Express – alle 3 Pfeilerrouten in 24h (German), www.bergsteigen.at, 19 March 2002.
Selected results
Mountain running 2000: 2nd, CISM Military World Games, Kamerun (20 January) German course record, Tour de Matterhorn (together with Matthias Robl and Christian Kerber)Frank Gerbert: Extremsport: Tour de Matterhorn (German), Focus No. 20 (2000).
Ski mountaineering 2004: 3rd, German Cup long distance race 11th, World Championship relay race (together with Tim Stachel, Gerhard Reithmeier and Stefan Klinger)including six penalty minutes because of forgotten material 2005: 1st, German Cup long distance race 1st, German Championship single 3rd, European Championship relay race (together with Franz Graßl, Stefan Klinger and Georg Nickaes) 6th, European Championship single race 9th, European Championship team race (together with Franz Graßl) 9th, World Cup race, Salt Lake City 2006: 3rd, German Cup single 5th, World Championship relay race (together with Franz Graßl, Martin Echtler and Georg Nickaes) 2007: 4th, European Championship relay race (together with Konrad Lex, Martin Echtler and Stefan Klinger) 2008: 1st, German Cup ranking 2nd, German Championship single 2nd, German Championship vertical race 3rd, German Championship team 6th, World Championship relay race (together with Andreas Strobel, Stefan Klinger and Konrad Lex) 10th,World Championship combination ranking 2009 1st, German Championship single 1st, German Championship team 1st, military brigade championship, Hohenzollern stadium in Langdorf (with military equipment) 9th, European Championship relay race (together with Alexander Schuster, Andreas Strobel and Konrad Lex) 2011: 6th, World Championship relay, together with Philipp Reiter, Anton Palzer and Konrad Lex
Patrouille des Glaciers
2006: 7th (and 2nd "seniors II" ranking) as well as German record, together with Franz Graßl and Martin Echtler2006 Patrouille des Glaciers , p. 16. 2008: 8th (and 6th in the "international men" ranking), together with Franz Graßl and Stefan Klinger
External links Toni Steurer at skimountaineering.com Interview (German), 31 January 2006
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