Silvan Zurbriggen (born 15 August 1981) is a retired Swiss World Cup alpine ski racer who competed primarily in downhill and combined, and occasionally in super-G. In 2012, he stopped competing in slalom due to poor results.
Born in Brig, Valais, Zurbriggen represented Switzerland in seven world championships and two Olympics. He won the silver medal in the slalom before a home crowd at the world championships in 2003 at St. Moritz, and was the Olympic bronze medalist in the combined in 2010 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, held at Whistler. Following his silver medal at age 21, he was the Swiss Winter Sportsman of the year in 2002 / 2003.
Zurbriggen retired from World Cup competition in April 2015 at age 33 with two victories and thirteen podiums. He is a distant cousin of former Swiss ski racers Pirmin Zurbriggen and Heidi Zurbriggen, and the cousin of Elia Zurbriggen.
Following his racing career, he embarked on a career in banking with an 18-month internship at Raiffeisen.
World Cup results
Season standings Season Age Overall Slalom GiantSlalom Super G Downhill Combined 2003 21 54 18 — — — — 2004 22 30 13 — — — — 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
Race podiums 2 wins – (1 Downhill, 1 Combined) 13 podiums – (2 Downhill, 3 Slalom, 8 Combined) Season Date Location Discipline Place 2005 13 Dec 2004 Sestriere, Italy Slalom 2nd 2007 14 Jan 2007 Wengen, Switzerland Super combined 3rd 9 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 2011 18 Dec 2010 Val Gardena, Italy Downhill 1st29 Dec 2010 Bormio, Italy Downhill 2nd 23 Jan 2011 Kitzbühel, Austria Combined 2nd 2012 22 Jan 2012 Combined 3rd
World Championship results Year Age Slalom Giant slalom Super-G Downhill Combined 2003 21 2 — — — 5 2005 23 7 — — — 5 2007 25 DNF1 — 14 — 8 2009 27 DNF2 — — — 4 2011 29 DNF1 — 13 12 DNF2 2013 31 — — DSQ 6 7 2015 33 — — — — 15
Olympic results Year Age Slalom Giant slalom Super-G Downhill Combined 2006 24 15 — — — DNF2 2010 28 12 — — — 3 2014 32 — — — — —-->
References
External links
Silvan Zurbriggen World Cup standings at the International Ski Federation