Arnold Andenmatten
| Arnold Andenmatten | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 22, 1922 Saas-Fee |
| World Cup career | |
| Individual wins | Olympic Gold Medalist 1948 |
Arnold Andenmatten (born August 22, 1922)[1] is 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.[2] His Swiss team (R. Zurbriggen, H. Zurbriggen, Vouardoux, Andenmatten) finished first in the military patrol event.[3] In 1947 he, Robert Zurbriggen, Karl Hischier and Karl Bricker also won the revenge race in Oslo.[4] As of 2008 he still participates in ski races, for example as the eldest competitor of the Saas-Balen valley race on February 17, 2008.[5]
References
- ↑ Andenmatten's date of birth is usually seen as August 23. This is due to an error on his official documents: [1] (German)
- ↑ Review: Totally 103 medals for Switzerland: Demonstration events (German), Tagesanzeiger, February 2, 2006.
- ↑ Sally Mules: Saas-Fee’s golden oldie, swissinfo.ch.
- ↑ Touristische Entwicklung des Gletscherdorfes: 8. Skiasse im Spiegel der internationalen Sportpresse (German), Saas-Fee.
- ↑ Talrennen vom 17. Februar 2008 in Saas-Balen-Ehrung der jüngsten und ältesten Teilnehmer (German), Gletscher-Post.
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