Arnold Andenmatten

Arnold Andenmatten (August 22, 1922 – March 24, 2018)[2] was a Swiss skier and skiing instructor.

Arnold Andenmatten
Born(1922-08-22)August 22, 1922
Saas-Fee
DiedMarch 24, 2018(2018-03-24) (aged 95)[1]
World Cup career
Individual winsOlympic Gold Medalist 1948

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.[3] His Swiss team (R. Zurbriggen, H. Zurbriggen, Vouardoux, Andenmatten) finished first in the military patrol event.[4] In 1947 he, Robert Zurbriggen, Karl Hischier and Karl Bricker also won the revenge race in Oslo.[5] As of 2008 he still participated in ski races, for example as the eldest competitor of the Saas-Balen valley race on February 17, 2008.[6]

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References
  1. Arnold Andenmatten's obituary (in German)
  2. Andenmatten's date of birth is usually seen as August 23. This is due to an error on his official documents: Archived 2013-12-19 at the Wayback Machine (in German)
  3. Review: Totally 103 medals for Switzerland: Demonstration events Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine (in German), Tagesanzeiger, February 2, 2006.
  4. Sally Mules: Saas-Fee’s golden oldie, swissinfo.ch.
  5. Touristische Entwicklung des Gletscherdorfes: 8. Skiasse im Spiegel der internationalen Sportpresse Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine (German), Saas-Fee.
  6. Talrennen vom 17. Februar 2008 in Saas-Balen-Ehrung der jüngsten und ältesten Teilnehmer Archived July 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine (German), Gletscher-Post.


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