Rico Elmer

Rico Elmer (born July 23, 1969) is a Swiss ski mountaineer and mountain runner.

Rico Elmer
Born (1969-07-23) July 23, 1969
Elm, Glarus, Switzerland
Medal record
Ski mountaineering
2003 European ChampionshipTeam
2004 World ChampionshipSingle
2004 World ChampionshipRelay
2006 World ChampionshipRelay

Elmer was born in village of Elm in the canton of Glarus. He first competed in the Patrouille des Glaciers event in 1996 and has been member of the national team since 2003. Professionally he is deployed in the Border Guard Corps.

Selected results

Patrouille des Glaciers
Main article: Patrouille des Glaciers
  • 1998: 1st, together with Pvt E-2 Damien Farquet and Pvt E-2 Emanuel Buchs[4]
  • 2000: 1st and course record, together with Pvt E-2 Damien Farquet and Pvt E-2 Emanuel Buchs[5]
  • 2004: 3rd, together with Damien Farquet and Rolf Zurbrügg
  • 2006: 3rd (and 1st in international military teams ranking), together with Pvt E-2 Florent Troillet and Pvt E-2 Yannick Ecoeur[6]
  • 2008: 5th ("seniors I" class ranking), mixed team together with Sophie Dusautoir Bertrand and Marie Troillet
  • 2010: 3rd, together with Jean-Daniel Masserey and Jean-Yves Rey[7]

Trofeo Mezzalama
  • 2001: 4th, together with Damien Farquet and Emanuel Buchs
  • 2003: 1st, together with Damien Farquet and Rolf Zurbrügg

Pierra Menta
Main article: Pierra Menta
  • 2003: 6th, together with Damien Farquet
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gollark: (I mean, generally)
gollark: How long before the ToD should they be unfogged?
gollark: I'm available to catch.
gollark: _is excited for first ND experiment tomorrow_

References
  1. Frank Gerbert: Extremsport: Tour de Matterhorn (German), Focus No. 20 (2000).
  2. Patrouille de la Maya - Classements et résultats
  3. – 2004 results
  4. 1998 Patrouille des Glaciers, search criteria: militares int.
  5. 2000 Patrouille des Glaciers, p. 2.
  6. 2006 Patrouille des Glaciers Archived November 13, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, p. 3.
  7. 2010 Patrouille des Glaciers Archived June 2, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
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