Arnold Andenmatten

Arnold Andenmatten
Arnold Andenmatten
Born	22 August 1922; Saas-Fee
Died	24 March 2018 (aged 95)
World Cup career
Wins	Olympic Gold Medalist 1948

Arnold Andenmatten (22 August 1922 – 24 March 2018)^[2] was 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.^[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] In 2008, at the age of 84, he was still participating in ski races, for example, as the eldest competitor of the Saas-Balen valley race on 17 February 2008.^[6]

References

^ Arnold Andenmatten's obituary (in German)
^ Andenmatten's date of birth is usually seen as August 23. This is due to an error on his official documents: [1] Archived 2013-12-19 at the Wayback Machine (in German)
^ Review: Totally 103 medals for Switzerland: Demonstration events Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine (in 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 Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine (German), Saas-Fee.
^ 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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[Obituary-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: [1] 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.

[swissinfo-4] Sally Mules: Saas-Fee’s golden oldie, swissinfo.ch.

[Olso1949-5] Touristische Entwicklung des Gletscherdorfes: 8. Skiasse im Spiegel der internationalen Sportpresse Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine (German), Saas-Fee.

[Saas-Balen-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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