Robert Zurbriggen

Robert Zurbriggen (16 March 1917 – 21 April 1952) was a Swiss cross-country skier and biathlete who competed in the 1948 Winter Olympics.

Zurbriggen was born in Saas-Fee. In 1948 he was leader of the Swiss relay team which finished fifth in the 4x10 km relay competition. At this time he had the military rank of an Oberleutnant.^[1] In the 18 km event he finished 26th.

He also participated in the demonstration event, military patrol (precursor to biathlon). He was leader of the Swiss team, which finished first in the military patrol event (R. Zurbriggen, his brother H. Zurbriggen, Andenmatten, Vouardoux). In 1949 he, Karl Hischier, Karl Bricker and Andenmatten also won the revenge race in Oslo.^[2]^[3]

As a mountain guide of a glacier tour, he had a fatal accident in 1952.^[4]

External links

^ Review: Totally 103 medals for Switzerland: Demonstration events Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine (German), Tagesanzeiger, February 2, 2006.
^ "Was machen wir jetzt?". Schweizer Soldat [de] (in German). Vol. 29, no. 16. Zurich. 30 April 1954. pp. 282–284. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
^ Touristische Entwicklung des Gletscherdorfes: 8. Skiasse im Spiegel der internationalen Sportpresse Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine (in German), Saas-Fee.
^ "Le guide Robert Zurbriggen se tue près de Zermatt" [Guide Robert Zurbriggen killed near Zermatt]. Le Monde (in French). 23 April 1952. Retrieved 24 October 2024.

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