Pirmin Zurbriggen

Pirmin Zurbriggen

Zurbriggen in 2014
Personal information
Born	(1963-02-04) 4 February 1963 (age 61) Saas Almagell, Valais, Switzerland
Occupation	Alpine skier
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Skiing career
Disciplines	Downhill, super-G, giant slalom, slalom, combined
World Cup debut	4 January 1981 (age 17)
Retired	17 March 1990 (age 27)
Website	zurbriggen.ch
Olympics
Teams	2 (1984, 1988)
Medals	2 (1 gold)
World Championships
Teams	4 (1982, 1985, 1987, 1989)
Medals	9 (4 gold)
World Cup
Seasons	10 (1981–1990)
Wins	40
Podiums	83
Overall titles	4 (1984, 1987, 1988, 1990)
Discipline titles	12
Medal record Men's Alpine Skiing Representing  Switzerland International alpine ski competitions Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 1 0 1 World Championships 4 4 1 Total 5 4 2 World Cup race podiums Event 1st 2nd 3rd Slalom 2 2 2 Giant 7 6 6 Super-G 10 9 4 Downhill 10 5 4 Combined 11 4 1 Parallel 0 0 0 Total 40 26 17 Olympic Games 1988 Calgary Downhill 1988 Calgary Giant slalom World Championships 1985 Bormio Downhill 1985 Bormio Combined 1987 Crans-Montana Super-G 1987 Crans-Montana Giant slalom 1985 Bormio Giant slalom 1987 Crans-Montana Downhill 1987 Crans-Montana Combined 1989 Vail Super-G 1989 Vail Giant slalom

Pirmin Zurbriggen (born 4 February 1963) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Switzerland. One of the most successful ski racers ever, he won the overall World Cup title four times, an Olympic gold medal in 1988 in Downhill, and nine World Championships medals (4 gold, 4 silver, 1 bronze).