Silvan Zurbriggen (born 15 August 1981) is a retired

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who competed primarily in downhill and

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, and occasionally in

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. In 2012, he stopped competing in slalom due to poor results. Born in

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, Zurbriggen represented Switzerland in seven

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and two

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. He won the silver medal in the slalom before a home crowd at the world championships in

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at St. Moritz, and was the Olympic bronze medalist in the

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, held at Whistler. Following his silver medal at age 21, he was the Swiss Winter Sportsman of the year in 2002 / 2003. Zurbriggen retired from World Cup competition in April

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at age 33 with two victories and thirteen podiums. He is a distant cousin of former Swiss ski racers Pirmin Zurbriggen and Heidi Zurbriggen, and the cousin of

Elia Zurbriggen Elia Zurbriggen (born 9 October 1990) is a Swiss former alpine ski racer. He is the son of former World Cup winner, World and Olympic champion Pirmin Zurbriggen and nephew of fellow alpine skier Heidi Zurbriggen. He competed at the 2015 World ...

. Following his racing career, he embarked on a career in banking with an 18-month internship at Raiffeisen.

World Cup results

Season standings

Race podiums

* 2 wins – (1 Downhill, 1

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) * 13 podiums – (2 Downhill, 3 Slalom, 8

)

World Championship results

Olympic results

References

External links

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Silvan Zurbriggen
World Cup standings at the International Ski Federation * * * ' {{DEFAULTSORT:Zurbriggen, Silvan Swiss male alpine skiers Alpine skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics 1981 births Living people Olympic alpine skiers of Switzerland Olympic bronze medalists for Switzerland Olympic medalists in alpine skiing Medalists at the 2010 Winter Olympics Alpine skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics People from Brig-Glis Sportspeople from Valais