Christian Pittex (born 1972) from

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is a

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. He was member of the Swiss national team and is deployed in the

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Selected results

* 2002:''Hüttenkurzmeldungen Sechs WM-Medaillen, vier Europacupsiege''
(German), 2002 ** 2nd, Diamir-Race (together with Emmanuel Vaudan), Diemtig valley ** 2nd, Trophée du Muveran (together with Emmanuel Vaudan) ** 3rd, "Valerette Altiski 2000" * 2003: ** 10th, European Championship team race (together with Didier Moret) * 2004: ** 5th,

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team race (together with Alexander Hug) ** 10th, World Championship combination ranking * 2005: ** 2nd, European Championship relay race (together with Alexander Hug,

Jean-Yves Rey Jean-Yves Rey (born November 24, 1970) is a Swiss ski mountaineer and long distance runner. Rey was born in Sierre. He started ski mountaineering in 1990, competing first in the Patrouille des Glaciers short distance race. He was a member of ...

and

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) ** 3rd, European Championship team race (together with Didier Moret) ** 4th, European Championship single race ** 8th, World Cup race,

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** 9th, World Cup team (together with Jean-Yves Rey) * 2006: ** 2nd,

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(together with Alexander Hug and Didier Moret)

Trofeo Mezzalama

* 2003: 6th, together with

Florent Troillet Florent Troillet (born 7 June 1981) is a Swiss ski mountaineer. Troillet was born in Lourtier. He competed first in 1995. He has been member of the national team since 1996 and member of the Dynafit team since 2003. In 2007, in a team with Simo ...

and Didier Moret * 2005: 2nd, together with Florent Troillet and Alexander Hug

Patrouille des Glaciers

* 1998: 5th, together with

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and

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* 2000: 5th (international military teams ranking), together with Pvt Sylvain Gallaz and Pvt Alexandre Borghi * 2004: 4th, together with Florent Troillet and Alexander Hug * 2006: 2nd, together with Didier Moret and Alexander Hug * 2008: 6th ("seniors II" class ranking), together with

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and Jean-François Cuennet * 2010: 3rd ("seniors I" class ranking), together with

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and Reynold Ginier''2010 Patrouille des Glaciers''

Pierra Menta

* 2005: 6th, together with

Pierre-Marie Taramarcaz Pierre-Marie Taramarcaz (born April 23, 1968) from Verbier is a Swiss ski mountaineer. Taramarcaz was born in Martigny VS and has been member of the national team since 1998. Selected results * 1996: ** 1st, Patrouille de la Maya A-course, t ...

References

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