Ernest Farquet (born 28 November 1975) is a

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ski mountaineer Ski mountaineering (abbreviated to skimo) is a skiing discipline that involves climbing mountains either on skis or carrying them, depending on the steepness of the ascent, and then descending on skis. There are two major categories of equipment ...

History

In 2007, in a team with Simon Anthamatten (leader), Marcel Marti and

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 Sim ...

, he climbed the

Matterhorn The , ; ; ; or ; ; . is a mountain of the Alps, straddling the Main chain of the Alps, main watershed and border between Italy and Switzerland. It is a large, near-symmetric pyramidal peak in the extended Monte Rosa area of the Pennine Alps, ...

in a record time of 3 hours 45 minutes. The record was beaten by

Andreas Steindl Andreas Steindl (born 8 April 1989) is a Switzerland, Swiss mountain climber, ski mountaineer and mountain guide. Steindl was born in Zermatt, where he worked as a carpenter before he earned his mountain guide diploma in 2011. He also competes in ...

in 2011.

Selected results

* 2006: ** 3rt,

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- Rothorn run * 2008: ** 3rd,

Trophée des Gastlosen The Trophée des Gastlosen ("trophy of the Gastlosen") is a Swiss competition of ski mountaineering, which is carried out annually in the Gastlosen, near Jaun Jaun (; ; ) is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Gru ...

, together with Jon Andri Willy ** 8th,

Pierra Menta The Pierra Menta has been an annual competition of ski mountaineering at Arêches-Beaufort in the region of Beaufort, Savoie south-eastern France since 1986. The Pierra Menta is one of the three best known races of the Alps (''les grandes trois d ...

(together with Marcel Marti) * 2009: ** 9th,

European Championship A European Championship is the top level international sports competition between European athletes or sports teams representing their respective countries or professional sports clubs. In the plural, the European Championships also refers t ...

team race (together with Reynold Ginier)

Patrouille des Glaciers

* 2000: 5th (international military teams ranking), together with Pvt E-2 Rolf Zurbrügg and Pvt E-2 Gregoire Saillen * 2004: 6th (and 1st international military teams ranking), together with Cpl Dominique Di Nino and Cpl

Stéphane Gay Stéphane is a French given name an equivalent of Stephen/Steven. The word derives from the Greek word "''στεφάνι''" (stefáni) n (plural στεφάνια), meaning wreath, garland (of flowers), and the verb "στέφω" (stéfo), meaning "t ...

* 2006: 4th (and 2nd in international military teams ranking), together with Cpl Stéphane Gay and Pvt E-2 Pius Schuwey * 2008: 3rd, together with Jon Andri Willy and Martin Anthamatten * 2010: 2nd ("military international" class ranking), together with Thomas Delamorclaz and Antoine Jean''2010 Patrouille des Glaciers''

Trofeo Mezzalama

* 2005: 7th: together with Stephane Millius and Philippe Blanc * 2007: 8th, together with

Yannick Ecoeur Yannick Ecoeur (born 23 August 1981) is a Switzerland, Swiss ski mountaineer and mountain runner. Ecoeur was born in Martigny VS. He started ski mountaineering in 2003 and has been member of the national team since 2005. At the 2020 Winter Youth ...

and

Alain Rey Alain Rey (; – )
...

* 2009: 5th, together with

Didier Moret Didier Moret (born 25 April 1975) is a Swiss ski mountaineer. Moret was born in Riaz. He started ski mountaineering in 1996 and competed first in the Trophée de Plain Névé race on the Grand Muveran in the same year. He has been member of the ...

and Pierre Bruchez

External links

Ernest Farquet
at ''skimountaineering.com''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Farquet, Ernest 1975 births Living people Swiss male ski mountaineers Swiss military patrol (sport) runners