Izaskun Zubizarreta Gerendiain (30 September 1970 – 5 August 2024) was a Spanish

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 ...

Biography

Zubizarreta was born in

Oiartzun Oiartzun (, ) is a town and municipality located in the Basque Country, in the province of Gipuzkoa lying at the foot of the massif Aiako Harria (Peñas de Aya in Spanish). Etymology The name traces back to ''Oiasso'' or ''Oiarso'', a Roman to ...

on 30 September 1970. She started

ski mountaineering 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 ...

in 1997 and competed first in the Cronoescalada race in

Cerler Cerler, officially called ''Aramón Cerler'', is a ski resort situated above the village of Cerler in the high Benasque Valley, near the town of Benasque in the central Pyrenees (province of Huesca, Spain). Near Cerler are the highest peaks ...

in 2006. In the same year, she became a member of the national team. Zubizarreta Gerendiain died on 5 August 2024, at the age of 53.

Selected results

* 2006: ** 1st, Spanish Championship team (together with María Luisa Romerales) ** 1st, Spanish Cup ** 2nd, Spanish Championship single ** 3rd, Spanish Championship

vertical race A vertical race is a special kind of ski mountaineering without the typical downhill skiing after ascending. At the mountain running and climbing passages the runners have to carry their skis in their backpacks. Vertical races for women and men are ...

** 5th,

World Championship A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game ...

relay race (together with

Gemma Arró Ribot Gemma Arró Ribot (born 28 August 1980) is a Catalan ski mountaineer, born in Puigcerdà. She started ski mountaineering in 2003 and competed for the first time at the ''Cronoescalada Pas de la Casa'' race. Selected results * 2006: ** 5th, ...

, Naila Jornet Burgada and

Cristina Bes Ginesta Cristina "Tina" Bes (i) Ginesta (born 21 March 1977) is a Catalan ski mountaineer. Bes was born in Girona. She started ski mountaineering in 1999 and competed first in the same year. In 2000, she became a member of the national team. Her brot ...

) ** 9th, World Championship team race (together with Cristina Bes Ginesta) * 2007: ** 1st, Spanish Championship vertical race ** 6th,

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 ...

relay race (together with Gemma Arró Ribot and Maribel Martín de la Iglesia) ** 8th, European Championship team race (together with Gemma Arró Ribot) * 2008: ** 4th,

combination ranking ** 5th, World Championship relay race (together with Cristina Bes Ginesta, Gemma Arró Ribot and

Emma Roca Rodríguez Emma Roca Rodríguez (12 August 1973 – 18 June 2021) was a Spanish Catalan ski mountaineer and an eco-challenge member. She represented Spain which she was a captain, she helped her team to get in the top 10 spot. Roca worked as a firefig ...

) ** 7th, World Championship single race ** 7th, World Championship team race (together with Emma Roca Rodríguez) ** 7th (and 5th in the "civilian international women" ranking),

Patrouille des Glaciers The Patrouille des Glaciers (PDG) is a ski mountaineering race organised every two years by the Swiss Armed Forces, in which military and civilian teams compete. It takes place once every two years at the end of April, in the south part of the ca ...

(together with Cristina Bes Ginesta and Emma Roca Rodríguez) ** 9th, World Championship long distance race * 2009: ** 4th,

team race (together with

Mireia Miró Varela Mireia Miró Varela (born 31 July 1988) is a Spanish ski mountaineer and long-distance runner. Miró was born in Barcelona. She started ski mountaineering in 2005 and competed first in the Cronoescalada race in Cerler in 2006. In the same ye ...

) ** 4th, European Championship relay race (together with Gemma Arró Ribot and Mireia Miró Varela) ** 7th, European Championship combination ranking * 2011: ** 7th,

team race (together with Cristina Bes Ginesta) ** 6th,

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 Marta Riba Carlos

References

External links

Izaskun Zubizarreta Gerendiain
at ''skimountaineering.org''
Izaskun Zubizarreta Gerendiain
website of the FEDME {{DEFAULTSORT:Zubizarreta Gerendiain, Izaskuna 1970 births 2024 deaths Sportspeople from Gipuzkoa People from Oiartzun Spanish female ski mountaineers 21st-century Spanish women