Rico Elmer (born 23 July 1969) is a

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ski mountaineer and mountain runner. Elmer was born in village of Elm in the

canton of Glarus The canton of Glarus (german: Kanton Glarus rm, Chantun Glaruna; french: Canton de Glaris; it, Canton Glarona) is a canton in east central Switzerland. The capital is Glarus. The population speaks a variety of Alemannic German. The majority of ...

. He first competed in the Patrouille des Glaciers event in 1996 and has been member of the national team since 2003. Professionally he is deployed in the Border Guard Corps.

Selected results

* 2000: ** 1st and course record, ''Tour de Matterhorn'' (together with

Emanuel Buchs Emanuel Buchs (born 1962) is a Swiss ski mountaineer, cross-country skier and biathlete. Biography Buchs started competition sports at the age of 14 years and became a member of the national "juniors" biathlon team at the age of 16. Four years ...

and

Damien Farquet Damien Farquet (born 1971) is a Switzerland, Swiss ski mountaineer and cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skier. Professionally he is deployed in the Border Guard Corps and lives in Le Châble. Selected results * 1994: ** 1st, Patrou ...

) * 2002: ** 1st, Patrouille de la Maya A-course, together with Damien Farquet and

Rolf Zurbrügg Rolf Zurbrügg (born 1971) is a Swiss ski mountaineer and national ski-mountaineering coach. He is also a cross-country skier and a trained mountain guide. Zurbrügg was born in Adelboden. Professionally he is deployed in the Border Guard Corps a ...

Patrouille de la Maya - Classements et résultats
/ref> * 2003: ** 1st, Trophée des Gastlosen, together with Damien Farquet ** 1st, European Championship team race (together with Damien Farquet) ** 3rd, European Championship combination ranking ** 4th, European Championship single race * 2004: ** 1st, World Championship single race ** 3rd, World Championship relay race (together with Alexander Hug, Alain Richard and

Pierre Bruchez Pierre Bruchez (born 2 July 1985) is a Swiss ski mountaineer. Selected results * 2003: ** 1st (juniors), Trophée des Gastlosenm together with Toni Niggli * 2004: ** 1st, Trophée des Gastlosen, together with Alain Richard ** 3rd, World Champ ...

) ** 3rd, Transcavallo race (together with Damien Farquet) * 2006: ** 3rd, World Championship relay race (together with Alexander Hug, Alain Rey and Florent Troillet) ** 3rd, European Cup race in Albosaggia (together with Florent Troillet) ** 3rd, Swiss Championship vertical race ** 4th, World Championship team race (together with Alexander Hug)

Patrouille des Glaciers

* 1998: 1st, together with Pvt E-2 Damien Farquet and Pvt E-2 Emanuel Buchs * 2000: 1st and course record, together with Pvt E-2 Damien Farquet and Pvt E-2 Emanuel Buchs * 2004: 3rd, together with Damien Farquet and Rolf Zurbrügg * 2006: 3rd (and 1st in international military teams ranking), together with Pvt E-2 Florent Troillet and Pvt E-2 Yannick Ecoeur * 2008: 5th ("seniors I" class ranking), mixed team together with Sophie Dusautoir Bertrand and

Marie Troillet Marie Troillet (born 24 March 1983) is a Swiss ski mountaineer. Troillet was born in Bagnes. She started ski mountaineering in 2000 and has been member of the national team since 2004 as well as member of the Dynafit-Team since 2005. Marie Tro ...

* 2010: 3rd, together with Jean-Daniel Masserey and Jean-Yves Rey''2010 Patrouille des Glaciers''

Trofeo Mezzalama

* 2001: 4th, together with Damien Farquet and Emanuel Buchs * 2003: 1st, together with Damien Farquet and Rolf Zurbrügg

Pierra Menta

* 2003: 6th, together with Damien Farquet

External links

Rico Elmer
at ''skimountaineering.com''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Elmer, Rico 1969 births Living people Swiss male ski mountaineers World ski mountaineering champions Swiss military patrol (sport) runners Swiss mountain runners People from the canton of Glarus