Rolf Zurbrügg (born 1971) is a

Swiss Swiss may refer to: * the adjectival form of Switzerland * Swiss people Places * Swiss, Missouri *Swiss, North Carolina * Swiss, West Virginia * Swiss, Wisconsin Other uses * Swiss-system tournament, in various games and sports *Swiss Internati ...

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 equipmen ...

and national ski-mountaineering coach. He is also a cross-country skier and a trained

mountain guide A mountain guide is a specially trained and experienced professional mountaineer who is certified by local authorities or mountain guide associations. They are considered to be high-level experts in mountaineering, and are hired to instruct or ...

. Zurbrügg was born in

Adelboden , neighboring_municipalities= Diemtigen, Frutigen, Kandersteg, Lenk im Simmental, Leukerbad (VS), Sankt Stephan , twintowns= } Adelboden is a mountain village and a municipality in Switzerland, located in the Frutigen-Niedersimmental admi ...

. Professionally he is deployed in the

Border Guard Corps The Swiss Border Guard (french: Corps des gardes-frontière, german: Grenzwachtkorps, it, Corpo delle guardie di confine, rm, Corp da guardias da cunfin) was a federal law enforcement agency, which acted as both the border guard and customs ...

and works at the border station of

Brig A brig is a type of sailing vessel defined by its rig: two masts which are both square-rigged. Brigs originated in the second half of the 18th century and were a common type of smaller merchant vessel or warship from then until the latter part ...

. By order of the

Swiss Alpine Club The Swiss Alpine Club (german: Schweizer Alpen-Club, french: Club Alpin Suisse, it, Club Alpino Svizzero, rm, Club Alpin Svizzer) is the largest mountaineering club in Switzerland. It was founded in 1863 in Olten and it is now composed of 111 ...

he has coached the national ski mountaineering team since November 2005.

Selected results

Zurbrügg won several Swiss Cup races. * 2002: 1st, Patrouille de la Maya A-course, together with

Damien Farquet Damien Farquet (born 1971) is a Swiss ski mountaineer and cross-country skier. Professionally he is deployed in the Border Guard Corps and lives in Le Châble. Selected results * 1994: ** 1st, Patrouille de la Maya A-course, together with ...

and

Rico Elmer Rico Elmer (born 23 July 1969) is a Swiss ski mountaineer and mountain runner. Elmer was born in village of Elm in the canton of Glarus. He first competed in the Patrouille des Glaciers event in 1996 and has been member of the national team ...

Patrouille de la Maya - Classements et résultats
/ref> * 2003: 1st,

Trofeo Mezzalama The Mezzalama Trophy ( it, Trofeo Mezzalama, french: Trophée Mezzalama, a.k.a. ''white marathon''

, together with Damien Farquet and Rico Elmer * 2004: 2nd,

Zermatt Zermatt () is a municipality in the district of Visp in the German-speaking section of the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It has a year-round population of about 5,800 and is classified as a town by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO ...

- Rothorn run

Patrouille des Glaciers

* 2000: 5th (international military teams ranking), together with Pvt E-2 Ernest Farquet and Pvt E-2 Gregoire Saillen''2000 Patrouille des Glaciers''
p. 2. * 2004: 3rd, together with Damien Farquet and Rico Elmer

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Zurbrugg, Rolf 1971 births Living people Swiss male ski mountaineers Swiss male cross-country skiers Swiss military patrol (sport) runners Swiss sports coaches Ski mountaineering coaches