Rolf Zurbrügg (born 1971) 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 ...

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

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. Zurbrügg was born in

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. Professionally he is deployed in the Border Guard Corps and works at the border station of

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. By order of the

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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 and

Rico Elmer Rico Elmer (born 23 July 1969) is a Switzerland, Swiss ski mountaineer and Mountain running, mountain runner. Elmer was born in Elm, Glarus, village of Elm in the canton of Glarus. He first competed in the Patrouille des Glaciers event in 1996 a ...

Patrouille de la Maya - Classements et résultats
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- Rothorn run

Patrouille des Glaciers

* 2000: 5th (international military teams ranking), together with Pvt E-2

Ernest Farquet Ernest Farquet (born 28 November 1975) is a Swiss ski mountaineer. History In 2007, in a team with Simon Anthamatten (leader), Marcel Marti and Florent Troillet, he climbed the Matterhorn in a record time of 3 hours 45 minutes. The re ...

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