Arnold Andenmatten (22 August 1922 – 24 March 2018)[2] was a Swiss skier and skiing instructor.
| Arnold Andenmatten | |
|---|---|
| Born | 22 August 1922 Saas-Fee |
| Died | 24 March 2018 (aged 95)[1] |
| World Cup career | |
| Indiv. wins | Olympic Gold Medalist 1948 |
Biography
editBorn in Saas-Fee, Andenmatten was the winner of the first classical glacier downhill skiing from the Allalinhorn down to Saas-Fee in 1946 (time: 8:07 min.). As a soldier, he participated in the demonstration event, military patrol. He had the military rank of a Kanonier at this time.[3] His Swiss team (R. Zurbriggen, H. Zurbriggen, Vouardoux, Andenmatten) finished first in the military patrol event.[4] In 1947 he, Robert Zurbriggen, Karl Hischier and Karl Bricker also won the revenge race in Oslo.[5] In 2008, at the age of 84, he was still participating in ski races, for example, as the eldest competitor of the Saas-Balen valley race on 17 February 2008.[6]
References
edit- ^ Arnold Andenmatten's obituary (in German)
- ^ Andenmatten's date of birth is usually seen as August 23. This is due to an error on his official documents: [1] Archived 2013-12-19 at the Wayback Machine (in German)
- ^ Review: Totally 103 medals for Switzerland: Demonstration events Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine (in German), Tagesanzeiger, February 2, 2006.
- ^ Sally Mules: Saas-Fee’s golden oldie, swissinfo.ch.
- ^ Touristische Entwicklung des Gletscherdorfes: 8. Skiasse im Spiegel der internationalen Sportpresse Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine (German), Saas-Fee.
- ^ Talrennen vom 17. Februar 2008 in Saas-Balen-Ehrung der jüngsten und ältesten Teilnehmer Archived July 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine (German), Gletscher-Post.
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