Toni Steurer

Toni Steurer , actually Anton Steurer (born December 1, 1978 in Oberstdorf ), is a German extreme ski touring athlete and mountaineer and climber .

Professionally, Steurer is stationed as a soldier in the Bundeswehr medical service at the Kempten site . He is a trained mountain guide . The passionate alpine sportsman is a member of the DAV -Sektion Oberstaufen and the German national ski mountaineering . At the age of 17 he already climbed the north face of the Eiger , making him one of the youngest climbers.

In the field of mountaineering and climbing, his main focus is on climbing difficult, combined mountain faces in the shortest possible time. He prefers to integrate skis into his tours, but also sports equipment such as mountain bikes . In the "International Year of Mountains" 2002 he climbed together with Walter Hölzler from Thalkirchdorf in a hat trick over the three pillars of Piz Palü in the 4000 meter high Swiss Bernina group within 24 hours . He also undertook some first ascents of alpine tours in the Allgäu region in the range of degrees of difficulty 7 to 9.

Sporting successes (selection)

• 2000:
  • January 20th: 2nd place in mountain running at the CISM World Championships in Cameroon

• 2004:
  • 3rd place of the men over the long distance at the German Ski Touring Cup
  • 11th place at the World Ski Mountaineering Championship (with Stachel , Reithmeier and Klinger ), Val d'Aran

• 2005:
  • 1st place of the men over the long distance at the German Ski Touring Cup
  • German champion in ski mountaineering
  • 3rd place in the men's relay (with Graßl , Klinger, Nickaes ) at the European Ski Mountaineering Championships in Andorra
  • 6th place in the European Ski Mountaineering Championship
  • 9th place at the European Ski Mountaineering Team with Graßl
  • 9th place World Cup, Salt Lake City

• 2006:
  • 3rd place at the German championship in ski mountaineering
  • new German best time in the Patrouille des Glaciers
  • 5th place at the world championship ski mountaineering relay (with Graßl, Echtler , Nickaes)

• 2007: 4th place in the men's relay (with Lex , Echtler, Klinger) at the European Championships in France

• 2008:
  • 2nd place German championship ski mountaineering single
  • 2nd place German Championship Vertical Race
  • 3rd place German championship ski mountaineering team
  • 1st place German Cup ranking
  • 6th place world championship ski mountaineering relay (with Strobel , Klinger and Lex)
  • 7th place Patrouille des Glaciers (together with Graßl and Klinger)
  • 10th place world championship ski mountaineering combined classification

• 2009
  • 1st place German championship ski mountaineering single
  • 1st place German championship ski mountaineering team
  • 1st place Brigade Championship Hohenzollernstadion Langdorf (1st place valuation with military equipment)

• 2011
  • 1st place German championship ski mountaineering single
  • 15th place world championship in ski mountaineering single in Claut, Italy
  • 11th place world championship in the ski mountaineering team in Claut, Italy (with Sepp Rottmoser)
  • 6th place world championship in ski mountaineering relay in Claut, Italy (with Sepp Rottmoser, Lex Conrad, Anton Palzer )
  • 1st place in Guntenlauf Austria with a new record time

Web links

• Interview with Toni Steurer (January 31, 2006)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ www.bergstieg.com: Bernina Express - all 3 pillar routes in 24 hours , March 19, 2002.
2. ↑ After taking into account 6th penalty minutes for forgotten material; originally rank 6.