Arnold Andean Mats
Arnold Andenmatten (* 23 August 1922 - 24 March 2018 ) from Saas-Fee was a Swiss skier and ski instructor.
Andenmatten won the first and highest classic glacier ski run from Allalinhorn to Saas-Fee in 1946 with a total descent time of 8:07 minutes. At the Olympic Winter Games in 1948 he was a soldier in the rank of gunners member of the Swiss military patrol team , which won the gold medal in this discipline . A year later, Andenmatten won the military ski patrol run of the Olympic revenge in Oslo, as a team with Robert Zurbriggen , Karl Hischier and Karl Bricker . Andenmatten was still an active skier in old age and took part in the Saas-Balen valley race on February 17, 2008 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Andenmatten died at 96. He was the oldest living Swiss winter Olympic champion . Retrieved April 18, 2018.
- ↑ Sally Mules: Saas-Fee's golden oldie (English), swissinfo.ch.
- ^ Touristic development of the glacier village: 8th ski ace in the mirror of the international sports press ( Memento from July 6th 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Saas-Fee
- ↑ Valley race from February 17, 2008 in Saas-Balen honoring the youngest and oldest participants ( Memento from July 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), Gletscher-Post.
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SURNAME | Andean mats, Arnold |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss ski athletes and instructors |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 23, 1922 |
DATE OF DEATH | March 24, 2018 |
Place of death | Saas-Fee |