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.

personal data
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

[1] Andenmatten died at 96. He was the oldest living Swiss winter Olympic champion . Retrieved April 18, 2018.

[swissinfo-2] Sally Mules: Saas-Fee's golden oldie (English), swissinfo.ch.

[3] 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

[Saas-Balen-4] 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.