British-Swiss parliamentarian ski race

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The British-Swiss Parliamentary Ski Race is a ski competition that takes place annually in Davos on the occasion of the Anglo-Swiss Parliamentary Ski Week . The race has been held since 1956.

Parliamentarians and members of government from Switzerland and the United Kingdom are eligible to participate . There will be a parallel slalom and a giant slalom .

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote an article about skiing in Davos in 1899. The text made this place very popular, especially with the English, and consequently attracted many guests from Great Britain. The idea for a skiing competition dates back to 1956, when British Members of Parliament happened to meet Swiss parliamentarians who were there for a committee meeting in the Hotel Flüela in Davos . They spontaneously compete in a ski race. The first organized event took place in 1957, and accommodation has always been in the Hotel Flüela ever since.

After the occasion was the meantime asleep something of anglophile former has FDP - National René Bühler revived him 1,963th Bühler has become a patron of this event. While in earlier times the occasion was more political and economic, today the focus is more on fun.

The Swiss SVP - Council of States This Jenny (15 wins) and his party colleague Jasmin Hutter booked the most victories in the 2000s .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ davos.ch: 57th Anglo-Swiss Parliamentary Ski Week  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed September 24, 2012@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.davos.ch  
  2. ↑ Davoser Zeitung of January 7th, 2011: “Headquarter” for friendship between nations  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , P. 7, accessed September 24, 2012@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / epaper.budag.ch  
  3. ↑ a b Neue Zürcher Zeitung of January 8, 2006: Friendship of the Nations on Ski , accessed on September 24, 2012
  4. ↑ Peter Hossli, Walter Hauser: "Death is nothing but eternal sleep." In: SonntagsBlick . April 20, 2014 (interview).

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