Elia Zurbriggen

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Elia Zurbriggen Alpine skiing
nation SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
birthday 9th October 1990 (age 29)
place of birth Visp
size 183 cm
Weight 76 kg
Career
discipline Giant slalom , slalom
society SC Zermatt
status resigned
End of career March 2020
Placements in the Alpine Ski World Cup
 Individual World Cup debut January 12, 2013
 Overall World Cup 85th ( 2017/18 )
 Giant Slalom World Cup 27. (2017/18)
 

Elia Zurbriggen (born October 9, 1990 in Visp ) is a former Swiss ski racer . He specialized in the disciplines of giant slalom and slalom . His father Pirmin Zurbriggen and his aunt Heidi Zurbriggen were also ski racers.

biography

At the age of 15, Zurbriggen took part in FIS races and national junior races from December 2005 . In the first few years he could hardly ever celebrate successes worth mentioning, so that it was never enough for him to participate in the Junior World Championships. It wasn't until the 2009/10 season that a certain increase in performance began to appear. His first appearance in the European Cup was in January 2011.

Although he had only finished once in the European Cup points, Zurbriggen started the World Cup for the first time on January 12, 2013 . Although he was eliminated in the giant slalom in Adelboden , his appearance at Chuenisbärgli caused a lot of media hype - not least because of his famous father and the generally poor performance of the Swiss ski team this winter. About three weeks later, the first top 5 placements in the European Cup followed. On February 24, 2013, he finished 26th in the giant slalom in Garmisch-Partenkirchen , winning his first World Cup points. Finally, on March 2, 2013, he achieved his first victory in a European Cup giant slalom.

As a result, Zurbriggen struggled to establish himself in the World Cup, he hardly ever succeeded in qualifying for a second round. In the winter of 2014/15 he had only one countable result, the 13th place in the giant slalom in Åre on December 12, 2014. After a disappointing 2015/16 season, during which he never made it into the second round of a World Cup race, he succeeded a marked increase in performance for him in the 2016/17 season. In the European Cup giant slalom he achieved four podium places, which brought him victory in the discipline classification. On March 4, 2017, he finished 8th in the giant slalom in Kranjska Gora , making it into the top 10 for the only time in a World Cup race. In the following two winters, he sporadically placed himself in the points.

After not achieving a countable result in the 2019/20 season, Zurbriggen retired from active racing in March 2020. Three months later he took over the management of the “Paradies” restaurant in Findeln .

successes

World cup

  • 1 place in the top ten

World Cup ratings

season total Giant slalom
space Points space Points
2012/13 133. 8th 45. 8th
2013/14 126. 9 45. 9
2014/15 117. 20th 33. 20th
2015/16 161. 1 57. 1
2016/17 104. 32 35. 32
2017/18 85. 52 27. 52
2018/19 110. 30th 33. 30th

European Cup

  • Season 2016/17 : 10th overall ranking, 1st giant slalom ranking
  • 6 podium places, including 4 wins:
date place country discipline
March 2, 2013 Soldeu Andorra Giant slalom
February 9, 2017 Jasná Slovakia Giant slalom
17th February 2017 Oberjoch Germany Giant slalom
March 10, 2017 San Candido Italy Giant slalom

More Achievements

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Elia Zurbriggen . Radio Swiss Pop.ch. Retrieved May 14, 2019 ..
  2. ↑ Lucky three . In: Walliser Bote . October 15, 1990, p 18. Retrieved on 14 May 2019. .
  3. ↑ The hype about the new Zurbriggen. 20 Minuten , January 11, 2013, accessed March 3, 2013 .
  4. ↑ Ski racer Elia Zurbriggen resigns. NZZ, March 18, 2020, accessed on June 18, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Chez Vrony takes over Restaurant Paradies. Zermatt.ch, June 15, 2020, accessed on June 18, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Zurbriggen, Elia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss ski racer
DATE OF BIRTH October 9, 1990
PLACE OF BIRTH Visp