Ernst Feuz
Ernst Feuz   
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| nation |
 Switzerland
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| birthday | 1908 |
| place of birth |
Murren , Switzerland
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| date of death | 1988 |
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| discipline |
Ski jumping Nordic Combined Alpine Skiing |
Ernst Feuz (* 1908 in Mürren ; † 1988 ) was a Swiss skier who was active in the Nordic disciplines and in alpine skiing . He was the first to climb various routes in the north faces of the Lauterbrunnen valley and the initiator of the Schilthornbahn .
Career
Ernst Feuz was born in 1908 as the son of a mountain guide and one of eleven siblings. At the age of nine he made his first skiing on the Schilthorn .
He began his professional career as a ski jumper and combined athlete and, together with Stefan Lauener, was one of the most successful Swiss ski jumpers. He was internationally successful for the first time at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Cortina d'Ampezzo in 1927 . In the jumping from the large hill, he finished fourth and narrowly missed the medal ranks. At the Olympic Winter Games in St. Moritz in 1928 , Feuz took eighth place in jumping from the normal hill.
At the 1st Alpine World Ski Championships in Mürren in 1931 , he competed as a ski racer and took fourth place in the downhill. Two years later, at the 1933 World Championships in Innsbruck, he reached 9th place in the downhill, 6th place in slalom and 8th place in alpine combination, as well as 21st place in cross-country skiing over 18 km, 59 in the Nordic disciplines in jumping and 5th place in Nordic combined . At the World Ski Championships in Mürren in 1935, he was part of the Swiss squad as a substitute driver, but was never used.
In 1939, Feuz was co-founder of the Swiss Foundation for Alpine Research SSAF and for many years its managing director.
After completing his banking apprenticeship, he worked for Neue Warenhaus AG ( EPA ) from 1939 , where he became vice director in 1943 and was director from 1947.
Web links
- Ernst Feuz in the database of the International Ski Association (English) - ski jumping
- Ernst Feuz in the database of the International Ski Federation (English) - Nordic Combined
- Ernst Feuz in the database of the International Ski Association (English) - Alpine skiing
- Ernst Feuz in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
- Pioneers SCM (PDF; 6.39 MB)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Feuz, Ernst |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss skier |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1908 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Murren , Switzerland |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1988 |