Urs Imboden

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Urs Imboden Alpine skiing
nation SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland , MoldovaMoldova RepublicRepublic of Moldova 
birthday 7th January 1975 (age 45)
place of birth Santa Maria Val Müstair , Switzerland
size 182 cm
Weight 83 kg
Career
discipline slalom
Trainer Hans Daniel Fahrner
status resigned
End of career April 2011
Placements in the Alpine Ski World Cup
 Individual World Cup debut January 19, 1997
 Overall World Cup 54th ( 2000/01 )
 Slalom World Cup 18th ( 2009/10 )
 

Urs Imboden (born January 7, 1975 in Santa Maria im Münstertal , Graubünden ) is a former Swiss ski racer . He specialized in the slalom discipline and started for the Republic of Moldova from 2006 to 2011 .

biography

Imboden began his career in the Swiss national team. On January 19, 1997 he made his debut in the World Cup , at the Lauberhorn Slalom in Wengen . He won his first World Cup points on January 28, 1998 with place 25 in Aspen . He achieved his best result on November 19, 2000 at the Park City slalom . Imboden was able to establish itself near the top of the world, but also had numerous failures. His greatest achievement was fifth place in slalom at the 2002 Winter Olympics . During the 2003 European Cup season , he was also fifth in the discipline classification.

As a result, Imboden's services decreased continuously. Swiss-Ski divided him into lower cadres and finally released him. He then, like his team-mate Christophe Roux , took on Moldovan citizenship and started for Moldova in the 2006/07 World Cup season . On January 30, 2007 Imboden was able to classify himself as a Moldovan among the top 30 for the first time, but missed World Cup points due to his large deficit. At the 2007 World Championships in Åre , he finished eleventh in slalom.

In the 2008/09 season, Imboden made a name for itself with consistent performances. Due to the occasional poor performance of his ex-colleagues in this discipline, the Swiss media reported regularly on the "retired" - but at the same time best - Swiss. The Moldovan ski team was usually referred to as a one-man team because, unlike other nations, it did not have several supervisors and coaches, but almost everything was taken over by the coach Hans Daniel Fahrner from Prad am Stilfserjoch . Imboden prepared the skis himself.

At the 2009 World Championships in Val-d'Isère , Imboden finished ninth in slalom. In the World Cup, 14th place in the slalom in Kitzbühel on January 25, 2009 had been the best result since his change of nationality. By winning the European Cup slalom final on March 14, 2009, he was able to secure third place in the slalom classification, which was synonymous with his greatest success in the European Cup. On January 10, 2010 Imboden reached seventh place in the Adelboden slalom . This was his only top 10 result for Moldova and his second best ever World Cup result. The best result in the 2010/11 season was an eleventh place in Adelboden.

In April 2011 Imboden announced his retirement from top-class sport. He will work as a trainer at the sports high school in Davos .

successes

Olympic games

World championships

World cup

  • 14 placements among the top 15, including two places in the top ten

European Cup

More Achievements

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Imboden embarrassed in Zagreb Swiss  ( 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. sport1.ch, January 6, 2009@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.sport1.ch  
  2. ↑ Urs Imboden becomes a trainer at the Sport-Gymnasium Davos , Die Südostschweiz, April 20, 2011
personal data
SURNAME Imboden, Urs
ALTERNATIVE NAMES The Cobra
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss and Moldovan ski racer
DATE OF BIRTH 7th January 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Santa Maria Val Mustair