Andreas Steindl
Born (1989-04-08) 8 April 1989
Zermatt, Switzerland

Andreas Steindl (born 8 April 1989) is a Swiss mountain climber, ski mountaineer and mountain guide.

Steindl was born in Zermatt, where he worked as a carpenter before he earned his mountain guide diploma in 2011.[1] He also competes in alpine skiing and mountain running events.[2][3]

Selected results

Mountaineering

On 23 August 2011 he climbed the Matterhorn in a record time of 2 hours 57 minutes,[4] and beat the record of Simon Anthamatten, Ernest Farquet, Marcel Marti and Florent Troillet from 2007.[5] The team of 2007 mounted the Matterhorn in a time of 3 hours 45 minutes.[6] In 2018, he ran from Kirchplatz in Zermatt to the summit of the Matterhorn and back in 3:59:52 improving on his own previous record by 20 minutes.[7]

Ski mountaineering

Running

References

  1. ↑ Steindl, Andreas (in German), Das große Zermattlexikon.
  2. ↑ Blaue Piste Saas Fee 2011
  3. ↑ 2011 Täschalplauf / Upper Valais Running Cup
  4. ↑ "Zermatt: Der schnellste Mann am Matterhorn (4.478 m)". www.snowplaza.de. Retrieved 2015-08-21.
  5. ↑ Swiss Guide Climbs Matterhorn in Sub-3 Hour Sprint Archived 2011-11-03 at the Wayback Machine, October 4, 2011.
  6. ↑ Trainingshalber Rekord aufgestellt - Grindelwalder bestieg das Matterhorn in 3:45 Stunden (in German), Jungfrau Zeitung, September 27, 2007
  7. ↑ https://www.zermatt.ch/en/Media/News/Activities/It-s-a-record-Zermatt-to-the-Matterhorn-and-back-in-four-hours
  8. ↑ "Gebirgslauf Zermatt - Rothorn 2011" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-03-01. Retrieved 2012-04-09.
  9. ↑ "ISMF European Championship 2012 Sprint - Official Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-07-30. Retrieved 2012-04-09.
  10. ↑ Permanent World ranking, ISMF
  11. ↑ Int Matterhornlauf Zermatt 2011
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