Otto Furrer
Born(1903-10-19)19 October 1903
Zermatt, Switzerland
Died26 July 1951(1951-07-26) (aged 47)
Matterhorn, Switzerland
Medal record
Representing   Switzerland
Men’s Alpine skiing
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1932 Cortina d'AmpezzoCombined
Silver medal – second place 1931 MürrenDownhill
Silver medal – second place 1932 Cortina d'AmpezzoSlalom
Bronze medal – third place 1932 Cortina d'AmpezzoDownhill
Bronze medal – third place 1933 InnsbruckCombined

Otto Furrer (19 October 1903 – 26 July 1951) was a Swiss alpine skier and cross-country skier and world champion born in Zermatt.[1]

At the second winter Olympics in St. Moritz in 1928, he competed on the Swiss team in the military patrol demonstration sport where the team placed third. Furrer also participated in a cross-country skiing event.[2]

Cross-country skiing results

Olympic Games

 Year   Age   18 km   50 km 
19282421—

Alpine skiing

In the 1931, 1932 and 1934 Arlberg-Kandahar races, he won the Men's downhill and alpine combined, and also won slalom in 1932 (tie) and 1934, with second place slalom runs in 1930 and 1931.[3]

Competing in FIS Alpine World Ski Championships, in 1931 Furrer was second in downhill. Furrer won the combined world championship in 1932 (second in slalom and third in downhill), and in 1933 was third in the combined.[4][5]

He was co-founder of the ski resort at Zermatt where he operated a ski school from 1935 until his death in an accident on the Matterhorn.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Truffer, Bernard (2005) "Furrer, Otto" Historical Dictionary of Switzerland
  2. ↑ Otto Furrer olympics.com
  3. ↑ Results from kandahar.org
  4. ↑ Otto Furrer ski-db.com
  5. ↑ Otto Furrer fis-ski.com
  6. ↑ LES OBSÈQUES DU CHAMPION DE SKI OTTO FURRER Le Monde
  • Photo bridgemanimages.com
  • Article (in German) Inside Zermatt
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