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Arnold Andenmatten (22 August 1922 – 24 March 2018) was a Swiss skier and skiing instructor.

Biography

Born in Saas-Fee, Andenmatten was the winner of the first classical glacier downhill skiing from the Allalinhorn down to Saas-Fee in 1946 (time: 8:07 min.). As a soldier, he participated in the demonstration event, military patrol. He had the military rank of a Kanonier at this time. His Swiss team (R. Zurbriggen, H. Zurbriggen, Vouardoux, Andenmatten) finished first in the military patrol event. In 1947 he, Robert Zurbriggen, Karl Hischier and Karl Bricker also won the revenge race in Oslo. In 2008, at the age of 84, he was still participating in ski races, for example, as the eldest competitor of the Saas-Balen valley race on 17 February 2008.

References

1. Arnold Andenmatten's obituary (in German)
2. Andenmatten's date of birth is usually seen as August 23. This is due to an error on his official documents: Archived 2013-12-19 at the Wayback Machine (in German)
3. Review: Totally 103 medals for Switzerland: Demonstration events Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine (in German), Tagesanzeiger, February 2, 2006.
4. Sally Mules: Saas-Fee’s golden oldie, swissinfo.ch.
5. Touristische Entwicklung des Gletscherdorfes: 8. Skiasse im Spiegel der internationalen Sportpresse Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine (German), Saas-Fee.
6. Talrennen vom 17. Februar 2008 in Saas-Balen-Ehrung der jüngsten und ältesten Teilnehmer Archived July 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine (German), Gletscher-Post.

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