Arnold Andenmatten Explained

Arnold Andenmatten
Birth Date:	22 August 1922
Birth Place:	Saas-Fee
Death Date:	^[1]
Wins:	Olympic Gold Medalist 1948

Arnold Andenmatten (22 August 1922  - 24 March 2018)^[2] 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.^[3] His Swiss team (R. Zurbriggen, H. Zurbriggen, Vouardoux, Andenmatten) finished first in the military patrol event.^[4] In 1947 he, Robert Zurbriggen, Karl Hischier and Karl Bricker also won the revenge race in Oslo.^[5] 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.^[6]

Notes and References

1. http://www.rro.ch/rroxml/subset/in-memoriam/?id=13592&page=1&srch_name=Andenmatten&srch_vorname=Arnold&srch_ort=&srch_startdate=&srch_enddate=&wb=641102 Arnold Andenmatten's obituary
2. Andenmatten's date of birth is usually seen as August 23. This is due to an error on his official documents: http://www.3910.ch/assets/9_april2012.pdf
3. http://sc.tagesanzeiger.ch/dyn/news/olympisches/588906.html Review: Totally 103 medals for Switzerland: Demonstration events
4. Sally Mules: Saas-Fee’s golden oldie, swissinfo.ch.
5. http://www.ferienart.ch/Portals/0/Download/1_multipart_xF8FF_3_Entwicklung-Dt,%20ES,%20100107,%20V.1..pdf Touristische Entwicklung des Gletscherdorfes: 8. Skiasse im Spiegel der internationalen Sportpresse
6. http://www.3910.ch/Gletscherpost/2008/Maerz%202008.pdf Talrennen vom 17. Februar 2008 in Saas-Balen-Ehrung der jüngsten und ältesten Teilnehmer