Pirmin Zurbriggen is a Swiss former World Cup alpine ski racer born February 4, 1963, in Saas Almagell, Valais, widely regarded as one of the most successful ski racers ever. He won the overall World Cup title four times, in 1984, 1987, 1988 and 1990, took Olympic gold in the downhill at the 1988 Calgary Games, and earned nine World Championship medals, four gold, four silver and one bronze. Across nine seasons from 1981 to 1990 he won 40 World Cup races with 83 total podium finishes, ranking fifth on the all time World Cup win list, and at age 21 he became the first skier to win World Cup races in all five disciplines after his 1985 Kitzbuhel downhill victory.
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Career HighlightFour overall World Cup titles and Olympic downhill gold in 1988 1 Classification
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Who was the second skier to win World Cup races in all five disciplines after Pirmin Zurbriggen?
Marc Girardelli.
Marc Girardelli was the second skier to win World Cup races in all five disciplines. Zurbriggen was the first, and Super-G was the fifth discipline, added to the World Cup in December 1982. Girardelli won his first downhill race four years after Zurbriggen's 1985 downhill victory at Kitzbühel, at the same venue.
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Pirmin Zurbriggen (born 4 February 1963) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Switzerland.
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Pirmin Zurbriggen (born 4 February 1963) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Switzerland.
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Pirmin Zurbriggen (born 4 February 1963) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Switzerland.
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Pirmin Zurbriggen (born 4 February 1963) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Switzerland.
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he won the overall World Cup title four times, an Olympic gold medal in 1988 in Downhill
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Pirmin Zurbriggen (born 4 February 1963) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Switzerland.
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is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Switzerland.
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One of the most successful ski racers ever, he won the overall World Cup title four times, an Olympic gold medal in 1988 in Downhill, and nine World Championships medals (4 gold, 4 silver, 1 bronze).
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