Sport and Games Atlas

How The Game Is Played
Sign In
Text size
100%
Theme
Teams and Clubs

Switzerland National Ski Team

Winter Snow Sports

The Switzerland National Ski Team represents Switzerland in World Cup and Olympic alpine skiing, a sport with a long and deep competitive tradition in the country given its Alpine geography. Swiss skiers have won numerous Olympic medals and World Cup overall titles across generations, with Pirmin Zurbriggen in the 1980s and Didier Cuche and Lara Gut-Behrami more recently among the team's most successful competitors.

Facts
Partially Attested
Founded Year
1904 1
The year is the founding of the Swiss ski federation (Swiss-Ski) that fields the national team; no source found for the team as a separate body.
Connections

Competed In

Plays

Alpine Skiing, Sports
Sources
1. Swiss skiing marks its centenary
  • Article body, founding paragraph
    The Swiss ski federation was founded on November 20, 1904 in Olten.
  • Ski summary section
    The Swiss ski federation was founded on November 20, 1904 in Olten.
View the Source
Comments (0)
No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.
Reader Challenges (0)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.