Otto Furrer
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| Born | 19 October 1903 Zermatt, Switzerland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 26 July 1951 (aged 47) Matterhorn, Switzerland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Otto Furrer (19 October 1903 – 26 July 1951) was a Swiss alpine skier and cross-country skier and world champion.
Furrer was born in Zermatt. He became a world champion in the combined event, received a silver medal in the slalom and a bronze medal in the downhill in Cortina d'Ampezzo in 1932.[1] He was killed in an accident on the Matterhorn.
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- ^ Official results for the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships Archived 2005-02-14 at Bibliotheca Alexandrina – FIS-ski.com - (Retrieved on 15 November 2008)
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