Tobias Grünenfelder
Alpine skier | |
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Disciplines | Downhill, Super G Giant Slalom, Combined |
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Club | |
Born | Elm, Glarus Süd, Switzerland | 27 November 1977
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
World Cup debut | 5 January 2007 (age 19) |
Website | www |
Olympics | |
Teams | 3 |
Medals | 0 |
World Championships | |
Teams | 3 |
Medals | 0 |
World Cup | |
Seasons | 15 |
Wins | 1 |
Podiums | 5 |
Tobias Grünenfelder (born 27 November 1977 in Elm) is a Swiss alpine skier. He is the 2005, 2006, 2009 and 2010 Swiss champion in Super-G. He also won national Downhill gold in 2007 and 2009.
He participated at the World Championships in Vail 1999, St. Moritz 2003 and Bormio 2005 and competed at the 2002, 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics.
He earned his maiden World Cup victory during a Super-G event in Lake Louise, during the 2011, edging the reigning World Cup champion and teammate Carlo Janka.
His brother Jürg Grünenfelder is an alpine skier as well.
World Cup Victories[]
Date | Place | Country | Event |
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28 November 2010 | Lake Louise | ![]() |
Super-G |
Other podiums[]
- 3rd Super-G World Cup race in Kvitfjell (2009/2010)
- 3rd Downhill World Cup race in Bormio (2005/2006)
- 3rd Super-G World Cup race in Garmisch (2003/2004)
- 3rd Super-G World Cup race in Garmisch (2002/2003)
External links[]
- Official site of Jürg and Tobias Grünenfelder
- Tobias Grünenfelder at the International Ski Federation
- Tobias Grünenfelder at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
Categories:
- 1977 births
- Living people
- People from the canton of Glarus
- Swiss male alpine skiers
- Alpine skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics
- Alpine skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- Alpine skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- Olympic alpine skiers of Switzerland
- Swiss alpine skiing biography stubs