Andrea Zinsli

Andrea Zinsli ( born November 18, 1972 in Chur ) is a retired Swiss ski racer.

  • 2.1 The Olympic Games
  • 2.2 World Championships
  • 2.3 Junior World Championships
  • 2.4 World Cup ratings
  • 2.5 Other Achievements

Career

Youth

Andrea Zinsli started early with the skiing. Already with three years he schnürrte his first ski to the feet and tried on mountain ski. At the age of 7 years he won the annual Chur -student ski race, where he was discovered and asked if he did not want to go in the future in this club from the Ski Club Raetia Chur. So he lay the foundation for his future professional career. Thanks to good performances in Chur Ski Club Andrea Zinsli could go pretty fast for the Bünder Association and continued to develop steadily. At age 16, his door was opened for the C- squad of Swiss-Ski which he was about 4 years. At the age of 20 he was already appointed to the B - squad and only a year later, even in the national team of Swiss-Ski.

Professional career

His World Cup debut Andrea Zinsli on 15 December 1992 in Madonna di Campiglio.

Withdrawal from the top sports

At the age of 25 years, Andrea Zinsli buckled at a football match in physical training so unfavorably with the foot in order that he thereby drew upon a bursitis. The inflammation did not develop as expected, he caught himself in the hospital infection a. Meanwhile Andrea had Zinsli for the entire 1997/98 season pass forfaitaires to concentrate fully on his injury and to focus its recovery. In the season 1998/99 Andrea Zinsli drove his last race for the A-team before he was eventually displaced for the next 2 years in C squad of Swiss-Ski. In 2001, at the age of 29 years, Andrea Zinsli announced his retirement from professional racing known, since he could not go on his old level after his injury.

Achievements

Olympic games

  • Lillehammer 1994: 11th Place Slalom

World Championships

  • Sierra Nevada 1996: 4th place slalom

Junior World Championships

  • Hemsedal 1991: 3rd place Slalom

World Cup ratings

  • Season 1993/94: 17 Slalom
  • Season 1994/95: 18 Slalom
  • 1995/ 96: 15 Slalom
  • Season 1996/ 97: 19 Slalom

Other successes

  • Swiss Champion: Slalom: 1994, 1995, 1997
Slalom skiing Medal Winter Olympic Games Alpine skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics 1996 Alpine Skiing World Cup December 15 1998 Alpine Skiing World Cup 1999 Alpine Skiing World Cup 1994 Alpine Skiing World Cup 1995 Alpine Skiing World Cup 1997 Alpine Skiing World Cup
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