Bernhard Perren

Bernhard Perren ( born May 1, 1928 in Zermatt, † August 31, 1960 ) was a Swiss ski racer and mountain guide. He was in the late 1940s and in the first half of the 1950s, one of the best downhill and giant slalom a good driver. Perren celebrated several victories and podium finishes in international races, reached a fourth place in the downhill of the World Cup in 1950 and was three times Swiss champion. He was also a well-known mountain guide. He died at the age of 32 in a car accident. His brother Gottlieb Perren was also skiing or mountain guide.

Biography

Perren won the 1947 departure of juniors at the Swiss Ski Championships in Wengen. Two years later, he reached the third exit rank in the elite class behind Ralph Olinger and Rudolf Graf. In January 1950, Perren was the first time at the Lauberhorn in Wengen on the podium when he finished second in the downhill and third in the combination. In the discharged next month World Cup 1950 in Aspen, he missed a medal in his specialty discipline barely: He was fourth in the downhill, also 13, in the giant slalom and 27th in slalom. In the winter of 1951 Perren reached with a fourth place in the departure of Sestriere his best result at the Arlberg - Kandahar race. In addition, he was Swiss champion in the downhill and giant slalom in Adelboden. The championship title in the downhill could Perren in 1952 to successfully defend. At the Olympic Winter Games in Oslo in 1952 he landed, however, as 26 of the descent with over 16 seconds behind the winner Zeno Colò in the beaten field. His best Olympic result was the eighth rank in the giant slalom, in addition, he was 21 in slalom.

His most successful season was Perren in winter 1953: He won downhill in Sestriere, Garmisch -Partenkirchen and the Hahnenkamm race in Kitzbühel ( new record time on the Streif of 2:54,5 minutes), was second in the downhill and combined the Lauberhorn race in Wengen, as well as in the combination of Sestriere and won the discharged as part of the program Lauberhorn race giant slalom in Wengen. Mid-March, however, came at Gornergrat in Zermatt Derby hard to fall. A further fall in the Lauberhorn race of 1954, in which he suffered a broken ankle, confinement ended career.

Aside from skiing, Perren was a well known and respected mountain guide. He died on August 31, 1960 in a car accident near Zermatt.

Achievements

Olympic Winter Games

( included at the same time as World Championships )

  • Oslo 1952: 8 Giant Slalom, Slalom 21 26 Departure

World Championships

  • Aspen 1950: 4th exit 13 Giant Slalom, Slalom 27

Swiss Championships

  • Swiss champion in the downhill in 1951 and 1952 and in the giant slalom in 1951

Other successes

  • Winner of the Hahnenkamm downhill in 1953
  • Winners of the slopes in Sestriere and Garmisch- Partenkirchen in 1953
  • Winner of the giant slalom in Wengen 1953
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