Urs Imboden

Urs Imboden ( born January 7, 1975 in Santa Maria in the Munster, Grisons ) is a retired Swiss ski racer. He specializes in the slalom discipline and launched from 2006 to 2011 for Moldova.

Biography

His career began in Imboden in the Swiss national team. On January 19, 1997, he debuted in the World Cup, at the Lauberhorn in Wengen slalom. The first World Cup points he won on January 28, 1998 in 25th place in Aspen. He scored his best result on 19 November 2000 at the slalom in Park City. Imboden was able to establish itself near the top of the world, but also had numerous failures recorded. His biggest success was the fifth place in the slalom at the Olympic Winter Games 2002. During the European Cup season 2003, he was also in the discipline rating fifth.

As a result, Imboden's performance decreased continuously. Swiss Ski divided it into lower cadres and finally set him free. Then he took as his teammate Christophe Roux at the Moldovan citizenship and launched from the World Cup season 2006/ 07 for Moldova. On 30 January 2007, Imboden was the first time classify as Moldovans in the Top 30, but failed due to its large residue World Cup points. At the 2007 World Championships in Åre he went to eleventh place in the slalom.

In the 2008 /09 season Imboden drew attention to himself by his constant performances. Due to the phased poor performance of his ex- colleagues in this discipline, the Swiss media reported regularly about the " retired " - but at the same time best - Swiss. The Moldovan ski team was usually referred to as a one-man team because, in contrast to other nations did not have several coaches and trainers, but nearly all of the coach Hans Daniel Fahrner from Prato allo Stelvio took over. The ski groomed Imboden itself.

At the 2009 World Championships in Val d'Isere Imboden placed ninth in the slalom. In the World Cup since its nations to change at this time a 14th place in the slalom in Kitzbuehel had the best result on 25 January 2009. He could by winning the European Cup Slalom final on March 14, 2009, in the slalom rating back up to third place, which was synonymous with his greatest success in the European Cup. On January 10, 2010 Imboden achieved seventh place in the slalom in Adelboden. This was his only top-10 result for Moldova and its second-best World Cup result ever. Best result in 2010/11 season was an eleventh place in Adelboden.

In April 2011, Imboden announced his retirement from professional sports. He will be working as a trainer at the Sports High School in Davos.

Achievements

Olympic games

  • Salt Lake City 2002: 5th Slalom

World Championships

  • St. Moritz 2003 21 Slalom
  • Åre 2007: 11 Slalom
  • Val d'Isere 2009: slalom 9
  • Garmisch -Partenkirchen 2011: 14 Slalom

World Cup

European Cup

  • Season 2002/ 03: 5 slalom rating
  • Season 2008/ 09: 3rd slalom rating
  • 5 podiums, including two victories

Other successes

  • Swiss Slalom Champion 2002, 2003 and 2004
  • Winner of the New Zealand Slalom Championship 2008
  • Winners of the German Slalom Championships 2009
  • Bronze medal in the giant slalom at the World Ski Championships 2005 military
  • 17 wins in FIS races
Slalom skiing 2001 Alpine Skiing World Cup 2010 Alpine Skiing World Cup Aspen (Colorado) Park City (Utah) Alpine skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2007 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2009 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2003 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2011
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