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Pirmin Zurbriggen (born 4 February 1963) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Switzerland. One of the most successful ski racers ever, he won the overall World Cup title four times, an Olympic gold medal in 1988 in Downhill, and nine World Championships medals (4 gold, 4 silver, 1 bronze).
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During his decade-long career, he won four world titles (1985: downhill, combined, 1987: Super G, giant slalom), and won the overall World Cup four times (1984, 1987, 1988 and 1990). In addition, he has won crystal globes for each of the five skiing disciplines at least once, 13 in total.
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Feb 8, 2016 · Pirmin Zurbriggen is the greatest ski racer in Swiss history. His career in the White Circus lasted 10 years—in at age 17, out by 27. In that time, he won 40 World Cup races, four overall World Cup titles, the Hahnenkamm (at the age of 21), the 1988 Olympic gold in downhill, and nine World Championship medals.
Dec 27, 1987 · At 17, Pirmin won the downhill at the World Junior Championships. The next season, he was fed into the World Cup, where his results were fair, nothing more.
Mar 27, 1988 · Pirmin Zurbriggen of Switzerland retained his World Cup overall title with two aggressive, risky runs in the skiing season's last slalom yesterday in Saalbach, Austria.
Between 1984 and 1991 Marc Girardelli (of Luxembourg) and Swiss legend Pirmin Zurbriggen dominated the Ski World Cup tour — known poetically in some quarters as the White Circus — winning all the men's globes on offer.
Pirmin Zurbriggen (born 4 February 1963) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Switzerland. One of the most successful ski racers ever, he won the overall World Cup title four times, an Olympic gold medal in 1988 in Downhill , and 9 World Championships medals (4 gold, 4 silver, 1 bronze).
