He retired Frnzi Aufdenblatten

The 33 year-old Swiss FrÃ¤nzi Aufdenblatten announced that he will retire at the end of the season after nearly three decades of militancy in the Great Skiing

Saturday 1 March 2014 3 minutes reading time

"It was my childhood dream to become a skier. I managed to make it my profession for 14 years. I consider it a great privilege to be able to choose the right time to retire, I'm healthy and I have to thank a lot skiing - tells the funny FrÃ¤nzi -. I look back and I see a long and exciting career with ups and downs, laughter and tears. The fact that anyone would think that I can add some further result 20 podiums and 42 finishes in the top ten makes me proud. Thanks to my manager and longtime friend Ralph Krieger I can start a second career in sports management and I'm looking forward to it. " Born February 10, 1981 in Zermatt, the famous resort of the Valais at the foot of the Matterhorn, Aufdenblatten made his debut in the World Cup on March 11, 2000 in Sestriere giant two and a half weeks from gold in downhill in the Junior World Championships Mt . Ste Anne, repeated success in 2001 in Verbier but giant. He won two giants of the European Cup in the 2001-2002 season with Al and Arosa. In the World Cup kicked off so far in 234 races with a victory in the super-G in Val d'IsÃ¨re 20 December 2009 (pictured), and two third places in downhill, January 31, 2004 in Haus im Ennstal and January 13, 2006 in Bad Kleinkirchheim. He has participated in five of the last six editions of the World Cup just jumping in Garmisch-Partenkirchen 2011, but still far from reaching the top ten, while in three Olympics, 2002 2006 and 2014 respectively, the best result was sixth place in the super-G in the only race held the Games in Sochi. She, too, was not exempt from a serious injury, one that cost her the anterior cruciate ligament and meniscus in his right knee in the first run of the giant Cortina in 2010 that forced her to skip the next Games in Vancouver.

Max Valle

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