Andréa Ursina Zimmermann (born 18 August 1976) from

Monthey Monthey (; frp, Montê) is the capital of the district of Monthey in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. History The castle in the town center was built in 950 on a hill, the first houses of Monthey surrounded it. Monthey is first mention ...

is a female

Swiss Swiss may refer to: * the adjectival form of Switzerland * Swiss people Places * Swiss, Missouri * Swiss, North Carolina *Swiss, West Virginia * Swiss, Wisconsin Other uses *Swiss-system tournament, in various games and sports *Swiss Internation ...

ski mountaineer Ski mountaineering (abbreviated to skimo) is a skiing discipline that involves climbing mountains either on skis or carrying them, depending on the steepness of the ascent, and then descending on skis. There are two major categories of equipmen ...

and

mountain runner Mountain running is a sports discipline which takes place mainly off-road in mountainous terrain, but if there is significant elevation gain on the route, surfaced roads may be used. In this it differs from fell running; also its courses are more ...

. Zimmermann was born in

Biel/Bienne Biel/Bienne (official bilingual wording; , ) is a List of towns in Switzerland, town and a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the Biel/Bienne (administrative district), Biel/Bienne administrative district in the canton of Bern in Swi ...

. She competed first in the 2000 Trophée du Muveran race and has been member of the national team since 2001.

Selected results

Ski mountaineering

* 2001: ** 3rd, Swiss Cup, scratch * 2002: ** 10th,

World Championship A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ...

team race (together with

Gabrielle Magnenat Gabrielle Gachet, née Magnenat (born 17 February 1980), is a Swiss ski mountaineer. Gachet was born in Vaulion. In 2011, she married Grégory Gachet. She started ski mountaineering in 1998 and competed first in the Nocturne Morgins race in th ...

) * 2004: ** 2nd,

Patrouille des Glaciers The Patrouille des Glaciers (PDG) is a ski mountaineering race organised every two years by the Swiss Armed Forces, in which military and civilian teams compete. It takes place once every two years at the end of April, in the south part of the can ...

(together with Gabrielle Magnenat and

Jeanine Bapst Jeanine Bapst (born September 11, 1968) is a Swiss ski mountaineer. Selected results * 2001: ** 2nd, Swiss Cup, scratch * 2003: ** 2nd, Trophée des Gastlosen, together with Maroussia Rusca * 2004: ** 2nd, World Championship team race (togeth ...

) ** 8th,

team race (together with Gabrielle Magnenat) * 2005: ** 4th, European Championship (together with

Séverine Pont-Combe Séverine Pont-Combe (born 28 June 1979) is a Swiss ski mountaineer and long-distance runner. She was born in Meyrin. She currently lives in Bernex.

) * 2006: ** 2nd,

Trophée des Gastlosen The Trophée des Gastlosen ("trophy of the Gastlosen") is a Swiss competition of ski mountaineering, which is carried out annually in the Gastlosen, near Jaun, since 1993. The history of the Trophée des Gastlosen goes back to 1987, when Erha ...

, together with

Marie Troillet Marie Troillet (born 24 March 1983) is a Swiss ski mountaineer. Troillet was born in Bagnes. She started ski mountaineering in 2000 and has been member of the national team since 2004 as well as member of the Dynafit-Team since 2005. Marie Tr ...

** 6th,

team race (together with Gabrielle Magnenat) * 2007: ** 7th,

Trofeo Mezzalama The Mezzalama Trophy ( it, Trofeo Mezzalama, french: Trophée Mezzalama, a.k.a. ''white marathon''

(together with

Anne Carron-Bender Anne, alternatively spelled Ann, is a form of the Latin female given name Anna. This in turn is a representation of the Hebrew Hannah, which means 'favour' or 'grace'. Related names include Annie. Anne is sometimes used as a male name in the ...

and Christine Diaque) * 2010: ** 3rd,

Sellaronda The Sellaronda is the ski circuit around the Sella group in Northern Italy. The Sella massif lies between the four Ladin valleys of Badia, Gherdëina, Fascia, and Fodom and is divided between the provinces of South Tyrol, Trentino and Bellu ...

Skimarathon, together with

Catherine Mabillard Catherine Mabillard (born 9 June 1964) from Troistorrents VS is a Switzerland, Swiss ski mountaineer and marathon mountain biker. Mabillard was born in Bex. She started ski mountaineering in 1985 and competed first in the Trophée de Valerette r ...

Goldenes Buch ''Sellaronda Skimarathon''
/ref> * 2012: ** 2nd,

, together with Catherine Mabillard

Pierra Menta

* 2005: 5th, together with Jeanine Bapst * 2007: 5th, together with Gabrielle Magnenat

Patrouille des Glaciers

* 2008: 6th (and 2nd in the "civilian women" ranking), together with

Chantal Daucourt Chantal Daucourt (born 23 June 1966) is a Swiss professional cross-country mountain biker of the 1990s and 2000s (decade) as well as a competition ski mountaineer. Daucourt was born in Biel/Bienne and grew up in Courroux. She works as a register ...

and

Sabine Gentieu The Sabines (; lat, Sabini; it, Sabini, all exonyms) were an Italic people who lived in the central Apennine Mountains of the ancient Italian Peninsula, also inhabiting Latium north of the Anio before the founding of Rome. The Sabines divid ...

* 2010: 3rd, (and 1st in the "civilian women" ranking), together with Catherine Mabillard and

Sophie Dusautoir Bertrand Sophie Dusautoir Bertrand (born 5 June 1972) is an Andorran ski mountaineer. Dusautoir was born in Andorra la Vella. She started ski mountaineering in 2002 and competed first in the ''Cronoescalada Pas de la Casa'' race in 2005. Selected res ...

Running

* 2004: ** 2nd (women I), Jeizibärg-Lauf,

Gampel Gampel is a former municipality in the district of Leuk in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. Gampel should not be confused with the municipality Gampelen in the canton of Bern. It was an independent municipality until January 1, 2009, when ...

* 2008: ** 2nd, Jeizibärg-Lauf / Valais Mountain Running Championship,

** 3rd, Dérupe VercorinRésultats Dérupe 2008
Skiclub Jeizinen.

External links

Andréa Zimmermann
at ''skimountaineering.org''
TEDx talk of Andréa Zimmermann

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Zimmermann, Andrea 1976 births Living people Swiss female ski mountaineers Swiss female long-distance runners Swiss female mountain runners People from Monthey People from Biel/Bienne Sportspeople from the canton of Bern Sportspeople from Valais