Damien Farquet (born 1971) is a

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

cross-country skier Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing where skiers rely on their own locomotion to move across snow-covered terrain, rather than using ski lifts or other forms of assistance. Cross-country skiing is widely practiced as a sport and recreation ...

. Professionally he is deployed in the

Border Guard Corps The Swiss Border Guard (french: Corps des gardes-frontière, german: Grenzwachtkorps, it, Corpo delle guardie di confine, rm, Corp da guardias da cunfin) was a federal law enforcement agency, which acted as both the border guard and customs se ...

and lives in

Le Châble Le Châble is a village in Val de Bagnes, Valais, Switzerland, below the ski resort of Verbier. The local St. Bernard Express Train runs from Martigny and finishes in Le Châble. This service is regularly used by tourists from Geneva airport en r ...

Selected results

* 1994: ** 1st, Patrouille de la Maya A-course, together with Jean Moix and Michel CheseauxPatrouille de la Maya - Classements et résultats
/ref> * 2000: ** 1st and course record, ''Tour de

Matterhorn The (, ; it, Cervino, ; french: Cervin, ; rm, Matterhorn) is a mountain of the Alps, straddling the main watershed and border between Switzerland and Italy. It is a large, near-symmetric pyramidal peak in the extended Monte Rosa area of the ...

'' (together with Emanuel Buchs and

Rico Elmer Rico Elmer (born 23 July 1969) is a Swiss ski mountaineer and mountain runner. Elmer was born in village of Elm in the canton of Glarus. He first competed in the Patrouille des Glaciers event in 1996 and has been member of the national team s ...

) * 2002: ** 1st, Patrouille de la Maya A-course, together with Rico Elmer and

Rolf Zurbrügg Rolf Zurbrügg (born 1971) is a Swiss ski mountaineer and national ski-mountaineering coach. He is also a cross-country skier and a trained mountain guide. Zurbrügg was born in Adelboden. Professionally he is deployed in the Border Guard Corps a ...

* 2003: ** 1st,

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 Rico Elmer ** 1st, European Championship team race (together with Rico Elmer) ** 5th, European Championship combination ranking ** 6th

Pierra Menta The Pierra Menta has been an annual competition of ski mountaineering at Arêches-Beaufort in the region of Beaufort, Savoie south-eastern France since 1986. The Pierra Menta is one of the three best known races of the Alps (''les grandes trois de ...

(together with Rico Elmer) ** 10th, European Championship single race * 2004: ** 3rd, Transcavallo race (together with Rico Elmer)

Patrouille des Glaciers

* 1996, 1st (international military teams ranking), together with Emanuel Buchs and André Rey * 1998: 1st, together with Pvt E-2 Emanuel Buchs and Pvt E-2 Rico Elmer * 2000: 1st and course record, together with Pvt E-2 Emanuel Buchs and Pvt E-2 Rico Elmer''2000 Patrouille des Glaciers''
p. 2. * 2004: 3rd, together with Rolf Zurbrügg and Rico Elmer

Trofeo Mezzalama

* 2001: 4th, together with Emanuel Buchs and Rico Elmer * 2003: 1st, together with Rolf Zurbrügg and Rico Elmer

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Farquet, Damien 1971 births Living people Swiss male ski mountaineers Swiss military patrol (sport) runners Swiss male cross-country skiers People from Bagnes Skiers from Valais