Emanuel Buchs (born 1962) is a

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ski mountaineer,

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and biathlete.

Biography

Buchs started competition sports at the age of 14 years and became a member of the national "juniors" biathlon team at the age of 16. Four years later he became a member of the national "seniors" team, but had to leave it because of time reasons. He won six Swiss championship of cross-country skiing relay titles. He competed several times in the Patrouille des Glaciers race, and placed four times first and one time second with his teams. Professionally he is deployed in the 5th

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 ...

. He is married with two children and lives in Ulrichen. Together with his wife Marianne and his son Yannick he competed in the ''Baschi Triathlon'' in 2007.''Baschi Triathlon 2007 – Rangliste Teams''
(German), Münster-Geschinen, 2007.

Selected results

Biathlon

* 1997: ** 1st, Swiss Championship relay

Ski mountaineering

* 2000: ** 1st and course record, ''Tour de Matterhorn'' (together with

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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 ...

) * 2001: ** 4th,

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

(together with Damien Farquet and Rico Elmer)

Patrouille des Glaciers

* 1990: 1st (international military teams ranking), together with Michel Chesaux and André Rey * 1992: 2nd (international military teams ranking), together with Michel Chesaux and André Rey * 1996: 1st (international military teams ranking), together with Damien Farquet and André Rey * 1998: 1st, together with Pvt E-2 Damien Farquet and Pvt E-2 Rico Elmer * 2000: 1st and course record, together with Pvt E-2 Damien Farquet and Pvt E-2 Rico Elmer''2000 Patrouille des Glaciers''
p. 2.

External links

(German) *

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Buchs, Emanuel Swiss male ski mountaineers Swiss male cross-country skiers Swiss male biathletes Swiss military patrol (sport) runners 1962 births Living people