Otto Furrer (19 October 1903 – 26 July 1951) was a Swiss

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and cross-country skier and world champion. Furrer was born in

Zermatt Zermatt () is a municipality in the district of Visp in the German-speaking section of the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It has a year-round population of about 5,800 and is classified as a town by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO). ...

. He became a world champion in the combined event, received a silver medal in the

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and a bronze medal in the

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Cortina d'Ampezzo Cortina d'Ampezzo (; lld, Anpezo, ; historical de-AT, Hayden) is a town and ''comune'' in the heart of the southern (Dolomitic) Alps in the Province of Belluno, in the Veneto region of Northern Italy. Situated on the Boite river, in an alp ...

in 1932.Official results for the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships
– ''FIS-ski.com'' - (Retrieved on 15 November 2008) He was killed in an accident on the

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1903 births 1951 deaths Swiss male alpine skiers Swiss male cross-country skiers Swiss military patrol (sport) runners Olympic cross-country skiers of Switzerland Cross-country skiers at the 1928 Winter Olympics Military patrol competitors at the 1928 Winter Olympics Olympic biathletes of Switzerland People from Zermatt Accidental deaths in Switzerland Sportspeople from Valais {{Switzerland-crosscountry-skiing-bio-stub