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Pete Swenson (born December 25, 1967) from
Breckenridge, Colorado The Town of Breckenridge is the home rule municipality that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Summit County, Colorado, United States. The town population was 5,078 at the 2020 United States Census. Breckenridge is the pr ...
, is an American
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 Competition Director of the United States Ski Mountaineering Association (USSMA). Swanson attended the
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until 1990.


Selected results

* 2006: ** 9th,
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, ...
, relay, together with Cary Smith, Chris Kroger and Steve Romeo * 2009: ** 1st, US Ski Mountaineering National Championship,
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* 2010: ** 2nd (seniors II),
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 ca ...
, together with Benedikt Böhm and
Javier Martín de Villa Javier Martín de Villa (born 23 August 1981) is a Spanish ski mountaineer. Martín was born in Madrid. He started ski mountaineering in 1998, competed first in the Trofeo Altos Pirineos race and became a member of the national team in the sam ...
''2010 Patrouille des Glaciers''


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Swenson, Pete 1967 births Living people American male ski mountaineers Sportspeople from Colorado People from Breckenridge, Colorado