Philipp Reiter (born 20 July 1991) is a German

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 ...

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 ...

and sports photographer. He is member of the German national selection of ski mountaineering. Reiter was born in

Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the States of Germany, German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the List of cities in Germany by popu ...

. He started ski mountaineering in 2001, and competed for the first time in 2006. He currently lives in

Bad Reichenhall Bad Reichenhall (Central Bavarian: ''Reichahoi'') is a spa town, and administrative center of the Berchtesgadener Land district in Upper Bavaria, Germany. It is located near Salzburg in a basin encircled by the Chiemgau Alps (including Mount Staufe ...

, where he visited the ''Karlsgymnasium''. He studies mathematics and biology at the

University of Salzburg The University of Salzburg (german: Universität Salzburg), also known as the Paris Lodron University of Salzburg (''Paris-Lodron-Universität Salzburg'', PLUS), is an Austrian public university A public university or public college is a univ ...

. In 2015/2016, he had to take a break due to chronic plantar tendinitis and took up sports photography. Today he accompanies trail running competitions as a photographer and is involved in the family business that produces sustainable clothing. Together with the Spanish photographer Jordi Saragossa, he founded ''Adventure Bakery'', an agency for image content around trail running and mountain sports. He is a brand ambassador for various sports brands and for his current home town Bad Reichenhall. He also coached the Salomon Trailrunning Team, to which he belonged as an athlete for many years. In 2023, he left Salomon and began to work for the Canadian brand

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. Among his sports projects was the crossing of the Alps skiing and running from Vienna to Nice in 36 days (''Red Bull Der Lange Weg''), and the speed record at the

Watzmann The Watzmann ( bar, Watzmo) is a mountain in the Berchtesgaden Alps south of the village of Berchtesgaden. It is the third highest in Germany, and the highest located entirely on German territory. Three main peaks array on a N-S axis along a r ...

east flank in 1:52:55 h in 2018.

Selected results

Ski mountaineering

* 2011: ** 6th,

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

Anton Palzer Anton "Toni" Palzer (born 11 March 1993) is a German ski mountaineer and cyclist. He is a member of the DAV section Berchtesgadener Land and of the German national selection. Since April 2021, Palzer has joined in road bicycle racing. Career ...

, Anton Steurer and

Konrad Lex Konrad Lex (born 7 December 1974 in Eggenfelden, Lower Bavaria) is a German ski mountaineer. He is a member of the DAV section Gangkofen and of the national team. Lex studied at Munich University of Applied Sciences. Selected results * 2005: ...

* 2012: ** 5th, European Championship, relay, together with

Josef Rottmoser Josef "Seppi" Rottmoser (born 7 February 1990) is a German ski mountaineer. Rottmoser was born in Rosenheim. He started ski mountaineering in 2000, and competed first in 2007. Selected results * 2010: ** 9th (" ISMF men" ranking), Patrouille ...

, Anton Palzer and Alexander Schuster ** 1st,

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Ski Mountaineering Team Race, together with Aronis Platonis

Running

* 2011: ** 1st, Zugspitz Supertrail ** 2nd, 4 Trails * 2012: ** 1st, Zugspitz Supertrail ** 1st, Transalpine Run * 2013: ** 1st, Zugspitz UltratrailDas war der Zugspitz Ultratrail 2013
, Trailrunning-Szene, 2013.

External links

Philipp Reiter
skimountaineering.com
DUV Ultra Marathon Statistics, Philipp Reiter
statistik.d-u-v.org

References

1991 births Living people German male ski mountaineers German male long-distance runners German male mountain runners Sportspeople from Munich German sky runners 20th-century German people 21st-century German people {{Germany-wintersport-bio-stub