Rico Elmer (born 23 July 1969) is a Swiss

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

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 ...

. Elmer was born in village of Elm in the canton of Glarus. He first competed in the

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 ...

event in 1996 and has been member of the national team since 2003. Professionally he is deployed in the

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Selected results

* 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 Damien Farquet) * 2002: ** 1st, Patrouille de la Maya A-course, together with Damien Farquet and Rolf ZurbrüggPatrouille de la Maya - Classements et résultats
/ref> * 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 Damien Farquet ** 1st, European Championship team race (together with Damien Farquet) ** 3rd, European Championship combination ranking ** 4th, European Championship single race * 2004: ** 1st,

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, ...

single race ** 3rd, World Championship relay race (together with Alexander Hug,

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and Pierre Bruchez) ** 3rd, Transcavallo race (together with Damien Farquet) * 2006: ** 3rd,

relay race (together with Alexander Hug,

Alain Rey Alain Rey (; – )
...

and

Florent Troillet Florent Troillet (born 7 June 1981) is a Swiss ski mountaineer. Troillet was born in Lourtier. He competed first in 1995. He has been member of the national team since 1996 and member of the Dynafit team since 2003. In 2007, in a team with Si ...

) ** 3rd, European Cup race in

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(together with Florent Troillet) ** 3rd, Swiss Championship

vertical race A Vertical Race is a special kind of ski mountaineering without the typical downhill skiing after ascending. At the mountain running and climbing passages the runners have to carry their skis in their backpacks. Vertical Races for women and men are ...

** 4th, World Championship team race (together with Alexander Hug)

Patrouille des Glaciers

* 1998: 1st, together with Pvt E-2 Damien Farquet and Pvt E-2 Emanuel Buchs * 2000: 1st and course record, together with Pvt E-2 Damien Farquet and Pvt E-2 Emanuel Buchs * 2004: 3rd, together with Damien Farquet and Rolf Zurbrügg * 2006: 3rd (and 1st in international military teams ranking), together with Pvt E-2 Florent Troillet and Pvt E-2

Yannick Ecoeur Yannick Ecoeur (born 23 August 1981) is a Swiss ski mountaineer and mountain runner. Ecoeur was born in Martigny VS. He started ski mountaineering in 2003 and has been member of the national team since 2005. At the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics he ...

* 2008: 5th ("seniors I" class ranking), mixed team together with

Sophie Dusautoir Bertrand Sophie Dusautoir Bertrand (born 5 June 1972) is an Andorran ski mountaineer. Dusautoir was born in Andorra la Vella. She started ski mountaineering in 2002 and competed first in the ''Cronoescalada Pas de la Casa'' race in 2005. Selected re ...

and

Marie Troillet Marie Troillet (born 24 March 1983) is a Swiss ski mountaineer. Troillet was born in Bagnes. She started ski mountaineering in 2000 and has been member of the national team since 2004 as well as member of the Dynafit-Team since 2005. Marie Tr ...

* 2010: 3rd, together with

Jean-Daniel Masserey Jean-Daniel Masserey (born 27 February 1972) is a Swiss ski mountaineer. Selected results * 1998: ** 1st, Patrouille de la Maya A-course, together with Gabriel Besson and Jean-Yves Rey * 1999: ** 7th, Pierra Menta (together with Jean-Yves R ...

and Jean-Yves Rey''2010 Patrouille des Glaciers''

Trofeo Mezzalama

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

Pierra Menta

* 2003: 6th, together with Damien Farquet

External links

Rico Elmer
at ''skimountaineering.com''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Elmer, Rico 1969 births Living people Swiss male ski mountaineers World ski mountaineering champions Swiss military patrol (sport) runners Swiss mountain runners People from the canton of Glarus