Anton "Toni" Steurer (born 1 December 1978) is a German extreme sports athlete and

non-commissioned officer A non-commissioned officer (NCO) is a military officer who has not pursued a commission. Non-commissioned officers usually earn their position of authority by promotion through the enlisted ranks. (Non-officers, which includes most or all enli ...

. Steurer was born in

Oberstdorf Oberstdorf ( Low Alemannic: ''Oberschdorf'') is a municipality and skiing and hiking town in Germany, located in the Allgäu region of the Bavarian Alps. It is the southernmost settlement in Germany and one of its highest towns. At the&nb ...

. Having climbed the Eiger Nordwand at the age of seventeen, he is one of the youngest mountaineers to have ever done so. He is currently deployed as a medical service soldier and army mountain guide in

Kempten Kempten (, (Swabian German: )) is the largest Town#Germany, town of Allgäu, in Swabia (Bavaria), Swabia, Bavaria, Germany. The population was about 68,000 in 2016. The area was possibly settled originally by Celts, but was later taken over by th ...

, Germany. He is member of the DAV section

Oberstaufen Oberstaufen ( Low Alemannic: ''Schtoufe'') is a municipality in the district of Oberallgäu in Bavarian Swabia, Germany, situated on the B 308 road from Lindau to Immenstadt. History It is first mentioned as ''Stoufun'' in AD 868. Historically ...

and part of the German skimountaineering team. Besides mountain climbing, he also practices biking, skiing and other sports. In 2002, the UN International Year of Mountains, he and Walter Hölzler from Thalkirchdorf climbed the three summits of

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in a

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within 24 hours.''Bernina Express – alle 3 Pfeilerrouten in 24h''
(German), www.bergsteigen.at, 19 March 2002.

Selected results

Mountain running

* 2000: ** 2nd, CISM Military World Games,

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(20 January) ** German 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

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and Christian Kerber)

Ski mountaineering

* 2004: ** 3rd, German Cup long distance race ** 11th,

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relay race (together with Tim Stachel,

Gerhard Reithmeier Gerhard Reithmeier (born 26 June 1977) from Bergen is a German ski mountaineer. Selected results * 2001: ** German record time, Trofeo Mezzalama (together with Georg Nickaes and Matthias Robl) * 2004: ** 4th, German Championship ** 11th, World C ...

and

Stefan Klinger Stefan Klinger (born 24 April 1978) is a German ski mountaineer. Klinger was born in Anger. He inspired his girl friend Stefanie Koch to compete also in the national ski mountaineering team. Selected results * 2003: ** 1st, Predigtstuhl rac ...

) * 2005: ** 1st, German Cup long distance race ** 1st, German Championship single ** 3rd, European Championship relay race (together with

Franz Graßl Franz Graßl (born 7 March 1965) is a German ski mountaineer. Graßl was born in Berchtesgaden. He is member of the Berchtesgaden branch of the German Alpine Club (DAV) and the Bergwacht. He was member of the German ski-mountaineering team until ...

, Stefan Klinger and

Georg Nickaes Georg "Schorsch" Nickaes (born 12 June 1971) is a German ski mountaineer and speaker of the German ski mountaineering team. Nickaes was born in Bad Reichenhall. He enjoys also mountain running and ice climbing, and finished the army mountain gui ...

) ** 6th, European Championship single race ** 9th, European Championship team race (together with Franz Graßl) ** 9th, World Cup race,

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* 2006: ** 3rd, German Cup single ** 5th,

relay race (together with Franz Graßl,

Martin Echtler Martin Echtler (born 14 January 1969) is a German ski mountaineer. He also competes in mountain running. Echtler was born in Peiting. His sister Christine Echtler-Schleich is also member of the German skimountaineering team. Selected results ...

and Georg Nickaes) * 2007: ** 4th, European Championship relay race (together with

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: ...

, Martin Echtler and Stefan Klinger) * 2008: ** 1st, German Cup ranking ** 2nd, German Championship single ** 2nd, German Championship

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** 3rd, German Championship team ** 6th,

relay race (together with

Andreas Strobel Andreas Strobel (born 13 May 1972) is a German ski mountaineer and marathon mountain biker. Strobel was born in Selb, and started bike sports as condition training in 1991. After bad results at the "Ronda Extrema" race in Riva del Garda in 1997, h ...

, Stefan Klinger and Konrad Lex) ** 10th,World Championship combination ranking * 2009 ** 1st, German Championship single ** 1st, German Championship team ** 1st, military brigade championship, Hohenzollern stadium in

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(with military equipment) ** 9th, European Championship relay race (together with

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, Andreas Strobel and Konrad Lex) * 2011: ** 6th,

relay, together with

Philipp Reiter Philipp Reiter (born 20 July 1991) is a German ski mountaineer, mountain runner and sports photographer. He is member of the German national selection of ski mountaineering. Reiter was born in Munich. He started ski mountaineering in 2001, and co ...

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 ...

and Konrad Lex

Patrouille des Glaciers

* 2006: 7th (and 2nd "seniors II" ranking) as well as German record, together with Franz Graßl and Martin Echtler''2006 Patrouille des Glaciers''
, p. 16. * 2008: 8th (and 6th in the "international men" ranking), together with Franz Graßl and Stefan Klinger

External links

Toni Steurer
at ''skimountaineering.com''

(German), 31 January 2006

References and notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Steurer, Toni 1978 births Living people People from Oberstdorf Sportspeople from Swabia (Bavaria) German male ski mountaineers German Army personnel Military personnel from Bavaria