Émilie Gex-Fabry (born 21 May 1986) is a

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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 equipment ...

. Gex-Fabry was born in

Vevey Vevey (; ; ) is a town in Switzerland in the Vaud, canton of Vaud, on the north shore of Lake Leman, near Lausanne. The German name Vivis is no longer commonly used. It was the seat of the Vevey (district), district of the same name until 200 ...

. She started ski mountaineering in 1991, and competed first in the 2000

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event. She has been member of the Swiss team since 2003, and lives in Val-d'Illiez. After several good results in younger age classes, she placed 10th in the "seniors" single race of the 2007 European Championship. She won the Patrouille des Glaciers in 2010 with a time of 7h41, the course record for female teams as of 2018. After 5 years study at the university of Fribourg, she works as biologist/botanist.

Selected results

* 2003: ** 3rd (cadets),

* 2004: ** 1st,

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"cadets" single race ** 1st, European Cup Trilogiski "cadets" single race ** 1st (juniors filles), Trophée des Gastlosen * 2005: ** 2nd,

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"juniors" single race ** 3rd, European Championship "juniors"

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 ...

** 1st, European Championship relay young * 2006: ** 1st (juniors), Trophée des Gastlosen ** 3rd,

"juniors" vertical race''Swiss medals''
/ref> * 2007: ** 3rd,

"espoir" single race * 2008: ** 2nd,

"espoirs" vertical race ** 2nd, World Championship "espoirs" long-distance race ** 2nd, World Cup race ''Valerette Altiski'' ** 3rd, World Championship "espoirs" single race * 2009: ** 3rd, European Championship "espoirs" single race ** 3rd, European Championship "espoirs" vertical race ** 4th, World Cup race ''Tour du Rutor'' with Gabrielle Magnenat * 2010: ** 5th, World Cup race ''Etna'' ** 1st, Patrouille des Glaciers, new record * 2011: ** 4th,

team race (together with Mireille Richard) ** 4th, World Championship vertical, total ranking ** 6th, World Championship single race ** 6th, World Championship vertical race ** 8th, World Championship sprint * 2012: ** 1st,

relay, together with Séverine Pont-Combe and Mireille Richard ** 3rd, European Championship team, together with Maude Mathys ** 5th, European Championship single ** 6th, World Championship vertical, combined ranking ** 3rd, World Cup race in Etna, vertical race ** 4th, World Cup race in Etna, single race ** 3rd, World Cup race in Tromso, sprint race ** 4th, World Cup race in Tromso, single race ** 5th, World Cup overall * 2013: ** 3rd, World Championship team, together with Maude Mathys ** 3rd, World Championship relay, with Maude Mathys and Mireille Richard ** 3rd, World Cup race in ''Les Marécottes'', sprint race ** 3rd, World Cup race in ''Clusone'', sprint race ** 2nd, World Cup race in Tromso, sprint race ** 4th, World Cup race in Tromso, single race ** 3rd, World Cup sprint race ** 6th, World Cup overall

Patrouille des Glaciers

* 2006: 1st on the track Arolla-Verbier, together with Coraly Pernet and Daniela Sigrist * 2008: 1st on the track Arolla-Verbier, together with Mireille Richard and Mireia Miro * 2010: 1st, together with Nathalie Etzensperger and Marie Troillet

Trofeo Mezzalama

* 2011: 4th, together with Gabrielle Magnenat and Corinne Favre''2011 Trofeo Mezzalama - women results''
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Pierra Menta

* 2013: 3rd, together with Maude Mathys * 2014: 2nd, together with Axelle Mollaret

External links

Emilie Gex-Fabry
at Skimountaineering.org

References

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