Tobias Grünenfelder

Tobias Grünenfelder
	Alpine skier
Disciplines	Downhill, Super G; Giant Slalom, Combined
Club	SC Elm
Born	November 27, 1977; Elm, Glarus Süd, Switzerland
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
World Cup debut	January 5, 2007; (age 19)
Website	www.grueni.ch
Olympics
Teams	3
Medals	0
World Championships
Teams	3
Medals	0
World Cup
Seasons	15
Wins	1
Podiums	5

Tobias Grünenfelder (born 27 November 1977 in Elm) is a Swiss alpine skier. He is the 2005, 2006, 2009 and 2010 Swiss champion in Super-G. He also won national Downhill gold in 2007 and 2009.

He participated at the World Championships in Vail 1999, St. Moritz 2003 and Bormio 2005 and competed at the 2002, 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics.

He earned his maiden World Cup victory during a Super-G event in Lake Louise, during the 2011, edging the reigning World Cup champion and teammate Carlo Janka.

His brother Jürg Grünenfelder is an alpine skier as well.

World Cup Victories

Date	Place	Country	Event
November 28, 2010	Lake Louise	Canada	Super-G

Other podiums

3rd Super-G World Cup race in Kvitfjell (2009/2010)
3rd Downhill World Cup race in Bormio (2005/2006)
3rd Super-G World Cup race in Garmisch (2003/2004)
3rd Super-G World Cup race in Garmisch (2002/2003)

External links

Official site of Jürg and Tobias Grünenfelder
Tobias Grünenfelder at the International Ski Federation
Tobias Grünenfelder at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

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