Silvan Zurbriggen (born 15 August 1981) is a retired Swiss World Cup alpine ski racer who competed primarily in downhill and combined, and occasionally in super-G. In 2012, he stopped competing in slalom due to poor results.

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Silvan Zurbriggen

Zurbriggen in December 2006
Personal information
Born	(1981-08-15) 15 August 1981 (age 42) Brig, Valais, Switzerland
Occupation	Alpine skier
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Skiing career
Disciplines	Downhill, Combined, Super G
Club	Saas-Almagell
World Cup debut	20 January 2002 (age 20)
Retired	1 April 2015 (age 33)
Website	www.silvanzurbriggen.ch
Olympics
Teams	2 – (2006, 2010)
Medals	1 (0 gold)
World Championships
Teams	7 – (2003–15)
Medals	1 (0 gold)
World Cup
Seasons	14 – (2002–15)
Wins	2 – (1 DH, 1 SC)
Podiums	13 – (2 DH, 3 SL, 8 SC)
Overall titles	0 – (6th in 2011)
Discipline titles	0 – (2nd in SC, 2009)
Medal record Men's alpine skiing Representing  Switzerland Olympic Games 2010 Vancouver Combined World Championships 2003 St. Moritz Slalom

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Born in Brig, Valais, Zurbriggen represented Switzerland in seven world championships and two Olympics. He won the silver medal in the slalom before a home crowd at the world championships in 2003 at St. Moritz, and was the Olympic bronze medalist in the combined in 2010 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, held at Whistler. Following his silver medal at age 21, he was the Swiss Winter Sportsman of the year in 2002 / 2003.

Zurbriggen retired from World Cup competition in April 2015 at age 33 with two victories and thirteen podiums. He is a distant cousin of former Swiss ski racers Pirmin Zurbriggen and Heidi Zurbriggen,^[1] and the cousin of Elia Zurbriggen.

Following his racing career, he embarked on a career in banking with an 18-month internship at Raiffeisen.^[2]