Roman FURGER

Historical Results

Best performances per season in World Cup events from 2018/2019 - Individual events until 15km

Best performances per season in World Cup events from 2018/2019 - Individual events longer than 15km

Best performances in World Cup races from 2018/2019 - Team events

All kind of sports, card games, poker. (romanfurger.ch)

Athlete, Commercial clerk

Commercial clerk. (romanfurger.ch, May 2021)

Daughter, Leonora (born 2019). Father, Hanspeter. Mother, Barbara. Brother, Michael. Sister, Marina. (romanfurger.ch, bote.ch, 20 Dec 2019)

SSC Schattdorf

National: Kein Einaste (EST)

Father Hanspeter Furger (Cross-country skiing): Bronze medallist in the 3x10km relay at the 1984 Junior World Championships in Trondheim, 1987 Swiss Nordic relay champion, six-times Urner Championships winner (1983-85, 1988-89, 1991).

Brother Michael Furger (Cross-country skiing): Internationally, he competed in one junior event in Campra (2004) and in two FIS events (2005, 2008).

Interested in all kind of sports. Played football at junior level for FC Schattdorf. (romanfurger.ch; Info 2018)

2009 World Cup in Davos (15km Freestyle - 84th)

2009

Initially participated in football before switching to cross-country skiing because of the family influence. "Even as a little boy, I was enthusiastic about sports. I had to be on the move always and everywhere. Exercise was very important to my family and I always wanted to emulate my older brother, Michael." (romanfurger.ch)

Took part in a cross-country skiing beginner course at age 12 and was immediately passionate. "My family were involved in skiing, especially my father, who I followed into the sport. Plus I wanted to do what my brother did." (romanfurger.ch)

Competing at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games. (luzernerzeitung.ch, 23 Feb 2020)

In 2019, he started with his new coach Kein Einaste (EST), which brought him his first top-10 results. "He introduced a new concept, we were training so much more during summer and had shorter training in winter." (luzernerzeitung.ch, 23 Mar 2020)

Winning the Engadine Ski Marathon in Switzerland twice (2012, 2016), and competing at the 2017 World Championships in Lahti, Finland. (Info 2018)

In February 2021 at the World Cup in Ulicehammer: for the first time in history, a Swiss team (Furger/Hediger) achieved a podium in team sprint. (swiss-ski.ch, 19 May 2021)