Killian PEIER

Historical Results

Jogging, biking in the mountains, learning languages. (Athlete, Aug 2021)

Athlete, Student

Business School Minerva Zurich.

Father, Jean-Pierre Peier. Mother, Romana Peier. Brother, Elliott.

French, German, English

Vallee du Joux

Team: Ronny Hornschuh (GER)
Ski: Fischer

2010 Continental Cup in Engelberg (Large hill - DSQ)
2014 World Cup in Klingenthal (Large hill - 17th)

November 2020: Ruptured anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in his right knee in a fall during the Swiss Championships which caused him to miss the entire 2020/21 season.

October 2020: Tested positive for Covid-19. Because of this, the Swiss championships were moved to a later date so that he could participate. (berkutschi.com)

2010

He was seven years old when he watched his countryman Switzerland's Simon Ammann win two Olympic gold medals in 2002 and then he wanted to start ski jumping himself. "I quite simply wanted to take up ski jumping. My parents were interested too, but what do you do when you live in La Sarraz, close to the Vallee de Joux and a long way from any ski jump? They asked people at the ski club, and found out that the ideal age to start jumping was 10. For two years, I did lots of other sports: basketball, gymnastics, etc. For my 10th birthday, I was able to take part in a ski jump initiation at Le Brassus." (olympics.com, Athlete, Oct 2021)

"Because of the feeling of flying." (Athlete, Oct 2021)

Winning another medal in a major event (Athlete, Aug 2021)

Large hill bronze medal at 2019 Seefeld World Championships. (Athlete, Aug 2021)

Ski jumper Simon Ammann (SUI), one of the most successful athletes in history having won four individual Winter Olympic gold medals, two in 2002 and two in 2010, the only ski jumper to have achieved the ski jumping gold double-double at the Olympic Winter Games. Other titles are winning the 2007 Ski Jumping World Championships, 2010 Ski Flying World Championships, and the 2009/10 overall World Cup. They became teammates. "I was inspired by how seriously he took his training, his total involvement in ski jumping. He never does things by half and works on every detail. He’s a role model." (olympics.com)

Alpine skier Didier Cuche (SUI), Olympic silver medallist in Nagano 1998, four-time world champion, won the World Cup downhill and super-G overall titles for season 2010/11 and has won three previous downhill titles in 2010, 2008, and 2007, along with a giant slalom title in 2009. Won 21 World Cup races, a total of 67 podiums.(Athlete, Jul 2021)

Ski jumper Simon Ammann (SUI), one of the most successful athletes in history having won four individual Winter Olympic gold medals (two in 2002 and two in 2010), the only ski jumper to have achieved the ski jumping gold double-double at the Olympic Winter Games. Other titles are winning the 2007 Ski Jumping World Championships, 2010 Ski Flying World Championships, and the 2009/10 overall World Cup. "For me personally, he never told me: “try and change this or that”, but rather: “you’ve got a lot of qualities and you could work a bit better, but without going into specific detail." (olympic.com)

Ski jumper Kamil Stoch (POL), three-time Olympic champion (twice in Sochi 2014, once in PyeongChang 2018). (Athlete, Aug 2021)

Likes to drink an espresso before a competition with a piece of Swiss chocolate. (Athlete, Aug 2021)

"Get a lot of fun during the competition and rock the hills." (Athlete, Aug 2021)

Ambassador for the 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games in Lausanne.