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Bernhard Russi (born 20 August 1948) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Switzerland. Born in Andermatt in the canton of Uri, he is an Olympic, World Cup, and World champion in the downhill event.
On 15 February 1970, 22-year-old Swiss Bernhard Russi announced his arrival on the big stage in remarkable fashion, outperforming all of the favourites on the piste of Sasslong de Val Gardena to win the World Downhill Championships.
Bernhard Russi has devoted his whole life to his passion: skiing, and particularly the downhill. First as a champion, with world and Olympic golds in the 1970s, then since 1988 as a designer of Olympic ski runs, including the downhill course in PyeongChang, host of the upcoming Olympic Winter Games.
Russi was downhill World Cup champion in the 1970/71 and 1971/72 seasons. In the overall World Cup his best seasonal finish was fifth, which he did in 1970/71, 1971/72, and 1976/77.
Jan 30, 2015 · On the slopes of Mount Eniwa on 7 February 1972, Bernhard Russi won the downhill skiing gold at the Olympic Winter Games. This success represented the pinnacle of the career of a man who subsequently went on to design every Olympic downhill course since 1988.
Jan 13, 2022 · Jan 13 (Reuters) - Bernhard Russi has designed every Olympic downhill course except one since the 1988 Calgary Games and the Swiss rates his Beijing layout as "surprisingly good".
Feb 7, 2022 · Bernhard Russi stared up at the massive downhill course at Innsbruck, Austria, clinging to the fastest time of the day and waiting for one final top racer: Austrian star Franz Klammer.
