ALPINE SKI RACING

HISTORY OF THE WERNER ZWAHLEN MEMORIAL RACE

ALTHOUGH SKIING THROUGH THE FINISH LINE WITH A WINNING TIME IS THE GOAL, WERNER BELIEVED AN INDIVIDUAL’S SUCCESS IN THE SPORT OF ALPINE RACING WAS NOT MEASURED BY TALENT ALONE OR LIMITED TO FINISHING FIRST. WHAT ALSO MEASURED AN ATHLETE’S SUCCESS WAS THE INDIVIDUAL’S CHOICE TO FIND THE COURAGE AND TENACITY TO FACE AND OVERCOME DIFFICULT CHALLENGES.

HIS MENTORING INSPIRED SEVERAL GENERATIONS OF YOUNG RACERS TO DEVELOP THEIR STRENGTHS AND ACHIEVE GOALS THEY NEVER THOUGHT POSSIBLE, NOT ONLY ON THE RACE COURSE BUT ALSO ON THE PODIUM OF LIFE.

THE WERNER ZWAHLEN ANNUAL MEMORIAL RACE COMMEMORATES A MAN WHO LIVED WHAT HE TAUGHT COURAGE, TENACITY, AND SPIRIT ON AND OFF THE RACE COURSE.