Mourning for the former biathlete. © AFP / FRANCK FIFE
The world of biathlon is in mourning: a former ski hunter has died at the age of 43.
07 October 2022
From: sn
Biathlon has become increasingly popular in Switzerland in recent years. Simon Hallenbarter was one of the pioneers in this field. Now the 43-year-old former biathlete is dead.
Hallenbarter started out as a cross country skier, but moved on to biathletes when he was elite. He has a total of three Olympic appearances, as has been in Turin (2006), Vancouver (2010) and Sochi (2014). He has also competed in eight world championships. At a time when biathlon received little attention in Switzerland, he ran several times in the top 10 of the World Cup, with two sixth places in the sprints of Khanty (08/09) and Ruhpolding (07/08) as his best results of him.
In the 2006 season, Hallenbarter was the best Swiss biathlete. He ended his career in 2014 and has since run a sports shop in Obergesteln in the canton of Valais. On Thursday the heart of the former biathlete stopped beating.
