Fischer (company)
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Fischer Skis | |
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Type | |
Founded | 1924 |
Headquarters | Austria |
Key people | Joseph Fischer, founder |
Industry | Sporting goods |
Products | Skis, Racquets, Apparel, Accessories |
Website | www.fischerskis.com |
Fischer Skis is an Austrian company producing Nordic, Alpine skiing, Tennis and Hockey. It is one of the largest manufacturers of equipment in the world cup for both Nordic and Alpine skiing disciplines and manifactures a wide range of skis and ski equipment targeted against both professionals and amateurs.
[edit] Fischer in professional tennis
Players such as Dominik Hrbaty, Marcos Baghdatis, Anna Chakvetadze and Tathiana Garbin. Former French Open and Australian Open champion Yevgeni Kafelnikov also used to play with Fischer racquets.
The company was founded in 1924 by Josef Fischer.
Male Players:
- Marcos Baghdatis
- Potito Starace
- Jiří Vaněk
- Ivo Minář
- Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo
- Dominik Hrbatý
- Tomáš Zíb
- Lukáš Dlouhý
- Jan Mertl
- Fernando Vicente
- Łukasz Kubot
Female Players:
- Anna Chakvetadze
- Alona Bondarenko
- Tathiana Garbin
- Virginia Ruano Pascual
- Jelena Kostanić Tošić
- Yuan Meng
- Anna-Lena Grönefeld
- Karolina Šprem
- Tanja Ostertag
- Svetlana Krivencheva
[edit] Rottefella/Fischer Partnership
Taking effect beginning of the 2007-2008, Fischer will partner with Nordic Binding producer Rottefella. Rottefella bindings will be the official bindings of Fischer Skis boots. Presently, Fischer boots use the Salomon Nordic System (SNS.) Rottefella is a manufacturer of NNN (New Nordic Norm) bindings. These two binding systems are not compatible, and, beginning in 2007, Fischer boots will be using the NNN system to be compatible with Rottefella bindings.