Toni Steurer

Anton "Toni" Steurer (born December 1, 1978) is a German extreme sports athlete.

Steurer was born in Oberstdorf. He climbed the Eiger Nordwand in the age of seventeen and belongs to the youngest Nordwand climbers. He is deployed as a medical service soldier and army mountain guide in Kempten. He is member of the DAV section Oberstaufen and of the German skimountaineering team. He enjoys mountain climbing combined with mountain biking, skiing and others. In 2002, the UN International Year of Mountains, he and Walter Hölzler from Thalkirchdorf climbed over the three summits Piz Palü in a Hattrick within 24 hours.^[1]

Selected results

Mountain running

• 2000:
  • 2nd, CISM Military World Games, Kamerun (January 20)
  • German course record, Tour de Matterhorn (together with Matthias Robl and Christian Kerber)^[2]

Ski mountaineering

• 2004:
  • 3rd, German Cup long distance race
  • 11th, World Championship relay race (together with Tim Stachel, Gerhard Reithmeier and Stefan Klinger)^[3]
• 2005:
  • 1st, German Cup long distance race
  • 1st, German Championship single
  • 3rd, European Championship relay race (together with Franz Graßl, Stefan Klinger and Georg Nickaes)
  • 6th, European Championship single race
  • 9th, European Championship team race (together with Franz Graßl)
  • 9th, World Cup race, Salt Lake City
• 2006:
  • 3rd, German Cup single
  • 5th, World Championship relay race (together with Franz Graßl, Martin Echtler and Georg Nickaes)
• 2007:
  • 4th, European Championship relay race (together with Konrad Lex, Martin Echtler and Stefan Klinger)
• 2008:
  • 1st, German Cup ranking
  • 2nd, German Championship single
  • 2nd, German Championship vertical race
  • 3rd, German Championship team
  • 6th, World Championship relay race (together with Andreas Strobel, Stefan Klinger and Konrad Lex)
  • 10th,World Championship combination ranking
• 2009
  • 1st, German Championship single
  • 1st, German Championship team
  • 1st, military brigade championship, Hohenzollern stadium in Langdorf (with military equipment)
  • 9th, European Championship relay race (together with Alexander Schuster, Andreas Strobel and Konrad Lex)

Patrouille des Glaciers

• 2006: 7th (and 2nd "seniors II" ranking) as well as German record, together with Franz Graßl and Martin Echtler^[4]
• 2008: 8th (and 6th in the "international men" ranking), together with Franz Graßl and Stefan Klinger

External links

• Toni Steurer at skimountaineering.com
• Interview (German), January 31, 2006

References and notes