Anton "Toni" Steurer (born December 1, 1978) is a German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 extreme sports athlete.

Steurer was born in Oberstdorf

Oberstdorf

Oberstdorf is a municipality and skiing and hiking town in southwest Germany, located in the Allgäu region of the Bavarian Alps.At the center of Oberstdorf is a church whose tall spire serves as a landmark for navigating around town. The summits of the Nebelhorn and Fellhorn provide...

. 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

Soldier

A soldier is a member of the land component of national armed forces; whereas a soldier hired for service in a foreign army would be termed a mercenary...

 and army mountain guide in Kempten

Kempten im Allgäu

Kempten is the largest town in Allgäu, a region in the south-west of Bavaria, Germany. The population was ca 61,000 in 2006. The area was possibly settled originally by Celts, but was later overtaken by the Romans, who called the town Cambodunum...

. He is member of the DAV section Oberstaufen

Oberstaufen

Oberstaufen is a municipality in the district of Oberallgäu in Bavarian Swabia, Germany, situated on the B 308 road from Lindau to Immenstadt.-History:It is first mentioned as Stoufun in AD 868...

 and of the German skimountaineering team. He enjoys mountain climbing combined with mountain biking, skiing and others. In 2002, the UN

United Nations

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 International Year of Mountains, he and Walter Hölzler from Thalkirchdorf

Thalkirchdorf

Thalkirchdorf is part of the municipality of Oberstaufen in Oberallgäu in the German state of Bayern.The area was occupied since at least 250 BC, when the Roman road Via Decia was built through the Konstanz valley. In the AD 14th century, this was an important route for the transport of salt, an...

 climbed over the three summits Piz Palü

Piz Palü

Piz Palü is a mountain in the Bernina Range in Switzerland and Italy. There are three summits on its main ridge, which runs from east to west...

 in a Hattrick

Hattrick

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 within 24 hours.

Mountain running

• 2000:
  • 2nd, CISM
    International Military Sports Council
    The International Military Sports Council or Conseil International du Sport Militaire , established 1948, is one of the largest multidisciplinary organisations in the world...
    
     Military World Games, Kamerun
    Kamerun
    German Cameroon was a West African colony of the German Empire from 1884 to 1916 in the region of today's Republic of Cameroon.-History:-1800s:...
    
     (January 20)
  • German course record, Tour de Matterhorn
    Matterhorn
    The Matterhorn , Monte Cervino or Mont Cervin , is a mountain in the Pennine Alps on the border between Switzerland and Italy. Its summit is 4,478 metres high, making it one of the highest peaks in the Alps. The four steep faces, rising above the surrounding glaciers, face the four compass points...
    
    (together with Matthias Robl and Christian Kerber)

Ski mountaineering

• 2004:
  • 3rd, German Cup long distance race
  • 11th, World Championship
    2004 World Championship of Skimountaineering
    The 2004 World Championship of Ski Mountaineering was the second World Championship of Ski Mountaineering sanctioned by the International Council for Ski Mountaineering Competitions , held in the Spanish Aran Valley from March 1 to March 6, 2004....
    
     relay race (together with Tim Stachel, Gerhard Reithmeier
    Gerhard Reithmeier
    Gerhard Reithmeier from Bergen is a German ski mountaineer.-Selected results:* 2001:** German record time, Trofeo Mezzalama * 2004:** 4th, German Championship...
    
     and Stefan Klinger
    Stefan Klinger
    Stefan Klinger is a German ski mountaineer.Klinger was born in Anger. He inspired his girl friend Stefanie Koch to compete also in the national ski mountaineering team.- Selected results :* 2003:** 1st, Predigtstuhl race* 2004:...
    
    )
• 2005:
  • 1st, German Cup long distance race
  • 1st, German Championship single
  • 3rd, European Championship relay race (together with Franz Graßl
    Franz Graßl
    Franz Graßl is a German ski mountaineer.Graßl was born in Berchtesgaden. He is member of the Deutscher Alpenverein -Berchtesgaden section and the Bergwacht. He was member of the German skimountaineering team until the end of 2006. He is married to the ski mountaineer Judith Graßl with two children...
    
    , Stefan Klinger and Georg Nickaes
    Georg Nickaes
    Georg "Schorsch" Nickaes is a German ski mountaineer and speaker of the German ski mountaineering team.Nickaes was born in Bad Reichenhall. He enjoys also mountain running and ice climbing, and finished the army mountain guide training in 1994. He started in international ski mountaineering races...
    
    )
  • 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
    2006 World Championship of Skimountaineering
    The 2006 World Championship of Ski Mountaineering was the third World Championship of Ski Mountaineering sanctioned by the International Council for Ski Mountaineering Competitions , held in the Italian Province of Cuneo from February 27 to March 4, 2006....
    
     relay race (together with Franz Graßl, Martin Echtler
    Martin Echtler
    Martin Echtler is a German ski mountaineer. He also competes in mountain running.Echtler was born in Peiting. His sister Christine is also member of the German skimountaineering team.- Ski mountaineering :* 2003:...
    
     and Georg Nickaes)
• 2007:
  • 4th, European Championship relay race (together with Konrad Lex
    Konrad Lex
    Konrad Lex is a German ski mountaineer. He is a member of the DAV section Gangkofen and of the national team.- Selected results :* 2005:** 9th, Dammkarwurm* 2006:** 7th, German Championship single...
    
    , Martin Echtler and Stefan Klinger)
• 2008:
  • 1st, German Cup ranking
  • 2nd, German Championship single
  • 2nd, German Championship vertical race
    Vertical race
    A Vertical Race is a special kind of ski mountaineering without the typical downhill skiing after ascending. At the mountain running and climbing passages the runners have to carry their skis in their backpacks...
    
    
  • 3rd, German Championship team
  • 6th, World Championship
    2008 World Championship of Skimountaineering
    The 2008 World Championship of Ski Mountaineering was the fourth World Championship of Ski Mountaineering sanctioned by the International Council for Ski Mountaineering Competitions , held in Portes du Soleil, Switzerland, from February 23 to February 29, 2008.About 450 athletes of 29 nations...
    
     relay race (together with Andreas Strobel
    Andreas Strobel
    Andreas Strobel is a German ski mountaineer and marathon mountain biker.Strobel was born in Selb, and started bike sports as condition training in 1991. After bad results at the "Ronda Extrema" race in Riva del Garda in 1997, he intensified the training...
    
    , 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
    Langdorf
    Langdorf is a municipality in the district of Regen in Bavaria in Germany. It was formerly known as Dorfmuri....
    
     (with military equipment)
  • 9th, European Championship relay race (together with Alexander Schuster
    Alexander Schuster
    Alexander Schuster is a German ski mountaineer. He lives in Truchtlaching.Schuster studied production engineering at the University of Applied Sciences Rosenheim...
    
    , 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
• 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