Patrick Burgener

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Pat Burgener

| image = EC_-6518_©WABS-Etienne_Claret.jpg

| caption = Pat Burgener at the 2019 Dew Tour

| nationality = Swiss

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|6|1|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Lausanne, Switzerland

| height = 1.80 m

| weight =

| website = {{URL|www.patburgener.ch}}

| country = Switzerland

| sport = Snowboarding

| event = Halfpipe

| club = AS Crans Montana and AS Montreux Glion Caux

| coach = Pepe Regazzi and Giacomo Kratter

| medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport | Men's snowboarding }}

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Patrick Burgener (born 1 June 1994), better known as Pat Burgener, is a Swiss professional snowboarder, two-time Olympian and musician. Pat joined the Swiss national team at the age of 14 and landed the world’s first Switch Backside Triple Cork 1440 in April 2011.{{Cite web|date=2011-04-10|title=World's First Switch Backside Triple Cork 1440 By Pat Burgener In Switzerland Video {{!}} TransWorld SNOWboarding|url=https://www.snowboarder.com/videos/worlds-first-switch-backside-triple-cork-1440-by-pat-burgener/|access-date=2021-09-23|website=SNOWBOARDER Magazine|language=en-US}} Pat competed for Switzerland in the men's halfpipe at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang where he finished 5th overall.{{Cite web|title=Patrick Burgener|url=https://olympics.com/en/athletes/patrick-burgener|access-date=2021-06-20|website=Olympics.com}} He earned two bronze medals in the halfpipe events at the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2017 and again in 2019. Pat was named to his second Swiss Olympic Snowboard Freestyle Team on 18 January 2022.{{Cite web|title=Ammann et Cologna: deux grands noms aux Jeux Olympiques de Pékin|url=https://www.swissolympicteam.ch/fr/news/details?pageId=72ebf13b-6073-41e9-9a35-a313fa38f1d5&entryId=S112921|access-date=2022-01-18|website=Swiss Olympic Team|language=fr}}{{Cite web|last=Ski|first=Swiss|title=Les premiers athlètes de Swiss-Ski sélectionnés pour Pékin|url=https://www.swiss-ski.ch/fr/snowboard/news/news/les-premiers-athletes-de-swiss-ski-selectionnes-pour-pekin/|access-date=2022-01-18|website=Swiss-Ski|language=fr}}{{Cite web|title=Team|url=https://swissolympicteam.ch/fr/missions-olympiques/olympische-spiele/peking-2022/team|access-date=2022-01-18|website=Swiss Olympic Team|language=fr}}{{Cite web|title=athletenportrait|url=https://swissolympicteam.ch/fr/missions-olympiques/olympische-spiele/peking-2022/team/athletenportrait?athleteId=8463|access-date=2022-02-14|website=Swiss Olympic Team|language=fr}} He represented Switzerland in the men’s halfpipe at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing where he qualified for the finals and placed 11th overall.{{Cite web|title=Olympic Winter Games Beijing (CHN)|url=https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/results.html?sectorcode=SB&raceid=18860#results|access-date=2022-02-15|website=www.fis-ski.com}} His career results also include nine World Cup podiums, five European Cup podiums and seven Swiss Champion titles respectively in halfpipe and early on in big air.{{Cite web |last=Ski |first=Swiss |title=Téléchargements {{!}} Snowboard {{!}} Swiss Ski |url=https://www.swiss-ski.ch/fr/snowboard/telechargements/ |access-date=2021-09-23 |website=Swiss-Ski |language=fr}}{{Cite web |title=FEM - Sports Events Scoring System |url=https://sess.lobadi.de/subevents/others/1055 |access-date=2022-03-19 |website=sess.lobadi.de}}

In addition to professional snowboarding, Pat has been pursuing a parallel career in music since 2014. The singer-songwriter has released four EPs so far: The Route (2018), Icar (2019), Better Man (2020) and California Sun (2021). With over 4.4 million streams on Spotify, the song "Staring At The Sun" from the 2019 EP Icar remains Pat’s most listened-to track to date.{{Cite web|title=Pat Burgener|url=https://open.spotify.com/artist/7wDjdS9h3CXK18Y1H1hO5I|access-date=2022-02-14|website=Spotify|language=en}} His song "Allons Danser" ("How About A Dance") was commissioned as the 2020 Swiss Press Song for the 2020 Swiss Press Award.{{Cite web|title=SWISS PRESS AWARD|url=https://swisspressaward.ch/en/swiss-press-song-20/|access-date=2021-09-23|language=en-US}} Pat was named the SRF 3 Best Talent for August 2021, an award through which the Swiss Radio and Television honours up-and-coming music acts from Switzerland.{{Cite web|date=2021-07-29|title=SRF 3 Best Talent August - SRF 3 Best Talent Pat Burgener glänzt als versierter Livemusiker|url=https://www.srf.ch/radio-srf-3/musik/srf-3-best-talent/srf-3-best-talent-august-srf-3-best-talent-pat-burgener-glaenzt-als-versierter-livemusiker|access-date=2021-09-23|website=Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF)|language=de}} His latest single "Work It Out" came out shortly before he competed in the 2022 Winter Olympics.{{Citation |title=Work It Out |date=2022-01-28 |url=https://open.spotify.com/track/7jWreqSxqY3t17UQr7KgDS |language=en |access-date=2022-03-19}} Pat has performed solo or with his band at various festivals and venues across Switzerland, including the Montreux Jazz Festival, Zermatt Unplugged, Sion sous les étoiles, Gurtenfestival, Caribana Festival, Kaufleuten and others.{{Cite web|title=Pat Burgener|url=https://www.songkick.com/artists/9344179-pat-burgener|access-date=2021-09-23|website=Songkick|language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Pat Burgener – Zermatt Unplugged |url=https://zermatt-unplugged.ch/en/pat-burgener/ |access-date=2022-03-28 |website=zermatt-unplugged.ch}} He has also performed in New York City and has been featured in Swiss Live Talents Showcases at Mondo.NYC, New York’s Annual Music, Arts & Technology Conference & Showcase Festival.{{Cite web|title=Pat Burgener|url=https://www.mondo.nyc/2021-showcase-artists/pat-burgener|access-date=2021-10-08|website=Mondo|language=en}} Pat's mother tongue is French, and he also speaks English and Swiss German fluently.{{Cite web|title=Champion et cœur à prendre|url=https://www.cooperation.ch/les-gens/2021/champion-et-c-ur-a-prendre-320824/|access-date=2022-01-18|website=Coopération|language=en}}

Sports career

= Snowboarding achievements =

Below is a selection of Pat's major career highlights.{{Cite web|title=BURGENER Patrick - Athlete Information|url=https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/athlete-biography.html?sectorcode=SB&competitorid=142877|access-date=2022-02-06|website=www.fis-ski.com}}{{Cite web|title=Patrick Burgener|url=http://www.worldsnowboarding.org/riders/patrick-burgener/|access-date=2022-02-06|website=World Snowboarding|language=en-US}}

2009 Burton European Junior Open, Halfpipe, Laax, Switzerland – 1st
2009 Burton European Junior Open, Slopestyle, Laax, Switzerland – 1st
2010 FIS World Cup, Halfpipe, Kreischberg, Austria – 2nd
2010 FIS World Cup, Halfpipe, Valmalenco, Italy – 3rd
2010/11 Swiss Champion | Halfpipe, Zermatt, Switzerland
2010 FIS World Cup, Big Air, Stockholm, Sweden – 3rd
2011 FIS Snowboard World Championships, Halfpipe, La Molina, Spain – 6th
2011 Billabong Air & Style Rookie, Big Air, Innsbruck, Austria – 2nd
2011 Burn River Jump Slopestyle, Livigno, Italy – 2nd
2011 FIS World Cup Halfpipe Arosa, Italy – 3rd
2011 first man in the world to land the Switch Backside Triple Cork 1440
2011/12 Swiss Champion | Free-Style (1st in Big Air + 2nd in Halfpipe), Zermatt, Switzerland
2011 Monster Energy Fridge Festival, Big Air, Budapest, Hungary – 1st
2012 Billabong Air & Style Innsbruck, Big Air, Austria – 5th
2012/13 Swiss Champion | Big Air, Zermatt, Switzerland
2012 freestyle.ch, Big Air, Zurich, Switzerland – 3rd
2012 FIS World Cup, Big Air, Antwerp, Belgium – 3rd
2015 Russian Grand Prix, Big Air, Moscow, Russia – 4th
2015 Swiss Champion | Halfpipe, Corvatsch, Switzerland
2015 FIS European Cup, Halfpipe, Corvatsch, Switzerland – 1st
2015 U.S. Revolution Tour, Halfpipe, Copper Mountain, USA – 2nd
2016 LAAX OPEN, Halfpipe, Laax, Switzerland – 2nd
2016 U.S. Grand Prix, FIS World Cup, Park City, USA – 4th
2016 U.S. Revolution Tour, Halfpipe, Copper Mountain, USA – 2nd
2016 Toyota U.S. Grand Prix, FIS World Cup, Halfpipe, Copper Mountain, USA – 1st
2017 FIS Snowboard World Championships, Halfpipe, Sierra Nevada, Spain – 3rd
2017 Swiss Champion | Halfpipe, Laax, Switzerland
2017 FIS European Cup, Freestyle Champs, Halfpipe, Laax, Switzerland – 1st
2017 Winter Games NZ, FIS World Cup, Halfpipe, Cardrona, New Zealand – 3rd
2018 Olympic Winter Games, Halfpipe, PyeongChang, Republic of Korea – 5th
2018 Toyota U.S. Grand Prix, FIS World Cup, Halfpipe, Copper Mountain, USA – 4th
2018 Winter Dew Tour, Halfpipe, Breckenridge, USA – 4th
2019 FIS Snowboard World Championships, Halfpipe, Park City, USA – 3rd
2019 at Toyota U.S. Grand Prix, FIS World Cup, Halfpipe, Mammoth Mountain, USA – 2nd
2019 Swiss Champion | Halfpipe, Laax, Switzerland
2019 FIS European Cup, Freestyle Champs, Halfpipe, Laax, Switzerland – 2nd
2019 FIS World Cup, Halfpipe, Secret Garden, China – 5th
2020 Winter Dew Tour, Halfpipe, Copper Mountain, USA – 3rd
2020 Snow Rodeo, FIS World Cup, Halfpipe, Calgary, Canada – 3rd
2021 FIS European Cup, Halfpipe, Crans-Montana, Switzerland – 3rd
2022 LAAX OPEN, FIS World Cup, Halfpipe, Laax, Switzerland – 6th
2022 Olympic Winter Games, Halfpipe, Beijing, China – 11th
2022 Swiss Champion | Halfpipe, Laax, Switzerland
2022 FIS European Cup Premium, Halfpipe, Laax, Switzerland – 2nd

Music career

= Extended plays =

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!EP

!Details

!Writers

!Producer(s)

!Track listing

The Route{{Cite web|title=The Route EP (Vinyl) – Pat Burgener|url=https://www.patburgener.ch/en/product/the-route-ep-vinyl/|access-date=2022-02-06|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|title=The Route EP (Digital) – Pat Burgener|url=https://www.patburgener.ch/en/product/the-route-ep-digital/|access-date=2022-02-06|language=en-US}}

|Released: 2 March 2018

Label: Universal Music GmbH

Format: vinyl, digital

|Pat Burgener

Max Burgener

Christian Schulz

|John Agnello

|Vinyl:

1. "Dreams"

2. "Korea"

3. "Brightest Fantasy"

4. "Only One"

5. "Lost Time"

6. "Get Along"

7. "Fading Out"

8. "Drives Me Crazy"

----Digital:

1. "Dreams"

2. "Korea"

3. "Brightest Fantasy"

4. "Lost Time"

5. "Get Along"

6. "Fading Out"

Icar{{Cite web|title=Icar EP (Digital) – Pat Burgener|url=https://www.patburgener.ch/en/product/icar-ep-digital/|access-date=2022-02-06|language=en-US}}

|Released: 23 August 2019

Label: Universal Music GmbH

Format: digital

|Pat Burgener

Max Burgener

Antoine Cotton

Cameron Deyell

Jasper Leak

|Jasper Leak

|1. "The Long Game"

2. "Staring At The Sun"

3. "Wrong To Be Right"

4. "River"

5. "Nothing Else"

Better Man{{Cite web|title=Better Man EP (CD) – Pat Burgener|url=https://www.patburgener.ch/en/product/better-man-ep-cd/|access-date=2022-02-06|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|title=Better Man EP (Digital) – Pat Burgener|url=https://www.patburgener.ch/en/product/better-man-ep-digital/|access-date=2022-02-06|language=en-US}}

|Released: 15 May 2020

Label: Pat Burgener

Format: digital

|Antoine Cotton

Max Burgener

Pat Burgener

Jasper Leak ("Better Man")

|Antoine Cotton

Max Burgener ("Better Man", "Fired Up")

Pat Burgener ("Better Man")

|1. "Maybe Someday"

2. "Fired Up"

3. "Better Man"

4. "Break Apart"

5. "Devil"

California Sun{{Cite web|title=California Sun EP (Digital) – Pat Burgener|url=https://www.patburgener.ch/en/product/california-sun-ep-digital/|access-date=2022-02-06|website=www.patburgener.ch|language=en-US}}

|Released: 25 June 2021

Label: Pat Burgener

Format: digital

|Pat Burgener

Max Burgener

Jordan Topf

Antoine Cotton

Chris Chu

|Tom Fuller

Chris Chu (“Make It Home”)

|1. "California Sun"

2. "Out of Hand"

3. "Make It Home"

4. "Dollar"

= Selected singles =

== "Work It Out" ==

Pat's first single of 2022, "Work It Out", was released on 28 January 2022, one week before the start of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, where he was set to compete in the men's halfpipe.{{Cite web|title=Pat Burgener - Work It Out|url=https://irascible.ch/de/releases/pat-burgener/work-it-out/|access-date=2022-02-15|website=irascible.ch|language=de}}{{Cite web|date=2022-01-28|title=L'hymne à la positivité de Pat Burgener avant les JO|url=https://www.20min.ch/fr/story/un-hymne-a-la-positivite-a-une-semaine-du-debut-des-jo-499489192752|access-date=2022-02-15|website=20 minutes|language=fr}} "I really wanted to release the song now because it's part of my Olympic story," as Pat explained, and to draw on it as a source of motivation and positive energy before the competition.{{Cite web|date=2022-02-01|title=Profi-Snowboarder Pat Burgener überrascht kurz vor Olympia-Teilnahme mit Sommersong "Work It Out"|url=https://www.20min.ch/story/pat-burgener-ueberrascht-kurz-vor-seiner-olympia-teilnahme-mit-sommersong-213084923707|access-date=2022-02-15|website=20 Minuten|language=de}} He wrote this song with his brother Max in the difficult period following his serious knee injury in a snowboarding accident in spring 2021. The song's message is that difficult situations – whether in relationships or in daily life – can be overcome with a positive attitude and a smile.{{Cite web|date=2022-01-28|title="Work it out": Pat Burgener hat eine neue Single mit Video|url=https://kulturnews.de/work-it-out-pat-burgener-neue-single/|access-date=2022-02-15|website=kulturnews.de|language=de-DE}} "Work It Out" was featured on Swiss German-language Radio SRF 3 as the song of the day on 3 February 2022.{{Cite web|date=2022-02-01|title=Neue Musik - Pat Burgeners Soundtrack für die Olympischen Spiele beflügelt|url=https://www.srf.ch/radio-srf-3/musik/de-song-vom-tag/neue-musik-pat-burgeners-soundtrack-fuer-die-olympischen-spiele-befluegelt|access-date=2022-02-25|website=Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF)|language=de}} "Work It Out" is the first song of Pat's forthcoming first album to be released in the latter part of 2022. Pat also directed and edited the official music video that was filmed by John Osterman on a Malibu beach in California.{{Citation |title=Pat Burgener - Work It Out (Official Music Video) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Koh91eHAEpM |language=en |access-date=2022-02-15}}. In April 2022, Pat released an acoustic version of this song and a new YouTube video, this time recorded and filmed in Lausanne, Switzerland.{{Citation |title=Pat Burgener - Work It Out (Acoustic Version) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDmYZrKRh0s |language=en |access-date=2022-08-08}}.

== "Low" ==

“Low” is the second single of Pat’s forthcoming debut album. He co-wrote the song with his brother Max Burgener and released it on 13 May 2022. The single was produced by Tom Fuller.{{Citation |title=Low |date=2022-05-13 |url=https://open.spotify.com/album/1suCKVHZX6pxjwBwM2Hows |language=en |access-date=2022-08-08}}. This is not their first collaboration – Tom Fuller also produced Pat’s fourth EP California Sun (2021), and the single “Work It Out”, Pat’s personal anthem for his 2022 Olympic snowboard odyssey. Pat shot the official music video accompanying the release of "Low" during the 2022 Winter Olympics in China, where he competed for Switzerland in the men’s snowboard halfpipe.{{Citation |title=Pat Burgener - Low (Official Music Video) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5twCw9Tmjiw |language=en |access-date=2022-08-08}}. The music video is titled "Low: A Journey at the Beijing Olympic Games", and Pat directed and edited it by himself. Taking the viewers behind the scenes of Pat's Olympics experience at Beijing 2022, the video includes footage from his arrival at Beijing airport, the Olympic Village, and Olympic competition sites, as well as an excerpt from the RTS Swiss TV programme “Au coeur des Jeux” which featured him on 7 February 2022, in an episode called “JO, Made in China: Pat Burgener”.{{Cite web |date=2022-02-07 |title=JO, Made in China: Pat Burgener |url=https://www.rts.ch/sport/video/au-coeur-des-jeux/12847825-jo-made-in-china-pat-burgener.html |access-date=2022-08-08 |website=rts.ch |language=fr}}

References

External links

{{Official website|https://www.patburgener.ch/}} {{in lang|en|fr}}
{{FIS snowboarder|name=Patrick Burgener}}
[https://www.swiss-ski.ch/athleten/detail/pat-burgener Pat Burgener at the Swiss Ski Federation]{{dead link|date=January 2025}}
{{X Games profile|old_id=3963194|name=Pat Burgener}}
{{Olympedia|name=Pat Burgener}}
{{Olympics.com profile|patrick-burgener|Patrick Burgener}}
[https://web.archive.org/web/20220206224149/https://olympics.com/beijing-2022/olympic-games/en/results/snowboard/athlete-profile-n1048311-patrick-burgener.htm Patrick Burgener] at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics (archived)

Category:1994 births

Category:Living people

Category:Swiss male snowboarders

Category:Olympic snowboarders for Switzerland

Category:Snowboarders at the 2018 Winter Olympics

Category:Snowboarders at the 2022 Winter Olympics

Category:21st-century Swiss sportsmen