Rico Elmer

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Rico Elmer (born 23 July 1969) is a Swiss ski mountaineer and mountain runner.

Elmer was born in village of Elm in the canton of Glarus. He first competed in the Patrouille des Glaciers event in 1996 and has been member of the national team since 2003. Professionally he is deployed in the Border Guard Corps.

Selected results

2000:
1st and course record, Tour de Matterhorn (together with Emanuel Buchs and Damien Farquet)Frank Gerbert: [http://www.focus.de/sport/mehrsport/extremsport-tour-de-marterhorn_aid_183528.html Extremsport: Tour de Matterhorn] (German), Focus No. 20 (2000).
2002:
1st, Patrouille de la Maya A-course, together with Damien Farquet and Rolf Zurbrügg[http://www.lamaya.ch/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=51&Itemid=70 Patrouille de la Maya - Classements et résultats]
2003:
1st, Trophée des Gastlosen, together with Damien Farquet[http://www.gastlosen.com/2003/resultats_seniors.pdf – 2004 results]
1st, European Championship team race (together with Damien Farquet)
3rd, European Championship combination ranking
4th, European Championship single race
2004:
1st, World Championship single race
3rd, World Championship relay race (together with Alexander Hug, Alain Richard and Pierre Bruchez)
3rd, Transcavallo race (together with Damien Farquet)
2006:
3rd, World Championship relay race (together with Alexander Hug, Alain Rey and Florent Troillet)
3rd, European Cup race in Albosaggia (together with Florent Troillet)
3rd, Swiss Championship vertical race
4th, World Championship team race (together with Alexander Hug)

1998: 1st, together with Pvt E-2 Damien Farquet and Pvt E-2 Emanuel Buchs[http://live.pdg.ch/cgi-local/pdg98/rangliste.pl?rennen=A 1998 Patrouille des Glaciers]{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, search criteria: militares int.
2000: 1st and course record, together with Pvt E-2 Damien Farquet and Pvt E-2 Emanuel Buchs[http://live.pdg.ch/pdg00/pdf/ranga.pdf 2000 Patrouille des Glaciers]{{dead link|date=July 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, p. 2.
2004: 3rd, together with Damien Farquet and Rolf Zurbrügg
2006: 3rd (and 1st in international military teams ranking), together with Pvt E-2 Florent Troillet and Pvt E-2 Yannick Ecoeur[http://live.pdg.ch/pdg06/pdf/rankinglist-A2-13-official/rankinglist-A2-13-official.pdf 2006 Patrouille des Glaciers] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071113160507/http://live.pdg.ch/pdg06/pdf/rankinglist-A2-13-official/rankinglist-A2-13-official.pdf |date=November 13, 2007 }}, p. 3.
2008: 5th ("seniors I" class ranking), mixed team together with Sophie Dusautoir Bertrand and Marie Troillet
2010: 3rd, together with Jean-Daniel Masserey and Jean-Yves Rey[http://direct.pdg.ch/data/download/Objets/Id_343_Rang%20A2%20categorie_fr.pdf 2010 Patrouille des Glaciers] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100602020647/http://direct.pdg.ch/data/download/Objets/Id_343_Rang%20A2%20categorie_fr.pdf |date=June 2, 2010 }}

[http://www.skimountaineering.org/node/241?IdRacer=17 Rico Elmer] at skimountaineering.com