Andreas Steindl
Swiss mountain climber, ski mountaineer and mountain guide
Intro | Swiss mountain climber, ski mountaineer and mountain guide | |
Places | Switzerland | |
is | Skier Mountaineer Mountain guide Ski mountaineer | |
Work field | Sports | |
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Birth | 8 April 1989 | |
Age | 35 years |
Andreas Steindl (born April 8, 1989) is a Swiss mountain climber, ski mountaineer and mountain guide.
Steindl was born in Zermatt, where he worked as a carpenter before he earned his mountain guide diploma in 2011. He also competes in alpine skiing and mountain running events.
On August 23, 2011, he climbed the Matterhorn in a record time of 2 hours 57 minutes, and beat the record of Simon Anthamatten, Ernest Farquet, Marcel Marti and Florent Troillet from 2007. The team of 2007 mounted the Matterhorn in a time of 3 hours 45 minutes.