Sylvain Saudan, Swiss skier

Sylvain Saudan

Swiss alpine skier (1936–2024)

Sylvain Saudan was a Swiss extreme skier, dubbed "skier of the impossible." He was noted for skiing down large and steep mountains, including those in the Himalayas, North America, Asia, Africa, and Europe. In 1982, he entered the Guinness Book of World Records for descending…