Patrick Burgener

Patrick Burgener, better known as Pat Burgener, is a professional Swiss snowboarder and musician who was born in Lausanne on 1 June 1994. Pat joined the Swiss national team at age 14 and landed the world’s first Switch Backside Triple Cork 1440 in April 2011.[1] Pat competed for Switzerland in the men's halfpipe at the 2018 Winter Olympics where he finished 5th overall.[2][3] He also earned two bronze medals in the halfpipe events at the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2017 and again in 2019. His career results include also nine World Cup podiums, four European Cup podiums and six Swiss Champion titles respectively in halfpipe and big air.[4]

Pat Burgener
Pat Burgener at 2019 Dew Tour
Personal information
NationalitySwiss
Born (1994-06-01) 1 June 1994
Lausanne, Switzerland
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Sport
CountrySwitzerland
SportSnowboarding
Event(s)Halfpipe
ClubAS Crans Montana and AS Montreux Glion Caux
Coached byPepe Regazzi and Giacomo Kratter
Medal record
Representing   Switzerland
World Championships
2017 Sierra NevadaHalfpipe
2019 UtahHalfpipe

In addition to professional snowboarding, Pat has also been pursuing a parallel career in music since 2014. The singer-songwriter has released four EPs so far, the latest of which is California Sun (2021). With over 4.1 million streams on Spotify, the song "Staring At The Sun" from the 2019 EP Icar remains Pat’s most listened-to track to date.[5] He was commissioned to write the 2020 Swiss Press Song for the 2020 Swiss Press Awards.[6] 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.[7] He 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.[8] Pat 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.[9]

References
  1. "World's First Switch Backside Triple Cork 1440 By Pat Burgener In Switzerland Video | TransWorld SNOWboarding". SNOWBOARDER Magazine. 2011-04-10. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  2. "Patrick Burgener". XGames.com. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  3. "Patrick Burgener". Olympics.com. Retrieved 2021-06-20.
  4. Ski, Swiss. "Téléchargements | Snowboard | Swiss Ski". Swiss-Ski (in French). Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  5. "Pat Burgener". Spotify. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  6. "SWISS PRESS AWARD". Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  7. "SRF 3 Best Talent August - SRF 3 Best Talent Pat Burgener glänzt als versierter Livemusiker". Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) (in German). 2021-07-29. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  8. "Pat Burgener". Songkick. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  9. "Pat Burgener". Mondo. Retrieved 2021-10-08.
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