Thomas Pfyl

Swiss tennis player Roger Federer, Swiss alpine skier Michael von Grunigen. (Athlete, 08 Mar 2014)

In January 2017 he injured his right Achilles tendon while competing at the World Cup event in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia. The injury resulted in him missing the rest of the 2016/17 season, including the world championships in Tarvisio, Italy. (IPC, 10 Feb 2018; paralympic.org, 14 Aug 2017)

In May 2013 he fractured his wrist. In June 2013 his training was again disrupted, this time by back problems. (thomaspfyl.ch, 22 Oct 2013)

"Sometimes you don't see until the end why you had to go that way." (scobersaxen.ch, 2016)

In 2007 and 2015 he was named Athlete of the Year in Schwyz, Switzerland. (IPC, 10 Feb 2018; plusport.ch, 01 Dec 2015)

He was presented with the Best Debut award at the 2007 International Paralympic Committee [IPC] Paralympic Awards. The honour was in recognition of winning silver and bronze at the 2006 Paralympic Winter Games in Turin. (paralympic.org, 2013)

His wife Evelyne has competed on the Para alpine skiing circuit as a guide for skiers with a visual impairment. (paralympic.org, 26 Feb 2019)

To win gold at the world championship and the Paralympic Winter Games. (paralympic.org, 26 Feb 2019)

He was diagnosed with hemiplegia [paralysis] in his right arm at six months old. (thomaspfyl.ch, 30 Mar 2016)

RETIREMENT PLANS
He intends to compete in Para alpine skiing until the world championships in 2023, and then retire from the sport to spend more time with his family. "Then it will [have been] 20 years in this sport. This is a lot. Enough for my wife and enough for me." (paralympic.org, 26 Feb 2019)