fritz steuri became one of the best skiers in the early days of swiss ski racing. especially in endurance or alpine endurance, as cross-country skiing was called, he was a leading athlete in the early twentieth century. in january 1903, steuri won the grindelwald ski club's second race in downhill skiing and came second in both ski jumping and endurance. in january 1904 he won the third club downhill race. in february 1903, steuri won the "international cup in alpine endurance" organized in adelboden by the ski club of bern, which he also won in 1904 (again in adelboden) and 1905 (in zweisimmen). from 1904 to 1906, he won three consecutive major grindelwald endurance ski races.