Information: - Martin Annen (born 12 February 1974 in Zug, Switzerland) is a bobsledder who competed from 1996 to 2006. Competing in two Winter Olympics, Annen won a total of three bronze medals (Two-man: 2002, 2006; Four-man: 2006). - Turin ( pronounced ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region and was the first capital city of Italy. The city is located mainly on the western bank of the Po River, in front of Susa Valley and surrounded by the western Alpine arch and by the Superga Hill. The population of the city proper is 892,649 (August 2015) while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat to be 1.7million inhabitants. The Turin metropolitan area is estimated by the OECD to have a population of 2.2million. - Northern Italy is a cultural and geographical region, without any administrative purpose, used to indicate the northern part of the Italian state, also informally referred as "Il Nord", "Settentrione" or "Alta Italia". It consists of 8 regions in northern Italy: Aosta Valley, Piedmont, Liguria, Lombardy, Emilia-Romagna, Veneto, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Trentino-Alto Adige/Sudtirol. According to the 2011 census, its population was 27,213,372. For statistic purposes, the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica (ISTAT) uses the term Northwest Italy and Northeast Italy for identifying two of the five statistical regions in its reporting. These same subdivisions are used to demarcate first level Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) regions ("NUTS 1 regions") within the European Union, and the Italian constituencies for the European Parliament. - The Turin metropolitan area is the urban agglomeration centred on the city of Turin in the Piedmont region of north-west Italy. It is defined statistically and does not correspond to a single area of local government. Administratively it comprises the comune (municipality) of Turin plus 52 further communes, all of which fall within the Province of Turin. - Thomas Lamparter ( born 9 June 1978 ) is a Swiss former bobsledder who has competed since 2002 . Competing in three Winter Olympics , he won a bronze medal in the four - man event at Turin in 2006 as part of the crew of Martin Annen . Lamparter also won two medals at the 2007 FIBT World Championships in St. Moritz with a gold in the four - man event ( piloted by Ivo Ruegg ) and a bronze at the bobsleigh - skeleton mixed team event . Lamparter also enjoyed success as a brakeman in two - man competition alongside Beat Hefti , with the pair winning European Championship golds in 2010 and 2013 , a World Championship silver in 2013 , and Bobsleigh World Cup titles in 2009 and 2012 . In March 2014 Lamparter announced his retirement from competition . - The Susa Valley is a valley in the Piedmont region of northern Italy, located between the Graian Alps in the north and the Cottian Alps in the south. It is the longest valley in Italy. It extends over in an east-west direction from the French border to the outskirts of Turin. The valley takes its name from the city of Susa which lies in the valley. The Dora Riparia river, a tributary of the Po, flows through the valley. - Piedmont (Piedmontese and ) is one of the 20 regions of Italy. It has an area of 25,402square kilometres (9,808 sq mi) and a population of about 4.6 million. The capital of Piedmont is Turin. - The Superga is a hill situated on the south bank of the Po River to the east of Turin in north-west Italy. At 672 metres above sea level, it is one of the most prominent of the hills which form an amphitheatre around the city. What is the relationship between 'thomas lamparter' and 'switzerland'?
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