Bernhard Russi (born 20 August 1948) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Switzerland.

[2] However, his racing career was set back at this time by his work as a stuntman in the movie On Her Majesty’s Secret Service which was filmed in Switzerland and during which he fractured a cervical vertebra.

After a period of rehabilitation from this injury, he was able, for the first time in several months, to compete in the downhill Race at Val d'Isère on 14 December 1969, in which he placed 14th.

He won despite suffering a hand fracture a week before in a practice race, contending with the pain during his winning run.

[citation needed] His performance in the 1974 World Championships on home snow was disappointing; he was thirteenth in the downhill at St. Moritz.

The third racer on the course, he finished 0.33 seconds behind Franz Klammer of Austria, who started fifteenth, the last of the top seeds.

After the end of his marriage to Michèle Rubi (a three-times Swiss Skiing Champion in 1970) he married Mari Bergström from Sweden.