He won a silver medal competing in men's singles at the FIL World Luge Championships 1957 held in Davos, Switzerland.

He is considered the best Swiss ice hockey player ever, and was inducted into the inaugural class of the IIHF Hall of Fame in 1997.

[6] He scored one goal in four games played in ice hockey at the 1928 Winter Olympics,[7] and won a bronze medal with the national team.

[3][4][5][9] His appearance in the Olympics made him the youngest person to compete at a senior Ice Hockey World Championship.

[13] HC Davos and Torriani won the Grand Prix of Berlin in March 1941, which included other club teams from Europe.

[15][notes 1] He then scored two goals, four assists, and six points in five games,[7] and led Switzerland to the bronze medal in ice hockey at the 1948 Winter Olympics.

During his career, he won 18 Swiss championships with HC Davos, and played 111 international matches for Switzerland's national team and scored 105 goals.

Torriani led Italy to a third-place finish and Group A, and seventh place overall by winning the consolation round.

[26] In the 1961–62 season, he led EHC Visp to a first-place finish in the standings,[27] and captured the National League A championship.

[31] He returned to HC Lugano for the 1969–70 season,[7] and led the team to another third-place finish in the east group of National League B.

[33] Torriani's older brother Conrad also played for EHC St. Moritz and the Switzerland men's national ice hockey team.

[34] Torriani won a silver medal competing in men's singles at the FIL World Luge Championships 1957 held in Davos, Switzerland.

[1][3] Torriani is considered the best Swiss ice hockey player ever,[1][3][6][7] and has been inducted into the HC Davos Hall of Fame.

[1][12][38] He is the namesake of the Bibi Torriani Cup, an annual competition for players aged 14 representing various Cantons of Switzerland.

When the new award was announced, the IIHF president René Fasel said; "We wanted to create a trophy which honours players for a great international career irrespective of where they played.

Still, we wanted to ensure we recognized players who didn't necessarily win Olympic and World Championship medals but who still had remarkable careers.