Matthias Merz

Matthias Merz (born 1 February 1984) is a Swiss orienteering competitor, winner of the 2007 World Orienteering Championships in Kyiv, Ukraine, Long distance, and also earned a silver medal on the Sprint distance in the same championship. He has a bronze medal from the 2005 Relay Championships in Aichi, Japan, as member of the Swiss winning team.[1] When Merz won the bronze medal in the middle distance at the World Championships in Miskolc in 2009, he joined countryman Daniel Hubmann as the only two men to have ever medaled in all four orienteering disciplines at the World Championships.

Matthias Merz
Merz at WOC 2007 in Kyiv, Ukraine
Personal information
NationalitySwiss
Born (1984-02-01) 1 February 1984
Sport
SportOrienteering
Medal record
Men's orienteering
Representing   Switzerland
World Championships
2007 Kyiv Long
2009 Miskolc Relay
2007 Kyiv Sprint
2012 Lausanne Sprint
2012 Lausanne Long
2005 Aichi Relay
2008 Olomouc Relay
2009 Miskolc Middle
2010 Trondheim Relay
World Cup
2008WC Overall
2011WC Overall
European Championships
2010 Primorsko Relay
2008 Ventspils Relay
2010 Primorsko Middle
2012 Falun Long
Nordic Championships
2007 Bornholm Long
2007 Bornholm Sprint
2007 Bornholm Relay
Junior World Championships
2002 Alicante Relay
2003 Põlva Short
2004 Gdańsk Long
2003 Põlva Classic
2004 Gdańsk Middle
2003 Põlva Relay
2004 Gdańsk Relay

He on 30 December 2007, he was ranked no. 2 on the IOF (International Orienteering Federation) World Ranking.[2]

References
  1. World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006 Archived 2011-02-22 at WebCite (Retrieved on December 31, 2007)
  2. IOF World Ranking – Matthias Merz Archived 2008-01-06 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved on 31 December 2007)


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.