Matthias Kyburz

Matthias Kyburz (born 5 March 1990) is a Swiss orienteering competitor,[1] junior world champion, European champion and multiple world champion. On 16 April 2020, Kyburz attained the world record in quickest time reaching 50km on a treadmill, in a time of 2:56:35, breaking the record held by Florian Neuschwander.[2][3]

Matthias Kyburz
Kyburz at JWOC 2010
Personal information
Born (1990-03-05) 5 March 1990
Sport
SportOrienteering
Club
  • OLK Fricktal, IL Tyrving
Medal record
Men's orienteering
Representing   Switzerland
World Championships
2012 Lausanne Sprint
2014 Trentino-Veneto Mixed sprint relay
2015 Inverness Relay
2016 Strömstad/Tanum Middle
2014 Trentino-Veneto Relay
2016 Strömstad/Tanum Relay
2016 Strömstad/Tanum Sprint
2018 Riga Relay
World Cup
2012 WC Overall
2013 WC Overall
2016 WC Overall
2017 WC Overall
2018 WC Overall
2015 WC Overall
2014 WC Overall
World Games
2013 Cali Sprint
2013 Cali Middle
2013 Cali Relay
2017 Wrocław Middle
2017 Wrocław Relay
2017 Wrocław Sprint
European Championships
2012 Falun Relay
2016 Jesenik Sprint
2016 Jesenik Middle
2018 Cadempino Sprint
2018 Cadempino Middle
2018 Cadempino Long
2018 Cadempino Relay
Junior World Championships
2009 Primiero Sprint
2009 Primiero Relay
2008 Gothenburg Long
2010 Aalborg Long

Career

He won the sprint distance at the 2012 World Orienteering Championships in Lausanne, ahead of Matthias Merz and Matthias Müller,[4] his first international victory. Kyburz has since been an important competitor on the world stage, an all round orienteer with the ability to win any of the three individual orienteering disciplines. This has allowed him to win the Orienteering World Cup on five occasions: 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017 and 2018. For eleven years in a row (2008 to 2018) one of the two Swiss orienteers Matthias Kyburz or Daniel Hubmann has won the Orienteering World Cup.

Kyburz has won four World Orienteering Championships gold medals in four different disciplines: Sprint (2012, Lausanne), Sprint Relay (2014, Trentino), Relay (2015, Inverness) and Middle (2016, Strömstad). He has also won European Orienteering Championships gold medals in three different disciplines: Relay (2012, Falun), Sprint (2016, Jesenik) and Middle (2016, Jesenik).

Kyburz has won six World Games medals of which three were gold in Cali 2013 and one of each color at The World Games 2017.

Results

World Championship results
Year
Age Long Middle Sprint Relay Sprint
Relay
201121——20—N/A
20122219—1—N/A
201323—454N/A
2014245—521
201525640—14
2016267122—
201727DSQ1045—
2018288452—
201929418N/A—N/A

World Cup victories
No. Date Venue Distance
116 June 2011 PorvooSprint
223 June 2012 St. GallenMiddle Distance
314 July 2012 LausanneSprint (WOC)
44 September 2012 GothenburgKnock-Out Sprint
58 September 2012 VuokattiMiddle Distance (p)
67 January 2013 WellingtonSprint
71 June 2013 OsloSprint
87 June 2013 TurkuSprint
96 October 2013 BadenSprint
103 January 2015 TasmaniaSprint
1110 January 2015 TasmaniaLong Distance
124 June 2015 HaldenLong Distance
131 May 2016 WroclawLong Distance
1422 May 2016 JeseníkSprint (EOC)
1527 May 2016 JeseníkMiddle Distance (EOC)
1623 August 2016 TanumMiddle Distance (EOC)
1715 October 2016 AarauLong Distance
1829 September 2017 GrindelwaldLong Distance
1930 September 2017 GrindelwaldMiddle Distance
  • (p) = pursuit

Personal life

His brother, Andreas Kyburz, is also an international orienteering competitor.[5]

References
  1. "Matthias Kyburz". IOF Eventor. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  2. https://www.runnersworld.com/news/a32175085/50k-treadmill-world-record-matthias-kyburz/
  3. https://runningmagazine.ca/sections/runs-races/swiss-orienteering-champion-breaks-50k-treadmill-world-record
  4. "A Swiss triumph for the opening day". WOC 2012. 14 July 2012. Archived from the original on 19 July 2012. Retrieved 15 July 2012.
  5. "Athlete profile: Andreas Kyburz". world-of-o. Retrieved 4 August 2018.


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