Essentials

Following Rio (2016) and Tokyo (2021), Fabienne Schlumpf participated in her third Olympic Games in Paris. The 34-year-old from the Zurich highlands achieved an excellent 16th place.

The 27-year-old from Zurich and her partner, Anne Terpstra – this legendary bike event in South Africa is disputed in two-person teams – won the ‘Tour de France of mountain biking’ at their first attempt. The two teammates triumphed in the Prologue and all seven stages! 

At the beginning of June, the 27-year-old from Ticino narrowly missed out on a medal in the uphill mountain race at the European championships, finishing fourth. Two days later, the reigning Swiss mountain race champion won the European up & down mountain race title.

After winning the bronze medal in the Olympic distance at the 2023 European Championships, she confirmed this result shortly thereafter with third place at the World Cup in Rome.

Living in Geneva since 2016 and married to a Swiss national, Helen Bekele obtained Swiss citizenship this February. With her current best marathon time of 2:19:44, the 29-year-old still has plenty to offer.

Stefan Küng has spent 10 years among the world's elite of professional cycling. At the World Championships, the 30-year-old won three individual medals in the elite Road Race and Individual Time Trial.

Beda Klee is making his way to the top. This winter, the 27-year-old from Toggenburg kick-started the season with a solid 5th place in the overall rankings of the Tour de Ski, followed by another top-ten ranking at his home World Cup event in Goms.

Jan Christen made his international breakthrough at the 2022 Cyclo-cross World Championships in Arkansas where he was crowned Junior World Champion. This year, the 20-year-old is racing professionally for UAE Team Emirates alongside Tadej Pogacar.

Amy Baserga has already experienced huge success. What’s more, the 23-year-old made a successful leap to the elite category surprisingly quickly.

In mid-September, the 25-year-old from the Bernese Oberland won his age group at the Ironman World Championships in Nice and came 28th overall amidst professional athletes. 

With Marcel Guerrini, another Swiss has arrived at the top of the world. The 29-year-old convinced in the last three World Cup races with two third and one fourth place!

Four years ago, Florian Vogel retired from a successful career as a professional mountain biker. He has now turned his hand to competitive running. And what a runner he is!

Stephan Wenk was active as a duathlete for a long time, then concentrated more and more on mountain and trail races and won, among other things, the legendary K68 at the X-Trails Davos.

At just 20 years of age, Konstanze Klosterhalfen became the world's youngest athlete to break three records in the 800 m (under 2 mins), 1500 m (under 4 mins) and 5000 m (under 15 mins).

Natalia Gemperle has won twelve orienteering world championship medals for her native country of Russia. As of this year, she will be officially competing for Switzerland as a Swiss national.