Matthias Kyburz
Kyburz at JWOC 2010
Personal information
Born (1990-03-05) 5 March 1990 (age 34)
Sport
SportOrienteering
Club
  • OLK Fricktal, IL Tyrving
Medal record
Men's orienteering
Representing  Switzerland
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Lausanne Sprint
Gold medal – first place 2014 Trentino-Veneto Mixed sprint relay
Gold medal – first place 2015 Inverness Relay
Gold medal – first place 2016 Strömstad/Tanum Middle
Gold medal – first place 2021 Czech Republic/Doksy Middle
Gold medal – first place 2022 Triangle region Knock Out
Gold medal – first place 2022 Flims-Laax Middle
Gold medal – first place 2022 Flims-Laax Relay
Silver medal – second place 2014 Trentino-Veneto Relay
Silver medal – second place 2016 Strömstad/Tanum Relay
Silver medal – second place 2016 Strömstad/Tanum Sprint
Silver medal – second place 2018 Riga Relay
Silver medal – second place 2021 Doksy Long
Silver medal – second place 2023 Grisons Long
Silver medal – second place 2022 Flims-Laax Long
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Doksy Relay
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2012 WC Overall
Gold medal – first place 2013 WC Overall
Gold medal – first place 2016 WC Overall
Gold medal – first place 2017 WC Overall
Gold medal – first place 2018 WC Overall
Gold medal – first place 2023 WC Overall
Silver medal – second place 2015 WC Overall
Silver medal – second place 2021 WC Overall
Bronze medal – third place 2014 WC Overall
World Games
Gold medal – first place 2013 Cali Sprint
Gold medal – first place 2013 Cali Middle
Gold medal – first place 2013 Cali Mixed sprint relay
Gold medal – first place 2017 Wrocław Middle
Gold medal – first place 2022 Birmingham Mixed sprint relay
Silver medal – second place 2017 Wrocław Relay
Silver medal – second place 2022 Birmingham Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Wrocław Sprint
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Falun Relay
Gold medal – first place 2016 Jesenik Sprint
Gold medal – first place 2016 Jesenik Middle
Gold medal – first place 2018 Cadempino Sprint
Gold medal – first place 2018 Cadempino Middle
Gold medal – first place 2021 Neuchâtel Knock Out Sprint
Gold medal – first place 2021 Neuchâtel Sprint Relay
Silver medal – second place 2018 Cadempino Long
Silver medal – second place 2018 Cadempino Relay
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2009 Primiero Sprint
Silver medal – second place 2009 Primiero Relay
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Gothenburg Long
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Aalborg Long
World Military Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 South Korea Long
Bronze medal – third place 2015 South Korea Middle

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]

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 six World Orienteering Championships gold medals in five different disciplines: Sprint (2012, Lausanne), Sprint Relay (2014, Trentino), Knock Out Sprint (2022, Vejle), Relay (2015, Inverness and 2023, Flims-Laax) and Middle (2016, Strömstad, 2021, Doksy and 2023, Flims-Laax). He has also won European Orienteering Championships gold medals in five different disciplines: Relay (2012), Sprint Relay (2021), Sprint (2016 and 2018), Knock Out Sprint (2021), and Middle (2016 and 2018).

Kyburz has won eight World Games medals of which three were gold in Cali 2013, one of each color at The World Games 2017, and a gold and a silver in 2022.

Results

World Championship results

Year
Age Long Middle Sprint Relay Sprint
Relay 		Knock Out
Sprint
2011 21 — — 20 — — —
2012 22 19 — 1 — — —
2013 23 — 4 5 4 — —
2014 24 5 — 5 2 1 —
2015 25 6 40 — 1 4 —
2016 26 7 1 2 2 — —
2017 27 DSQ 10 4 5 — —
2018 28 8 4 5 2 — —
2019 29 4 18 — — — —
2021 31 2 1 8 3 — —
2022 32 — — 7 — 4 1
2023 33 2 1 — 1 — —

World Cup victories

No. Date Venue Distance
1 16 June 2011 Finland Porvoo Sprint
2 23 June 2012 Switzerland St. Gallen Middle Distance
3 14 July 2012 Switzerland Lausanne Sprint (WOC)
4 4 September 2012 Sweden Gothenburg Knock-Out Sprint
5 8 September 2012 Finland Vuokatti Middle Distance (p)
6 7 January 2013 New Zealand Wellington Sprint
7 1 June 2013 Norway Oslo Sprint
8 7 June 2013 Finland Turku Sprint
9 6 October 2013 Switzerland Baden Sprint
10 3 January 2015 Australia Tasmania Sprint
11 10 January 2015 Australia Tasmania Long Distance
12 4 June 2015 Norway Halden Long Distance
13 1 May 2016 Poland Wroclaw Long Distance
14 22 May 2016 Czech Republic Jeseník Sprint (EOC)
15 27 May 2016 Czech Republic Jeseník Middle Distance (EOC)
16 23 August 2016 Sweden Tanum Middle Distance (EOC)
17 15 October 2016 Switzerland Aarau Long Distance
18 29 September 2017 Switzerland Grindelwald Long Distance
19 30 September 2017 Switzerland Grindelwald Middle Distance
20 6 May 2018 Switzerland Ticino Sprint
21 9 May 2018 Switzerland Tessin Middle Distance
22 15 May 2021 Switzerland Neuchâtel Knock-Out Sprint (EOC)
23 28 May 2022 Sweden Borås Knock-Out Sprint
24 4 October 2023 Italy Verona Sprint
25 8 October 2023 Italy Verona Knock-Out Sprint

Personal life

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

References

  1. ^ "Matthias Kyburz". IOF Eventor. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  2. ^ "The 50K Treadmill World Record is Broken for the Third Time (!) in 2020". 16 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Swiss orienteering champion breaks 50K treadmill world record". 16 April 2020.
  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.

External links

Orienteering World Champions Men
Orienteering World Cup winners for men
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