Matthias Merz

Matthias Merz

Matthias Merz. From the World Orienteering Championships 2007 in Kiev, Ukraine.
Medal record
Competitor for   Switzerland
Men's Orienteering
World Championships
	2007 Kiev	Long
	2009 Miskolc	Relay
	2007 Kiev	Sprint
	2012 Lausanne	Sprint
	2012 Lausanne	Long
	2005 Aichi	Relay
	2008 Olomouc	Relay
	2009 Miskolc	Middle
	2010 Trondheim	Relay
World Cup
	2008	WC Overall
	2011	WC 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

Matthias Merz (born 1 February 1984) is a Swiss orienteering competitor, winner of the 2007 World Orienteering Championships in Kiev, 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.

He is currently (per 30 December 2007) ranked no. 2 on the IOF (International Orienteering Federation) World Ranking.^[2]

References

1. World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006 (Retrieved on December 31, 2007)
2. IOF World Ranking – Matthias Merz (Retrieved on 31 December 2007)