Marcel Marti (ski mountaineer)

Marcel Marti
Born	(1983-11-08) 8 November 1983 (age 41) Interlaken, Switzerland
Medal record Ski mountaineering Representing  Switzerland World Championships 2011 World Championship Relay European Championships 2009 European Championship Relay 2012 European Championship Sprint

Marcel Marti (born 8 November 1983) is a Swiss ski mountaineer.

Marti was born in Interlaken. He competed first in the Diamir Race in 1998. He lives in Grindelwald. In 2007, in a team with Simon Anthamatten (leader), Ernest Farquet and Florent Troillet, he climbed the Matterhorn in a record time of 3 hours 45 minutes.^[1] The record was beaten by Andreas Steindl in 2011.^[2]

Selected results

• 2002:
  • 1st, Patrouille de la Maya B-course, together with Alain Richard and William Marti^[3]
• 2003:
  • 1st (juniors), Trophée des Gastlosen, together with Alain Richard^[4]
• 2004:
  • 1st (espoirs), Trophée des Gastlosen, together with Sébastien Nicollier^[5]
• 2006:
  • 1st, Trophée des Gastlosen, together with Olivier Nägele^[6]
• 2008:
  • 8th, World Championship team race (together with Jon Andri Willy)
• 2009:
  • 3rd, European Championship relay race (together with Florent Troillet, Yannick Ecoeur and Pierre Bruchez)
  • 7th, European Championship single race
  • 7th, European Championship team race together with Yannick Ecoeur)
• 2010:
  • 9th, World Championship team race (together with Yannick Ecoeur)^[7]
• 2011:
  • 2nd, World Championship relay, together with Yannick Ecoeur, Marcel Theux and Martin Anthamatten
  • 6th, World Championship sprint
• 2012:
  • 3rd, European Championship sprint

Patrouille des Glaciers

Main article: Patrouille des Glaciers

• 2006: 5th (and 3rd in "senior I" class ranking), together with Emmanuel Vaudan and Alain Rey
• 2008: 7th (and 1st in the international military teams ranking), together with Cpl Yannick Ecoeur and Garde-frontière Pierre Bruchez^[8]
• 2010: 5th, together with Didier Moret and Pierre Bruchez^[9]

Pierra Menta

Main article: Pierra Menta

• 2008: 8th, together with Ernest Farquet
• 2009: 5th, together with Florent Troillet

Trofeo Mezzalama

Main article: Trofeo Mezzalama

• 2009: 6th, together with Martin Anthamatten and Yannick Ecoeur
• 2011: 5th, together with Martin Anthamatten and Yannick Ecoeur^[10]

References

1. Trainingshalber Rekord aufgestellt - Grindelwalder bestieg das Matterhorn in 3:45 Stunden (in German), Jungfrau Zeitung, September 27, 2007
2. Swiss Guide Climbs Matterhorn in Sub-3 Hour Sprint, October 4, 2011.
3. Patrouille de la Maya - Classements et résultats
4. – 2003 results juniors^{[permanent dead link‍]}
5. Trophée des Gastlosen – 2004 results Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
6. Trophée des Gastlosen – 2006 results^{[permanent dead link‍]}
7. Provisional results men teams Archived 2011-07-25 at the Wayback Machine, www.canillo2010.org
8. 2008 Patrouille des Glaciers^{[permanent dead link‍]}, p. 4 and 16.
9. 2010 Patrouille des Glaciers Archived 2010-06-02 at the Wayback Machine
10. 2011 Trofeo Mezzalama - men results Archived 2012-02-27 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Marcel Marti at skimountaineering.com