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Nino Schurter

Nino Schurter (born 13 May 1986) is a Swiss cross-country cyclist who races for the Scott–Sram MTB Racing Team.[4]

Nino Schurter
Schurter in 2014
Personal information
Born (1986-05-13) 13 May 1986 (age 38)[1]
Tersnaus, Lumnezia, Switzerland
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[2]
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
Team information
Current teamScott–Sram MTB Racing Team
DisciplineMountain bike racing
RoleRider
Rider typeCross-country
Professional teams
2006–Swisspower MTB Team
2014Orica–GreenEDGE[3]
Major wins
Mountain bike
Olympic Games XC (2016)
World XC Championships (2009, 2012, 2013, 2015–2019, 2021, 2022)
European XC Championships (2020)
National XC Championships (2012–2017, 2019, 2020)
XC World Cup (2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017–2019, 2022, 2023)
36 individual wins (2010–2019, 2022, 2023, 2024)
Cape Epic (2017, 2019)
Medal record
Men's mountain bike racing
Representing   Switzerland
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1 1 1
World Championships 17 7 1
European Championships 1 4 1
World Cup 9 3 0
European Games 1 0 0
Total 27 15 2
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Cross-country
Silver medal – second place 2012 London Cross-country
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing Cross-country
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2006 Rotorua Cross-country team
Gold medal – first place 2007 Fort William Cross-country team
Gold medal – first place 2009 Canberra Cross-country
Gold medal – first place 2012 Saalfelden Cross-country
Gold medal – first place 2013 Pietermaritzburg Cross-country
Gold medal – first place 2015 Vallnord Cross-country
Gold medal – first place 2016 Nove Mesto Cross-country
Gold medal – first place 2017 Cairns Cross-country
Gold medal – first place 2017 Cairns Cross-country team
Gold medal – first place 2018 Lenzerheide Cross-country
Gold medal – first place 2018 Lenzerheide Team relay
Gold medal – first place 2019 Mont-Sainte-Anne Cross-country
Gold medal – first place 2019 Mont-Sainte-Anne Team relay
Gold medal – first place 2021 Val di Sole Cross-country
Gold medal – first place 2022 Les Gets Cross-country
Gold medal – first place 2022 Les Gets Team relay
Gold medal – first place 2023 Glasgow Team relay
Silver medal – second place 2003 Lugano Cross-country team
Silver medal – second place 2004 Les Gets Cross-country team
Silver medal – second place 2008 Val di Sole Cross-country team
Silver medal – second place 2011 Champery Cross-country
Silver medal – second place 2011 Champery Cross-country team
Silver medal – second place 2014 Hafjell Cross-country
Silver medal – second place 2014 Hafjell Cross-country team
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Glasgow Cross-country
European Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Baku Cross-country
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2010 Overall Cross-country
Gold medal – first place 2012 Overall Cross-country
Gold medal – first place 2013 Overall Cross-country
Gold medal – first place 2015 Overall Cross-country
Gold medal – first place 2017 Overall Cross-country
Gold medal – first place 2018 Overall Cross-country
Gold medal – first place 2019 Overall Cross-country
Gold medal – first place 2022 Overall Cross-country
Gold medal – first place 2023 Overall Cross-country
Silver medal – second place 2011 Overall Cross-country
Silver medal – second place 2014 Overall Cross-country
Silver medal – second place 2016 Overall Cross-country

Schurter won the world championship in men's cross-country in 2009, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2022 and the overall UCI World Cup in 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022 and 2023 and thus become the first man to hold 9 World Cup overall titles.[5][6] He won the gold medal in mountain biking at the 2016 Olympics, the silver medal 2012 Olympics and the bronze medal at the 2008 Olympics.[7][8] He won the Swiss National Championship in cross-country mountain biking in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015.[9][10][11][12] He joined Orica–GreenEDGE for a number of road races during the 2014 season.[3]

Career

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Nino Schurter was born and grew up in Tersnaus, Lumnezia in the Romansch-speaking part of Switzerland. He spent a lot of his free time in nature playing different sports and quickly got fascinated by mountain biking. He took part in the Swiss racing competition Swisspower cup where he won his first victories. In 2003, he became a member of the professional team of Thomas Frischknecht and he turned professional in 2007 when he joined the SCOTT-SRAM MTB Racing Team (former SCOTT-Odlo MTB Racing and even earlier SWISSPOWER).[13][14]

He currently rides a Scott Spark RC World cup EVO.

2004

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In his first junior international competition on 31 July in Wałbrzych, Poland, Nino Schurter finished first at the European Championships.[15]

2012

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2012 was one of Schurter's most successful season when he won 11 out of 15 races.[16] He won his first World Cup of the season on 18 March in Pietermaritzburg[17] on a bike with 650B or 27.5-inch wheels.[18] On 13 May, he won his second World Cup on his 26th birthday in Nove Mesto na Morave.[19] On 28 July, after his fourth individual win, Schurter won the overall World Cup series title in Val d'Isère.[6]

On 15 September 2011, Schurter qualified for the 2012 Olympics where he won the silver medal after being beaten in a final sprint on the line by Jaroslav Kulhavý.[20][21][22][23] On 8 September 2012, he won his second World Championships title in Saalbach, Austria, where he shared the podium with two of his countrymen Lukas and Matthias Flückiger.[24]

2013

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On 2 September 2013, Schurter won his third World Championship title in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, on one of his favourite cross-country courses.[16]

2014

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Schurter joined the Australian road race cycling team Orica–GreenEDGE during the 2014 season.[25] He took part in the Tour de Romandie[26] and the Tour de Suisse.[27]

In the 2014, mountain bike season, he lost his World Cup and World Championships titles. He finished in second place in Hafjell, Norway[28] and ended up his season behind Julien Absalon at the World Cup in Méribel.

2015

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In 2015, Schurter fully committed to his mountain bike career as he had the 2016 Olympics in Rio on his agenda for the next two years.[29] He competed in the 2015 European Games for Switzerland, in mountain biking. He won the gold medal in the event.[30]

2016

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Schurter won his fifth world championship in men's cross-country at the 2016 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships at Nové Město, Czech Republic. This equaled the record of Julien Absalon, who has also won five titles in the event.[31] At the 2016 Summer Olympic, he won the gold medal, finishing before Jaroslav Kulhavý and Carlos Coloma Nicolás.

2017 Perfect season

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In March 2017, Schurter won the Absa Cape Epic – the eight-day South African stage race – for the first time. Riding with Scott-Sram teammate Matthias Stirnemann in the two-man team format they won by eight minutes from pre-race favorites Christoph Sauser and Jaroslav Kulhavý (Investec Songo Specialized). Schurter had completed the Cape Epic three times previously. This was his first win. He went on to win all six rounds of the World Cup and accomplished as first male[32] a Perfect season, as well as his sixth world championship.[citation needed]

Major results

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2004
UCI World Junior Championships
1st   Cross-country
2nd   Team relay
1st   Cross-country, UEC European Junior Championships
2005
1st   Cross-country, National Under-23 Championships
3rd   Cross-country, UCI World Under-23 Championships
2006
UCI World Championships
1st   Team relay
1st   Under-23 Cross-country
1st   Cross-country, UEC European Under-23 Championships
2007
UCI World Championships
1st   Team relay
2nd   Under-23 Cross-country
1st   Cross-country, UEC European Under-23 Championships
2nd Cross-country, National Under-23 Championships
UCI XCO World Cup
3rd Champery
8th Overall Grand Prix Guillaume Tell
2008
UCI World Championships
1st   Under-23 Cross-country
2nd   Team relay
1st   Cross-country, UEC European Under-23 Championships
UCI XCO World Cup
2nd Houffalize
2nd Fort William
Swisspower Cup
2nd Winterthur
3rd Buchs
3rd   Cross-country, Olympic Games
2009
1st   Cross-country, UCI World Championships
5th Overall UCI XCO World Cup
4th Schladming
5th Madrid
2010
1st   Overall UCI XCO World Cup
1st Dalby Forest
1st Val di Sole
2nd Offenburg
2nd Windham
3rd Champéry
4th Cross-country, UCI World Championships
2011
UCI World Championships
2nd   Cross-country
2nd   Team relay
2nd Overall UCI XCO World Cup
1st Pietermaritzburg
2nd Mont-Sainte-Anne
2nd Windham
2nd Nové Město
2nd Val d'Isère
2012
1st   Cross-country, UCI World Championships
1st   Cross-country, National Championships
1st   Overall UCI XCO World Cup
1st Pietermaritzburg
1st Nové Město
1st Mont-Sainte-Anne
1st Val d'Isère
2nd Houffalize
2nd   Cross-country, Olympic Games
2013
1st   Cross-country, UCI World Championships
1st   Cross-country, National Championships
1st   Overall UCI XCO World Cup
1st Nové Město
1st Val di Sole
1st Vallnord
2nd Hafjell
3rd Mont-Sainte-Anne
2nd   Cross-country, UEC European Championships
2014
1st   Cross-country, National Championships
UCI World Championships
2nd   Cross-country
2nd   Team relay
2nd Overall UCI XCO World Cup
1st Nové Město
1st Mont-Sainte-Anne
1st Windham
1st Méribel
2nd Albstadt
2015
1st   Cross-country, UCI World Championships
1st   Cross-country, European Games
1st   Cross-country, National Championships
1st   Overall UCI XCO World Cup
1st Mont-Sainte-Anne
1st Windham
1st Val di Sole
2nd Nové Město
2nd Albstadt
2nd Lenzerheide
2016
1st   Cross-country, Olympic Games
1st   Cross-country, UCI World Championships
1st   Cross-country, National Championships
2nd Overall UCI XCO World Cup
1st Cairns
1st Albstadt
1st Lenzerheide
4th La Bresse
2017
UCI World Championships
1st   Cross-country
1st   Team relay
1st   Cross-country, National Championships
1st   Overall Cape Epic (with Matthias Stirnemann)
1st   Overall UCI XCO World Cup
1st Nové Město
1st Albstadt
1st Vallnord
1st Lenzerheide
1st Mont-Sainte-Anne
1st Val di Sole
2018
UCI World Championships
1st   Cross-country
1st   Team relay
1st   Overall Outcast Rider, Cape Epic
1st   Overall UCI XCO World Cup
1st Nové Město
1st Albstadt
1st Val di Sole
1st La Bresse
2nd Stellenbosch
2nd Vallnord
UCI XCC World Cup
2nd Val di Sole
3rd Nové Město
2019
UCI World Championships
1st   Cross-country
1st   Team relay
1st   Cross-country, National Championships
1st   Overall Cape Epic (with Lars Forster)
1st   Overall UCI XCO World Cup
1st Vallnord
1st Les Gets
2nd Nové Město
2nd Lenzerheide
2nd Snowshoe
3rd Val di Sole
UCI XCC World Cup
1st Snowshoe
2nd Vallnord
3rd Albstadt
3rd Lenzerheide
Swiss Bike Cup
1st Solothurn
2nd Lugano
1st Tokyo 2020 Test Event
Internazionali d'Italia Series
3rd Monte Titano
2020
1st   Cross-country, UEC European Championships
1st   Cross-country, National Championships
1st   Overall Swiss Epic (with Lars Forster)
Swiss Bike Cup
1st Leukerbad
4th Overall UCI XCO World Cup
3rd Nové Město II
4th Nové Město I
2021
1st   Cross-country, UCI World Championships
Internazionali d'Italia Series
2nd Andora
2nd Nalles
UCI XCC World Cup
3rd Albstadt
4th Overall UCI XCO World Cup
2nd Albstadt
2nd Lenzerheide
4th Snowshoe
5th Les Gets
4th Cross-country, Olympic Games
2022
UCI World Championships
1st   Cross-country
1st   Team relay
1st   Overall UCI XCO World Cup
1st Petrópolis
2nd Albstadt
2nd Leogang
2nd Val di Sole
3rd Nové Město
3rd Vallnord
4th Lenzerheide
UCI XCC World Cup
3rd Albstadt
2023
UCI World Championships
1st   Team relay
3rd   Cross-country
1st   Overall UCI XCO World Cup
1st Lenzerheide
1st Val di Sole
2nd Les Gets
2nd Snowshoe
3rd Nové Město
Ökk Bike Revolution
1st Engelberg
3rd Chur
3rd Davos
Internazionali d'Italia Series
1st Capoliveri
UCI XCC World Cup
2nd Vallnord
2024
UCI XCO World Cup
1st Val di Sole
2nd Nové Město
4th Crans-Montana
2nd Overall Cape Epic (with Sebastian Fini Carstensen)
Ökk Bike Revolution
2nd Engelberg
3rd Cross-country, National Championships

UCI World Cup results

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Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Rank Points
2005 SPA
28 		MAD
35 		HOU
45 		WIL
22 		MON
— 		SAN
— 		ANG
— 		FOR
DNF 		43rd 174
2006 CUR
14 		MAD
14 		SPA
— 		FOR
9 		MON
18 		SCH
23 		9th 481
2007 HOU
6 		OFF
DNF 		CHA
3 		MON
5 		FEL
6 		MAR
DNF 		8th 560
2008 HOU
2 		OFF
4 		MAD
DNF 		AND
15 		FOR
2 		MON
— 		BRO
— 		CAN
8 		SCH
17 		8th 808
2009 PIE
6 		OFF
10 		HOU
— 		MAD
5 		MON
13 		BRO
6 		CHA
26 		SCH
4 		5th 779
2010 DAL
1 		HOU
15 		OFF
2 		CHA
3 		ISE
1 		WIN
2 		1st 1136
2011 PIE
1 		DAL
9 		OFF
7 		MON
2 		WIN
2 		NOV
2 		ISE
2 		2nd 1270
2012 PIE
1 		HOU
2 		NOV
1 		LAB
— 		MON
1 		WIN
— 		ISE
1 		1st 1200
2013 ALB
18 		NOV
1 		VAL
1 		AND
1 		MON
3 		HAF
2 		1st 1180
2014 PIE
6 		CAI
— 		NOV
1 		ALB
2 		MON
1 		WIN
1 		MER
1 		2nd 1330
2015 NOV
2 		ALB
2 		LEN
2 		MON
1 		WIN
1 		VAL
1 		1st 850
2016 CAI
1 		ALB
1 		LAB
4 		LEN
1 		MON
— 		AND
13 		2nd 2190
2017 NOV
1 		ALB
1 		AND
1 		LEN
1 		MON
1 		VAL
1 		1st 1500
2018 STE
2 		ALB
1 		NOV
1 		VAL
1 		AND
2 		MON
7 		LAB
1 		1st 1861
2019 ALB
6 		NOV
2 		AND
1 		LES
1 		VAL
3 		LEN
2 		SNO
2 		1st 1995
2020 LEN
NH 		VAL
NH 		LES
NH 		NOV
4 		NOV
3 		4th 310
2021 ALB
2 		NOV
7 		LEO
10 		LES
5 		LEN
2 		SNO
4 		4th 1182
2022 PET
1 		ALB
2 		NOV
3 		LEO
2 		LEN
4 		AND
3 		SNO
DNF 		MON
6 		VAL
2 		1st 1723
2023 NOV
3 		LEN
1 		LEO
21 		VAL
1 		AND
12 		LES
2 		SNO
2 		MON
14 		1st 1549
2024 MAI
35 		ARA
6 		NOV
2 		VAL
1 		CRA
4 		LES LAK MON

References

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  1. ^ Nino Schurter's biography, BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  2. ^ Nino Schurter's profile, Scott Swisspower Archived 6 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  3. ^ a b "Schurter to race Tours de Suisse and Romandie with Orica GreenEdge". Cycling News. Future. 18 February 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  4. ^ Nino Schurter's profile Archived 29 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Cycling News. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  5. ^ Nino Schurter's profile Archived 30 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine, London 2012 Archived 11 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  6. ^ a b Jones, Rob (28 July 2012). "Schurter wins last World Cup of the season". Cycling News. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  7. ^ Pretot, Julien (12 August 2012). "Cycling: Kulhavy sprints to mountain bike gold". Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved 12 August 2012.[permanent dead link]
  8. ^ Swiss info (23 August 2008). "Fourth Olympic bronze for Switzerland". swissinfo.ch. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  9. ^ 2012 Swiss National Championships – Men Elite results, MTB Cross Country´. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  10. ^ Schurter defends Swiss cross country national title, 2013 Swiss MTB National Championships´. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
  11. ^ 2014 Swiss National Mountain Bike Championships – XCO-XCE, MTB Cross Country´. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
  12. ^ 2015 Swiss National Mountain Bike Championships – XCO-XCE, MTB Cross Country´. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
  13. ^ Biography, Nino Schurter's official site. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
  14. ^ "SCOTT-SRAM MTB Racing Team". Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  15. ^ 2004 European Championships – Juniors results, Cycling News. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
  16. ^ a b "Nino Schurter is the 2013 XCO World Champion". SCOTT Sports. 2 September 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  17. ^ "Schurter delighted after Pietermaritzburg win". Cycling News. 18 March 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
  18. ^ James Huang (19 March 2012). "Nino Schurter wins World Cup #1 on 650b wheels". Cycling News. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
  19. ^ "Schurter takes care of unfinished business in Czech". Cycling News. 14 May 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
  20. ^ "Schurter selected to Swiss 2012 Olympic team". Cycling News. 15 September 2011. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
  21. ^ Addley, Esther (12 August 2012). "London 2012: Jaroslav Kulhavý wins mountain bike gold as Briton injured". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
  22. ^ Petrequin, Samuel (12 August 2012). "Khulavy Wins Olympic Mountain Bike Gold". ABC News. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
  23. ^ PA (12 August 2012). "Team GB's Liam Killeen crashes out on steep section of boulders in cross-country event". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 21 June 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
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  25. ^ "Nino Schurter ready for road and Orica-GreenEdge debut". Cycling News. 29 April 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  26. ^ "Tour de Romandie results" (PDF). Tour de Romandie. 28 April 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  27. ^ "Schurter to race Tours de Suisse and Romandie with Orica-GreenEdge". Cycling News. 18 February 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  28. ^ George, Sue (12 September 2014). "Schurter commits to full mountain bike season in 2105". Cycling News. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  29. ^ George, Sue (18 August 2014). "Schurter defers any plans to switch to road racing". Cycling News. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  30. ^ "Swiss Mountain bike specialists sweep bike medals". Baku 2015. 14 June 2015. Archived from the original on 7 September 2015. Retrieved 20 August 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  31. ^ "Schurter wins fifth elite cross-country world championship title". Cycling News. 3 July 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  32. ^ Rachel Atherton was the first person to have a perfect season in 2016 https://www.redbull.com/ca-en/rachel-atherton-perfect-2016-dh-mtb-world-cup-season-for-trek-factory-racing
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Awards and achievements
Preceded by Swiss Sportsman of the Year
2018 		Succeeded by
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