Swiss cyclist
Nino Schurter
Schurter in 2014
Born (1986-05-13 ) 13 May 1986 (age 38)
[1] Tersnaus,
Lumnezia , SwitzerlandHeight 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
[2] Weight 68 kg (150 lb) Current team Scott–Sram MTB Racing Team Discipline
Mountain bike racing Role Rider Rider type Cross-country 2006– Swisspower MTB Team 2014
Orica–GreenEDGE
[3]
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)
Nino Schurter (born 13 May 1986) is a Swiss
cross-country cyclist who races for the Scott–Sram MTB Racing Team.
[4]
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]
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[12] He joined
Orica–GreenEDGE for a number of road races during the 2014 season.
[3]
Career
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
In his first junior international competition on 31 July in
Wałbrzych , Poland, Nino Schurter finished first at the European Championships.
[15]
2012
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 .
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[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
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
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
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
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
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
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
UCI World Cup results
References
^
Nino Schurter's biography ,
BBC Sport . Retrieved 12 August 2012.
^
Nino Schurter's profile ,
Scott Swisspower
Archived 6 August 2012 at the
Wayback Machine . Retrieved 12 August 2012.
^
a
b
"Schurter to race Tours de Suisse and Romandie with Orica GreenEdge" . Cycling News . Future. 18 February 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2014 .
^
Nino Schurter's profile
Archived 29 July 2012 at the
Wayback Machine ,
Cycling News . Retrieved 12 August 2012.
^
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.
^
a
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"Schurter wins last World Cup of the season" . Cycling News . Retrieved 12 August 2012 .
^ Pretot, Julien (12 August 2012).
"Cycling: Kulhavy sprints to mountain bike gold" . Yahoo! Sports . Retrieved 12 August 2012 .
^ Swiss info (23 August 2008).
"Fourth Olympic bronze for Switzerland" . swissinfo.ch . Retrieved 12 August 2012 .
^
2012 Swiss National Championships – Men Elite results ,
MTB Cross Country ´ . Retrieved 12 August 2012.
^
Schurter defends Swiss cross country national title ,
2013 Swiss MTB National Championships ´ . Retrieved 11 July 2016.
^
2014 Swiss National Mountain Bike Championships – XCO-XCE ,
MTB Cross Country ´ . Retrieved 11 July 2016.
^
2015 Swiss National Mountain Bike Championships – XCO-XCE ,
MTB Cross Country ´ . Retrieved 11 July 2016.
^
Biography ,
Nino Schurter's official site . Retrieved 17 August 2012.
^
"SCOTT-SRAM MTB Racing Team" . Retrieved 15 April 2021 .
^
2004 European Championships – Juniors results ,
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^
a
b
"Nino Schurter is the 2013 XCO World Champion" . SCOTT Sports. 2 September 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2016 .
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"Schurter delighted after Pietermaritzburg win" . Cycling News . 18 March 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2012 .
^ James Huang (19 March 2012).
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"Schurter takes care of unfinished business in Czech" . Cycling News . 14 May 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2012 .
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"Schurter selected to Swiss 2012 Olympic team" . Cycling News . 15 September 2011. Retrieved 17 August 2012 .
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^ PA (12 August 2012).
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Archived from the original on 21 June 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2012 .
^ George, Sue (9 September 2012).
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^
"Nino Schurter ready for road and Orica-GreenEdge debut" . Cycling News . 29 April 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2016 .
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"Tour de Romandie results" (PDF) . Tour de Romandie. 28 April 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2016 .
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"Schurter to race Tours de Suisse and Romandie with Orica-GreenEdge" . Cycling News . 18 February 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2016 .
^ George, Sue (12 September 2014).
"Schurter commits to full mountain bike season in 2105" . Cycling News . Retrieved 21 August 2016 .
^ George, Sue (18 August 2014).
"Schurter defers any plans to switch to road racing" . Cycling News . Retrieved 21 August 2016 .
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"Swiss Mountain bike specialists sweep bike medals" . Baku 2015. 14 June 2015. Archived from the original on 7 September 2015. Retrieved 20 August 2016 . {{
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"Schurter wins fifth elite cross-country world championship title" . Cycling News . 3 July 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016 .
^ 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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