Barbara Blatter

Barbara Blatter
To person
Date of birth	22nd December 1970 (age 49)
nation	Switzerland
discipline	Mountain bike
Team (s)
1999 ; 2000 ; 2001-2002 ; 2003-2004	Scott - One Life, Live it Scott USA Specialized Specialized Mountain Bike Team; ; ;
Most important successes
	Olympic games Olympic runner-up in mountain bike 2000 World cup Mountain bike world cup 2000 , 2001 World championships World Championship, Cross Country Relay 2000 World Championship, Cross Country Relay 2004 World Championship, Cross Country Relay 2004 Swiss Championships Swiss Champion - Cross Country 1999 , 2000 , 2001 , 2002
	Last updated: December 26, 2019

Barbara Blatter (born December 22, 1970 in Wattwil ) is a former Swiss mountain biker and two-time Olympian (2000, 2004).

Career

Barbara Blatter was one of the most successful mountain bikers of her generation. One of the greatest successes of the trained kindergarten teacher was winning the Mountain Bike World Cup in 2000, which she was able to repeat again in 2001.

In 2000 she led the UCI world rankings and won the silver medal at the Olympic Games in Sydney .

In her career she won six World Cup races and four Swiss championship titles in a row in Cross Country (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002).

In the mixed cross country season she was runner-up three times, namely in 2000, 2003 and again in 2004 (with Florian Vogel , Nino Schurter and Ralph Näf ).

At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens , she had to give up after the second of five rounds to be completed after a heat build-up.

As a 34-year-old at the time, Barbara Blatter announced her resignation from professional sport with immediate effect in January 2005. She expressed criticism of how the world leaders deal with the subject of doping - also with regard to her former teammate Filip Meirhaeghe .

Web links

Barbara Blatter in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
Barbara Blatter in the database of Radsportseiten.net

Individual evidence

↑ One with clear words (September 7, 2003)
↑ Cross-country biker Barbara Blatter out early (August 27, 2004)
↑ Fun is gone - Barbara Blatter resigns (January 24, 2005)
↑ Barbara Blatter: Resignation from top-class sport (January 22, 2005)
↑ O-Tour: Barbara Blatter wins the cross-country

personal data
SURNAME	Blatter, Barbara
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH	December 22, 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH	Wattwil , Canton of St. Gallen

[1] One with clear words (September 7, 2003)

[2] Cross-country biker Barbara Blatter out early (August 27, 2004)

[3] Fun is gone - Barbara Blatter resigns (January 24, 2005)

[4] Barbara Blatter: Resignation from top-class sport (January 22, 2005)

[5] O-Tour: Barbara Blatter wins the cross-country


	1990–1992, 1994 Silvia Fürst \| 1995–1996 Daniela Gassmann \| 1997–1998 Daucourt Chantal \| 1999–2002 Barbara Blatter \| 2003 Petra Henzi \| 2004 Katrin Leumann \| 2005–2007 Petra Henzi \| 2008–2009 Katrin Leumann \| 2010 Esther Süss \| 2011 Nathalie Schneitter \| 2012 Sarah Koba \| 2013 Katrin Leumann \| 2014 Jolanda Neff \| 2015 Kathrin Stirnemann \| 2016–2019 Jolanda Neff