Celine Schärer

0 Celine Schärer
Céline Schärer in Ironman Switzerland, 2014
Personal information
Date of birth	9th February 1990 (age 30)
place of birth	Zug, Switzerland
size	170 cm
Weight	59 kg
societies
Until 2019	Swiss Triathlon , Tri Team Zugerland and Swimming Club Frauenfeld
Current	Advantage train
successes
2007	Swiss Champion Duathlon Youth A
2011	Swiss champion triathlon U23
2012	Swiss runner-up in triathlon short distance
2013, 2017	2 × Swiss champion triathlon long distance
2014	Swiss champion triathlon short distance
2015	Winner Ironman 70.3
2017	Ironman winner
status
Resigned in 2019

Celine Schärer (born February 9, 1990 in Zug ) is a former Swiss triathlete . She is Swiss U23 champion in 2010, Swiss champion in the triathlon long distance (2013, 2017), short distance (2014) and until 2019 member of the Swiss Triathlon national team in the Elite B squad . She is the Ironman winner (2017) and is included in the list of Swiss triathletes on the Ironman distance .

Career

Céline Schärer came to the youth training of the Baar swimming club at the age of 6 and has been running triathlons since 1998. She is five-time Swiss triathlon champion (pupils / youth), seven-time Swiss duathlon champion (pupils / youth) and Swiss champion running 3000 m Halle (youth).
In 2006 Schärer took part in their first ITU competition and was 26th at the Junior World Championship.

In 2007 she finished 24th and 31st at the Junior European and World Championships and won several prestigious Swiss triathlons in her age group: Aquathlon Basel (May 26, 2007, youth A), Triathlon Murthen (June 10, 2007, junior) and Zyttrum Triathlon (June 16, 2007, Youth A). In 2008 and 2009, Schärer achieved top ten placements in Junior European Cups four times, in Switzerland she won the Zurich Triathlon (July 12, 2008), in 2009 she won the VW Circuit (Junior) and came second at the Swiss Junior Championships. In 2010 she was ninth at the U23 European Championship and 23rd at the U23 World Championship.

In Switzerland, Céline Schärer represents the Swimming Club Frauenfeld and the Tri Team Zugerland (Triathlon Checkpoint Zugerland). Since 2008, Schärer has also competed in the French club championship series Lyonnaise des Eaux , initially for Ste. Geneviève, since 2009 for Tri Club Chateauroux 36 .

Since 2011 she has started as a triathlon professional. In September 2012, Celine Schärer became Vice Swiss Triathlon champion over the Olympic distance. When she started on the Ironman distance for the first time in July 2013, she was second in Zurich as the best Swiss woman, making her Swiss champion in the long distance triathlon.

Swiss Triathlon Champion 2014

In July 2014 she became Swiss champion on the Olympic distance in Geneva. At Ironman 70.3 Cozumel , she won her first victory at half the Ironman distance in September 2015. The multiple Swiss triathlon champion (schoolchildren, youth) won the Ironman South Africa in her age category in 2015 and thus qualified for the Ironman Hawaii. She has been with the Cube team since 2016 . In August 2016 she finished second at the Ironman Vichy .

Ironman 2017 winner

In July 2017, the then 27-year-old won Ironman Switzerland at her fourth start in Zurich , qualifying for the first time for a place at the Ironman Hawaii (Ironman World Championships), where she finished 23rd in October. In December 2019, the then 29-year-old declared her active time over after eight years as a professional.

Private

Céline Schärer graduated from high school in Zug and lives in Steinhausen . She studied marketing at the AKAD in Zurich. Her older sister Stéphanie Duss-Schärer (* 1986) is also active as a triathlete.

Sporting successes

(DNF - Did Not Finish )

Céline Schärer (left) with her teammate Ruth Nivon Machoud in Tiszaújváros, 2011

Web links

Commons : Céline Schärer  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Website from Celine Schärer
• Portrait on the website of the Swiss Triathlon Association
• Profile for Céline Schärer at the Institute for Applied Training Science , accessed on July 14, 2014
• Profile and results of Céline Schärer in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on June 13, 2020 (English).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ CUBE commits the triathlete Céline Schärer ( Memento of the original from April 12, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (March 10, 2016)  
2. ↑ A Rookie Under Ryf's Wing: Celine Schaerer is Ready to Go Big (October 9, 2017)
3. ↑ The former professional triathlete Céline Schärer from Steinhausen says: "I am grateful for this time" (January 14, 2020)
4. ↑ She now has Hawaii in her field of vision (March 24, 2015)
5. ↑ CÉLINE SCHÄRER IN TENTH RANKING AT THE EUROPEAN CUP IN GENEVA  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (July 20, 2014)  
6. ↑ Ryf Smashes Switzerland (June 1, 2014)
7. ↑ Ryf and Wild come to championship honors (September 15, 2012)
8. ↑ Ruedi Wild Swiss champion for the first time
9. ↑ SCHÄRER AM IRONMAN IN VICHY SECOND (August 28, 2016)
10. ↑ Embrunman 2013: Zamora and Collogne win thanks to strong cycling performances (August 16, 2013)
11. ↑ Aquathlon Indoor de Vittel