Marcel Tschopp

Marcel Tschopp
Olympic marathon 2012
nation	Liechtenstein , Switzerland
birthday	April 28, 1974
place of birth	Ruggell ,  Liechtenstein
size	1.81 cm
Weight	66 kg kg
job	Doctor (specialist FMH rheumatology)
Career
discipline	Long distance running , orienteering
Best performance	2:23:55 h ( marathon ) 1:07:51 h ( half marathon )
society	Gymnastics Club Schaan , Liechtenstein
status	active
last change: November 10, 2012

Marcel Tschopp (born April 28, 1974 in Ruggell ) is a Liechtenstein long-distance runner and doctor.

Career

In 2002 Tschopp received his doctorate in medicine from the University of Zurich .

As a participant in the World Half Marathon Championships , he finished 75th in New Delhi in 2004 and 72nd in Edmonton in 2005 .

In 2007 he finished 22nd in the London Marathon in 2:26:56 h. He qualified for the marathon of the World Athletics Championships 2007 in Osaka. In humid heat, he finished 47th out of 57 runners who crossed the finish line in 2:33:42 h (28 runners had to give up).

At the Zurich Marathon 2008 he came in 16th place and with 2: 24: 10.5 h he undercut the national Olympic limit by half a second. He represented Liechtenstein as one of two athletes and the only track and field athlete at the Games in Beijing , where he finished 74th in 2:35:06 h.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London , he finished 75th with a running time of 2:28:54 h.

successes

athletics

year	competition	place	rank	discipline	Result (h)
2004	Half marathon world championships	New Delhi , India	75	half marathon	1:16:45
2005	Half marathon world championships	Edmonton , Canada	72	half marathon	1:13:57
2007	Games of the small states of Europe	Fontvieille , Monaco	5	5000 m	15: 41.58
			6th	10,000 m	32: 32.81
	World Championship	Osaka , Japan	47	marathon	2:33:42
2008	Olympic Summer Games	Beijing , China	74	marathon	2:35:06
2009	Half marathon world championships	Birmingham , UK	88	half marathon	1:10:28
2010	European Athletics Championships	Barcelona , Spain	39	marathon	2:37:14
2011	Games of the small states of Europe	Schaan , Liechtenstein	5	5000 m	15: 48.15
			4th	10,000 m	32: 44.74
2012	Olympic Summer Games	London , UK	75	marathon	2:28:54

Orienteering

year	competition	place	rank	discipline	Result
2003	World orienteering championships	Rapperswil-Jona , Switzerland	28	sprint	14: 27.9
			20th	Middle qualifier	26:46
2012	World orienteering championships	Lausanne , Switzerland	28	Sprint qualifier	15:17
			23	Long qualifier	75:08

Web links

• Marcel Tschopp's website
• Marcel Tschopp in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Marcel Tschopp in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Athlete portrait Olympia 2012 accessed on September 30, 2012