Marlen Reusser

Marlen Reusser
	Marlen Reusser in the individual time trial of the 2018 World Cup
To person
Date of birth	20th September 1991
nation	Switzerland
discipline	Street
To the team
Current team	Equipe Paule Ka
function	driver
Most important successes
	European Games 2019 - individual time trial UEC European Road Championships 2020 - mixed relay
	Last updated: November 20, 2019

Marlen Reusser (born September 20, 1991 in Jegenstorf ) is a Swiss cyclist.

Athletic career

Marlen Reusser began her athletic career during school as a runner; After several operations on the ankle joints, however, she had to give up this sport and switched to swimming and cycling . From the end of the 2000s she competed in brevets and triathlons , among other things . In 2014, at the age of 22, she was the youngest driver to take part in the Alpenbrevet .

In 2017 Marlen Reusser became Swiss champion in the individual time trial and runner-up in the road race. Then she was initially nominated for the time trial at the European Championships in Copenhagen , where she finished 28th, as well as 28th place at the World Championships in Bergen, Norway . In 2018, she had a bad fall at the Kiesen road race and suffered an unstable pelvic ring fracture . Later that year she was nominated for participation in the Road World Championships in Innsbruck, Austria , where she finished 17th in the individual time trial . In 2019 she won the individual time trial at the European Games in Minsk and became a two-time Swiss champion. At the UCI Road World Championships in 2019 , she finished sixth in the individual time trial, and in the road race she finished 34th.

Private

Marlen Reusser grew up in a farming family. Until she was 16 years old she played the violin and studied as part of a support program at the Bern University of the Arts . After graduating from high school, she studied medicine and worked as an assistant doctor for surgery. While preparing for the World Road Championships in Innsbruck, she worked part-time as a doctor at Langnau Hospital.

Political commitment

Marlen Reusser is politically committed to a sustainable and ecological society. From 2008–2009 she was President of the Young Greens of the Canton of Bern. From 2017-2018 she was on the board of the Green Emmental.