Mathias Rusterholz

Mathias Rusterholz (born August 16, 1971 ) is a former Swiss athlete . His special route was the 400-meter run . Rusterholz won the bronze medal at the European Athletics Championships in Helsinki in 1994 , and the semifinals at the 1995 World Athletics Championships . He holds the Swiss record over 400 meters with 44.99 s, run on July 3, 1996 in Lausanne .

Mathias Rusterholz was a member of the Swiss 4 x 400 meter relay . At the 1998 European Athletics Championships , the Swiss 4 x 400 meter relay with Laurent Clerc, Kevin Widmer, Alain Rohr and Mathias Rusterholz came in fifth. With 3: 02.46 min, the relay team at the 1999 World Athletics Championships in Seville with Laurent Clerc, Mathias Rusterholz, Alain Rohr and Marcel Schelbert set a new Swiss record.

At the 1996 Olympic Games , Rusterholz reached the quarter-finals in the 400-meter run, with the 4-by-400-meter relay he was eliminated in the semifinals. In the immediate preparation for the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Mathias Rusterholz suffered a partial tear in his right Achilles tendon during training, which made it impossible to use the 4-by-400-meter relay and at the same time also meant the end of his career.

Today he works for the Federal Office for Sport BASPO in Magglingen.

Personal best

• 100 m : 10.64 s, July 23, 1995, Jona
• 200 m : 21.00 s, May 20, 1995, Hochdorf
• 300 m : 32.78 s, May 16, 1996, Wil
• 400 m : 44.99 s, July 3, 1996, Lausanne (Swiss record)
• 600 m : 1: 17.96 min, May 19, 1991, Langenthal
• 60 m (hall): 6.86 s, February 19, 1995 in Magglingen
• 400 m (hall): 46.62 s, February 16, 1997 in Liévin, FRA

successes

• Multiple Swiss champion over 400 m (1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999)
• 1989: 10th place (HF) over 400 m Junior European Championships, Varazdin (CRO)
• 1990: 11th place (HF) over 400 m, Junior World Championships, Plovdiv (BUL); Double Swiss Junior Champion over 200 m and 400 m
• 1994: 3rd place European Championships over 400 m , Helsinki (FIN); 5th place IAAF World Cup over 400 m, London (GBR); 3rd place IAAF World Cup 4 × 400 m relay, London (GBR)
• 1995: 11th place (HF) World Championships over 400 m, Gothenburg (SWE); 14th place World Championships 4 × 400 m relay, Gothenburg (SWE); Swiss Record (SR) 400 m in 45.24 s , Bellinzona (SUI); Swiss record (SR) 4 × 400 m in 3: 03.91 min , Gothenburg (SWE)
• 1996: Olympic participant 400 m (23rd place) and 4 × 400 m (12th place, handler), Atlanta 1996 ; Swiss Record (SR) 400 m in 44.99 s , Lausanne (SUI); Swiss record (SR) 4 × 400 m in 3: 03.05 min , Atlanta (USA)
• 1997: 13th place (HF) in the 400 m World Indoor Championships, Paris (FRA); Participant World Championships 400 m (20th) and 4 × 400 m (15th), Athens (GRE)
• 1998: 5th place in the European Championship with the 4 × 400 m relay, Budapest (HU); Swiss record (SR) 4 × 400 m in 3: 02.91 min , Budapest (HU)
• 1999: Participants in the World Championships 400 m (34th) and 4 × 400 m (10th), Seville (ESP); Swiss record (SR) 4 × 400 m in 3: 02.46 min , Seville (ESP)
• 2000: Qualification for the Olympic Games in Sydney 2000 (AUS) with the 4 × 400 m relay

Web links

• Mathias Rusterholz in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Athletics: Mathias Rusterholz has had enough
• When nothing works anymore