Matthias Schwierz

Matthias Schwierz
nation	Germany
birthday	April 16, 1984
place of birth	Villingen-Schwenningen
size	180 cm
Weight	82 kg
Career
discipline	sprint
society	SCC XSpeed ​​Team Berlin
Trainer	André Unterdörfel
status	active
Medal table
National medals 1 × 1 × 1 ×
Placements in the speed skating world cup
Debut in the World Cup November 2008  Total toilet 100 14th (2008/09)

Career
society	FuT Geisingen
Trainer	Arnaud Gicquel , André Unterdörfel
team	ZEPTO skate
status	active
Medal table
World Cup medals 0 × 1 × 0 × EM medals 1 × 8 × 7 × JWM medals 1 × 6 × 6 × National medals 14 × 7 × 3 ×
Road World Cup silver 2011 Yeosu 200 m single Rail EM silver 2014 Geisingen 500 m sprint silver 2014 Geisingen 3000 m relay Road EM silver 2002 grenade 300 m single bronze 2003 Padua 200 m single silver 2004 Groningen 200 m single bronze 2004 Groningen 500 m sprint bronze 2005 Niedergörsdorf 200 m single silver 2007 ovary 200 m single silver 2007 ovary 500 m sprint silver 2008 Gera 500 m sprint bronze 2008 Gera 5000 m relay bronze 2009 Ostend 200 m single gold 2010 San Benedetto del Tronto 200 m single bronze 2010 San Benedetto del Tronto 500 m sprint silver 2011 Zwolle 200 m single bronze 2014 Geisingen 200 m single
last change: August 12, 2014

Matthias Schwierz (born April 16, 1984 in Villingen-Schwenningen ) is a German inline speed skater and speed skater .

Career

In his last year as a junior, Matthias ran a German record over 300 meters at the junior world championships in inline speed skating in Valence d'Agen in 2001 and won the world title. In 2002 he won silver over the same distance as an active player at the European Championships behind the multiple world champion Gregorio Duggento from Italy .

The multiple German track champion was also able to achieve success on the road with the DM title in the half marathon. In the German marathon series, the German Blade Challenge , he finished third in 2006 and second with the ZEPTO Skate Team.

In 2006/07 first experiences were gained on the ice. His potential on the short sprint courses became more and more apparent through continuous performance improvement.

On December 28, 2007, Matthias fell in a review competition. He got a deep cut. Sport was out of the question at first, and the severity of the injury put his sporting career in serious danger, both as a speed skater and as an inline speed skater .

In 2008, after a long recovery, he returned to the role and, to the surprise of many, was able to build on his performance. At the German championships in Jüterbog , he won bronze and the title over 500 meters in his parade discipline over 300 meters. The European Championships 2008 took place in Gera and Matthias ran at a high level again and the connection to the international competition was made again. In the final over 500 meters he had to admit defeat to Alexis Contin by a very thin margin and won silver. As a relay runner, he won the bronze medal with Felix Rijhnen and Nico Wieduwilt .

The speed skating season 2008/09 began with the German individual distance championships, which were also qualifications for the upcoming World Cups. Over 100 meters, Matthias completed his set of medals over this route with gold and won his first title on the ice. In the 2 * 500 meters he ran his personal best in the second run and qualified for the World Cup with 5th place. The World Cup in Kolomna brought him his best successes so far. With an eighth and ninth place in the B group over 500 meters and 7th place over 100 meters, the first international season turned out very promising.

World Cup placements

placement	100 m	500 m	1000 m	1500 m	5000 m	10,000 m
1st place
2nd place
3rd place
Top 10	1

(As of March 7, 2009)

Trivia

• In 2001 the award ceremony for the 300 meter individual sprint had to be postponed due to the lack of a German national anthem and flag.
• Since switching from classic roller skates to inline skates, Matthias Schwierz has been Germany's first world champion.

Web links

• Private homepage
• Statistics on the speed skating news page
• Photos at DESGphoto
• Statistics for speedskating results
• www.bildimpressionen.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Lars Hagen: Matthias Schwierz: World Cup dream suddenly burst . In: www.desg.de . December 29, 2007. Retrieved March 13, 2009.