Matthias Simmen
Matthias Simmen 
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| birthday | 3rd February 1972 | ||||||||
| place of birth | Altdorf, Switzerland | ||||||||
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| job | Border guards | ||||||||
| society | Gardes Frontière | ||||||||
| Trainer | Manfred Geyer | ||||||||
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Admission to the national team |
2001 | ||||||||
| Debut in the World Cup | 2001 | ||||||||
| status | resigned | ||||||||
| End of career | 2011 | ||||||||
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| Overall World Cup | 29. ( 2006/2007 ) | ||||||||
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Matthias Simmen (born February 3, 1972 in Altdorf ) is a former Swiss biathlete .
Matthias Simmen started biathlon in 2001 and has been part of the Swiss national team ever since. The border guard is trained by Manfred Geyer and starts for Gardes Frontière.
Simmen took part in seven biathlon world championships and three Olympic winter games. He achieved his best results with 10th place in the sprint competition over 10 km at the 2007 Biathlon World Championships and 16th place in the individual race at the 2005 Biathlon World Championships . In the World Cup , his best result so far was the third place in the 10 km sprint on December 8, 2006 in Hochfilzen , Austria ; this makes Simmen the first Swiss biathlete to achieve a place on the podium .
In 2008 Simmen took part in a summer biathlon world championship for the first time. He won the bronze medal in the roller-ski pursuit race.
Matthias Simmen took part in the 2010 Winter Olympics. His best result was 26th place in the sprint. With the relay he finished 9th.
On March 16, 2011 Simmen announced his retirement from active top-class sport at the end of the season.
From time to time he commented on biathlon competitions as an expert at the side of Sigi Heinrich at Eurosport . He has been employed as a co-commentator at SRF since February 2012.
Biathlon World Cup placements
The table shows all placements (including the Olympic Games and World Championships, depending on the year of the event).
- 1st - 3rd Place: Number of podium placements
- Top 10: Number of placements among the top ten (including podium)
- Points ranks: Number of placements within the point ranks (including podium and top 10)
- Starts: Number of races run in the respective discipline
| placement | singles | sprint | persecution | Mass start | Season | total |
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| 3rd place | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Top 10 | 2 | 1 | 15th | 18th | ||
| Scoring | 10 | 29 | 19th | 8th | 43 | 109 |
| Starts | 35 | 91 | 49 | 8th | 46 | 229 |
Web links
- Matthias Simmen in the IBU database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Matthias Simmen resigns. ( Memento of the original from March 4, 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. , Swiss-Ski , March 16, 2011, accessed on May 14, 2011
- ↑ Press release Matthias Simmen , SRF, January 15, 2014, accessed on February 10, 2017.
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| SURNAME | Simmen, Matthias |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss biathlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd February 1972 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Altdorf , Switzerland |