Reto mayor

Reto mayor
nation	Switzerland
birthday	7th September 1975
place of birth	Pfäffikon ZH
Career
society	Ski club on the Bachtel
status	resigned
End of career	2010
Placements in the cross-country skiing world cup
Debut in the World Cup December 9, 1995  Overall World Cup 31st ( 2003/04 )  Distance World Cup 22. ( 2003/04 )  Tour de Ski 24th ( 2006/07 )
Podium placements 1. 2. 3.  Distance races 0 2 0

Reto Burgermeister (born September 7, 1975 in Pfäffikon ZH ) is a former Swiss cross-country skier .

Career

Burgermeister, who started for the ski club on the Bachtel , ran his first individual World Cup race in Davos in December 1995 , which he finished classically in 81st place over 30 km. At the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano , he finished 49th over 50 km freestyle and sixth place with the relay. The following year he came in the Nordic World Ski Championships in 1999 in Ramsau am Dachstein on the 47th place over 10 km classic and on the 32nd place in the subsequent pursuit. In March 1999 he got his first world cup points in Falun with the 28th place over 30 km classic. In the 2000/01 season he reached in Soldier Hollow over 15 km classic and in Borlänge over 10 km freestyle with the ninth place each his first top ten placements in the World Cup. His best placings at the Nordic World Ski Championships 2001 in Lahti were 18th place over 15 km classic and eighth place with the relay. At the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City , tenth place with the relay and ninth place over 15 km classic were his best results. In January 2003 he came on the podium for the first time in the World Cup with second place in the 15 km mass start race in Oberhof . At the Nordic World Ski Championships in Fiemme Valley , he took 21st place over 15 km classic, tenth place in the 30 km mass start race and fifth place with the relay. In the 2003/04 season he reached three top ten positions in the World Cup. He achieved second place in the skiathlon in Oberstdorf and at the end of the season 31st place in the overall world cup and 22nd place in the distance world cup. These were his best overall results in the World Cup. At the Nordic World Ski Championships in 2005 in Oberstdorf, he ran to 15th place with the relay. In the following year he achieved 59th place in the skiathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin , 15th place with Christoph Eigenmann in the team sprint and seventh place with the relay. In the 2006/07 season he came in 24th place in the Tour de Ski 2006/07 . At the Nordic World Ski Championships in 2007 in Sapporo , he achieved 40th place in the 50 km mass start race and tenth place with the relay. In February 2009 he finished 50th over 15 km classic at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Liberec . He ran his last World Cup race in January 2010 in Otepää , which he placed on 38th place over 15 km classic. After his career, he coached Russian cross-country skiers from 2011 to 2016.

Burgermeister became Swiss champion in the pursuit in 2001 and 2004, in 2006 and 2008 over 15 km and in 2003 over 30 km.

Participation in World Championships and Olympic Winter Games

Olympic games

• 1998 Nagano : 6th place relay, 49th place 50 km freestyle
• 2002 Salt Lake City : 9th place 15 km classic, 10th place relay, 37th place 50 km classic, 41st place 20 km skiathlon
• 2006 Turin : 7th place relay, 15th place classic team sprint, 59th place 30 km skiathlon

Nordic World Ski Championships

• 1999 Ramsau : 32nd place 25 km pursuit, 47th place 10 km classic
• 2001 Lahti : 8th place relay, 18th place 15 km classic, 26th place 20 km skiathlon, 28th place 30 km classic
• 2003 Val di Fiemme : 5th place relay, 10th place 30 km classic mass start, 21st place 15 km classic
• 2005 Oberstdorf : 15th place relay
• 2007 Sapporo : 10th place relay, 40th place 50 km classic mass start
• 2009 Liberec : 50th place, 15 km classic

World Cup overall placements

season	total		distance
	Points	space	Points	space
1998/99	3	102.	3	68. 1
1999/2000	50	65.	13 37	53. 1 45. 2
2000/01	87	48.	-	-
2001/02	35	79.	-	-
2002/03	101	44.	-	-
2003/04	205	31.	205	22nd
2004/05	-	-	-	-
2005/06	46	87.	46	60.
2006/07	42	83.	14th	74.
2007/08	9	137.	9	78.
2008/09	1	180.	1	114.

¹ Long distance world cup.

² Middle distance world cup.

Web links

• Reto Burgermeister in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
• Reto Burgermeister on skisport365.com
• Reto Burgermeister in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Reto Burgermeister without athletes on nzz.ch (accessed on August 5, 2017)
2. ↑ Swiss Championships 2002-2010 ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 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. on swiss-ski.ch (accessed on August 5, 2017)