Simon Schürch
Simon Schürch (born December 2, 1990 in Rothrist ) is a Swiss rower .
Simon Schürch, rowing for the Seeclub Sursee , won the bronze medal at the European Championships in 2010 with the lightweight four without a helmsman in the line-up of Simon Schürch, Lucas Tramèr , Simon Niepmann and Mario Gyr . After an eighth place at the 2010 World Championships , the four-man finished sixth at the 2011 World Championships and qualified for the 2012 Olympic Games . At the Olympiaregatta in Eton, the Swiss four reached the fifth place.
In 2013, Gyr and Schürch competed in the lightweight double scull and won the bronze medal at the European Championships and the silver medal at the World Championships . In 2014 came fifth place at the European championships and ninth place at the world championships . In 2015, Gyr and Schürch returned to the lightweight four without a helmsman and together with Niepmann and Tramèr they won the titles at the European Championships in Poznan and at the World Championships on Lac d'Aiguebelette . At the European Championships in 2016 , the Swiss foursome was able to defend its title from the previous year. Four years after finishing fifth in London, the four Swiss also won the 2016 Olympic Regatta , at the finish they were almost one and a half seconds ahead of the Danes.
Web links
- Simon Schürch at Worldrowing.com ( FISA database )
- Simon Schürch in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
1996: Feddersen , Henriksen , Poulsen , Ebbesen (DEN) | 2000: Porchier , Bette , Hocdé , Dorfman (FRA) | 2004: Kristensen , Ebert , Mølvig , Ebbesen (DEN) | 2008: Kruse Andersen , Ebbesen , Ebert , Jørgensen (DEN) | 2012: Thompson , Brittain , Smith , Ndlovu (RSA) | 2016: Gyr , Niepmann , Schürch , Tramèr (SUI)
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| SURNAME | Schürch, Simon |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss rowers |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd December 1990 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rothrist |