Simone Niggli-Luder

Simone Niggli-Luder
Simone Niggli-Luder at the 2006 World Cup in Aarhus , Denmark
nation	Switzerland
birthday	January 9, 1978
place of birth	Burgdorf ,  Switzerland
Career
discipline	Orienteering
status	resigned
Medal table
Type of medals 47 × 13 × 9 ×
World orienteering championships gold Tampere 2001 Long distance gold Rapperswil-Jona 2003 Sprint distance gold Rapperswil-Jona 2003 Middle distance gold Rapperswil-Jona 2003 Long distance gold Rapperswil-Jona 2003 Season gold Västerås 2004 Sprint distance gold Aichi 2005 Sprint distance gold Aichi 2005 Middle distance gold Aichi 2005 Long distance gold Aichi 2005 Season gold Aarhus 2006 Middle distance gold Aarhus 2006 Long distance gold Kiev 2007 Sprint distance gold Kiev 2007 Middle distance gold Miskolc 2009 Long distance gold Trondheim 2010 Sprint distance gold Trondheim 2010 Long distance gold Lausanne 2012 Sprint distance gold Lausanne 2012 Long distance gold Lausanne 2012 Season gold Vuokatti 2013 Sprint distance gold Vuokatti 2013 Middle distance gold Vuokatti 2013 Long distance silver Aarhus 2006 Sprint distance silver Trondheim 2010 Middle distance bronze Tampere 2001 Sprint distance bronze Aarhus 2006 Season bronze Kiev 2007 Long distance bronze Miskolc 2009 Middle distance bronze Miskolc 2009 Sprint distance bronze Vuokatti 2013 Season World Games gold Duisburg 2005 Middle distance gold Duisburg 2005 Season Orienteering World Cup gold 2002 Jumpsuit gold 2004 Jumpsuit gold 2005 Jumpsuit gold 2006 Jumpsuit gold 2007 Jumpsuit gold 2009 Jumpsuit gold 2010 Jumpsuit gold 2012 Jumpsuit gold 2013 Jumpsuit silver 2000 Jumpsuit European orienteering championships gold Sümeg 2002 Classic distance gold Roskilde 2004 Sprint distance gold Roskilde 2004 Long distance gold Otepää 2006 Sprint distance gold Otepää 2006 Long distance gold Primorsko 2010 Middle distance gold Primorsko 2010 Long distance gold Falun 2012 Sprint distance gold Falun 2012 Middle distance gold Falun 2012 Long distance silver Truskavets 2000 Short distance silver Sümeg 2002 Season silver Otepää 2006 Season silver Primorsko 2010 Sprint distance bronze Primorsko 2010 Season Nordic championships gold Bornholm 2007 Middle distance gold Bornholm 2007 Long distance silver Mikkeli 2001 Classic distance silver Notodden 2005 Sprint distance silver Notodden 2005 Middle distance silver Notodden 2005 Long distance silver Bornholm 2007 Season bronze Notodden 2005 Season Junior Orienteering World Championships gold Leopoldsburg 1997 Classic distance silver Govora 1996 Season bronze Leopoldsburg 1997 Season bronze Reims 1998 Season

Simone Niggli-Luder after her victory over the long distance at the Orienteering World Championships 2010

Simone Niggli-Luder (born January 9, 1978 in Burgdorf ) is a former Swiss orienteer . She is considered the best orienteer of all time and won 23 world titles between 2001 and 2013. At the end of the 2013 season, Niggli-Luder resigned. She played her last international competition at the World Cup final in Baden on 5th / 6th. October 2013, where she won both races and also took the 9th overall World Cup title.

Life

Niggli-Luder comes from Burgdorf in the canton of Bern . She studied biology and in 2003 married Matthias Niggli , who is also an orienteer. Both live with their three children (* 2008; twins * 2011) in Münsingen .

Athletic career

With 23 gold, two silver and six bronze medals at world championships and ten gold, four silver and one bronze medal at European championships , she is the most successful female runner of all time in this sport. She caused a stir at the 2003 World Championships in Switzerland when she won gold in all disciplines (sprint, medium and long distance, relay). This feat was often regarded as unrepeatable and attributed to home advantage. At the World Championships in Japan in 2005, however, she repeated this success and again won gold in all disciplines. She won the overall World Cup in her discipline nine times . In 2003, 2005 and 2007 she was voted Swiss Sportswoman of the Year .

Most important sporting successes

• 23-time world champion
• 9-time overall World Cup winner
• 10-time European champion
• 1st place in the world ranking list (as of November 2010)
• Swiss sportswoman of the year 2003
• Swiss sportswoman of the year 2005
• Swiss sportswoman of the year 2007

World championships

At the orienteering world championships , Niggli-Luder achieved these placements:

• 2013 Vuokatti (FIN) : 1st sprint, 1st middle distance, 1st long distance, 3rd relay
• 2012 Lausanne (SUI) : 1st sprint, 5th middle distance, 1st long distance, 1st relay
• 2010 Trondheim (NOR) : 1st sprint, 1st long distance, 2nd middle distance, 4th relay
• 2009 Miskolc (HUN) : 3rd middle distance, 3rd sprint, 1st long distance, 4th relay
• 2007 Kiev (UKR) : 1st middle distance, 3rd long distance, 1st sprint, 4th relay
• 2006 Aarhus (DEN) : 2nd sprint, 1st middle distance, 1st long distance, 3rd season
• 2005 Aichi (JPN) : 1st sprint, 1st middle distance, 1st long distance, 1st relay
• 2004 Västerås (SWE) : 1st sprint, 6th middle distance, 4th long distance, 4th relay
• 2003 Rapperswil-Jona (SUI) : 1st sprint, 1st middle distance, 1st long distance, 1st relay
• 2001 Tampere (FIN) : 3rd sprint, 4th middle distance, 1st long distance, 4th relay
• 1999 Inverness (SCO) : 15th short distance

European championships

Niggli-Luder achieved these placements at the European orienteering championships :

• 2012 Falun (SWE ) : 1st middle distance, 1st long distance, 1st sprint, 7th season
• 2010 Primorsko (BUL) : 1st long distance, 1st middle distance, 2nd sprint, 3rd relay
• 2006 Otepää (EST) : 1st long distance, 1st sprint, 2nd relay
• 2004 Roskilde (DEN) : 1st long distance, 1st sprint
• 2002 Sümeg (HUN) : 1st long distance, 2nd season
• 2000 Truskavets (UKR) : 2nd middle distance, 4th season

World cup

• 51 World Cup victories (47 singles, 4 relay)
• Overall World Cup: 2013, 2012, 2010, 2009, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2002

World Games

• 1st single run 2005 (middle distance)
• 1st season 2005
• 5th individual race 2001 in Japan

ParkWorldTour

11 wins, 1st overall ranking in 2004, 2nd overall ranking in 2003, 2nd overall ranking in 2002

Other championships

• Nordic Championships :
  • 2007 Bornholm (DK) : 1st long distance, 1st middle distance, 2nd season
  • 2005 Notodden (NOR) : 2nd long distance, 2nd middle distance, 2nd sprint, 3rd season
  • 2001 Mikkeli (FIN) : 2nd classic distance, 3rd season
  • 1999 Trondheim (NOR) : 1st season
• Student World Championships: 1st Classic Distance 2000, 1st Season 2000, 3rd Season 1998
• Junior World Championships : 1st classic distance 1997, 2nd season 1996, 3rd season 1997 and 1998
• Swiss championships : 17 times elite Swiss champion, 2 times winner [ECHT BIO.] - OL Grand Prix 2009 and 2010, 2 times winner Biofarm OL Cup 2006 and 2007, 5 times winner Credit Suisse Cup
• 9 times Swedish champion
• 1-time Finnish champion
• Elitserien Sweden : 18 elite series victories, overall winner 2004–2006
• International seasons : 1. Tiomila 2003 and 2004, 1. Venla 2002 and 2004–2006, 1. SpringCup 2002, 2004 and 2006
• Multi-day races: 1st O-rings (SWE) 2010 1st O-rings 2007, 1st O-rings 2006, 2nd O-rings 2004, 1st O-rings 2002, 2nd O-rings 2000, 1st Bordeaux (FRA ) 1999
• Athletics : 2nd Jungfrau Marathon 2010, 3rd Jungfrau Marathon 2006, Swiss Champion Cross 2005 and 2006
• Swiss Sportswoman of the Year : 1st place 2007, 1st place 2005, 2nd place 2004, 1st place 2003, 2nd place 2002, 3rd place 2001

	World championships					European championships					World Games				North. Championships					Swiss championships ( not complete!)						GWC
year	Sp	MD	LD	St.		Sp	MD	LD	St.		Sp	MD	St.		Sp	MD	LD	St.		Sp	MD	LD	N	St.
1995																								1.
1996
1997
1998																										28.
1999		15th
2000							2.	19th													1.	1.	1.	1.		2.
2001	3.	4th	1.	4th								5.	7th			7th	2.				1.	1.
2002						10.	7th	1.	2.													1.				1.
2003	1.	1.	1.	1.											7th	8th.	7th			1.	1.	1.
2004	1.	6th	4th	4th		1.	5.	1.	6th																	1.
2005	1.	1.	1.	1.								1.	1.		2.	2.	2.	3.								1.
2006	2.	1.	1.	3.		1.	5.	1.	2.																	1.
2007	1.	1.	3.	4th												1.	1.	2.		1.	1.		1.			1.
2008
2009	3.	3.	1.	4th											4th	10.	10.	5.		1.	1.	1.		1.		1.
2010	1.	2.	1.	4th		2.	1.	1.	3.											1.		1.	1.
2011																				1.	1.		1.
2012	1.	5.	1.	1.		1.	1.	1.	7th																	1.
2013	1.	1.	1.	3.
Explanation: GWC = overall World Cup / Sp = sprint, KD = short distance, MD = middle distance, LD = long distance, Kl = classic distance, E = individual competition, St = relay, N = night orienteering

Others

Simone Niggli-Luder is a member of the Swiss orienteering club Hindelbank and the Swedish club Ulricehamns OK . She is an athlete ambassador for the development aid organization Right to Play and an ambassador for Biovision , the foundation for ecological development.

literature

• Beat Hugi: Simone Niggli-Luder. Out and about with the best orienteering woman in the world. Stämpfli Verlag, Bern 2007, ISBN 978-3-7272-1182-9 .

Web links

Commons : Simone Niggli  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Website by Simone Niggli-Luder
• Orienteering statistics about Simone Niggli on worldofo.com
• Thomas Scholl: Queen with a map and compass. ( Memento from January 15, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) Portrait in: NZZ am Sonntag from July 22, 2012

Individual evidence

1. ↑ runners.worldofo.com: Profile: Simone Niggli (English)
2. ↑ Article “ Simone Niggli resigns ” in the Tages-Anzeiger on September 30, 2013.
3. ↑ Article “ Niggli says goodbye with victory ” in Blick from October 6, 2013.
4. ↑ swiss-orienteering.ch: O-rings: The overall victory for Simone Niggli is perfect , accessed on November 20, 2010
5. ↑ Laufreport.de: Around 6,000 participants on two days ( Memento of the original from November 24, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Report on the Jungfrau Marathon 2010 
6. ↑ sports-awards.ch: Prize Winner , accessed on November 20, 2010
7. ↑ blog.biovision.ch: Organic farming is the way of the future ( Memento of the original from August 22, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed November 20, 2010