Jean-Yves Rey Explained

Jean-Yves Rey
Birth Date:	24 November 1970
Birth Place:	Sierre, Switzerland

Jean-Yves Rey (born November 24, 1970) is a Swiss ski mountaineer and long-distance runner.

Rey was born in Sierre. He started ski mountaineering in 1990, competing first in the Patrouille des Glaciers short-distance race. He was a member of the national team from 1999 to 2006.

Selected results

Ski mountaineering

• 1998:
  • 1st, Patrouille de la Maya A-course, together with Gabriel Besson and Jean-Daniel Masserey^[1]
• 1999:
  • 7th, Pierra Menta, together with Jean-Daniel Masserey
• 2000:
  • 1st, Patrouille de la Maya A-course, together with Pierre-Marie Taramarcaz and Jean-Daniel Masserey
• 2003:
  • 6th, European Championship team race (together with Jean-Daniel Masserey)
• 2004:
  • 1st, Patrouille de la Maya A-course, together with Sébastien Epiney and Jean-Daniel Masserey
  • 2nd, Trophée des Gastlosen, together with Jean-Daniel Masserey^[2]
  • 4th, World Championship team race (together with Sébastien Epiney)
  • 9th, World Championship vertical race
• 2005:
  • 2nd, European Championship relay race (together with Alexander Hug, Christian Pittex and Yannick Ecoeur)
  • 7th, European Championship single race
  • 7th, European Championship team race (together with Jean-Daniel Masserey)
• 2008:
  • 1st, Patrouille de la Maya A-course, together with Pierre-Marie Taramarcaz and Jean-Daniel Masserey
• 2009:
  • 2nd, Trophée des Gastlosen, together with Pierre-Marie Taramarcaz^[3]

Patrouille des Glaciers

See main article: Patrouille des Glaciers.

• 1998: 3rd (international military teams ranking), together with Jean-Daniel Masserey and Gabriel Besson^[4]
• 2000: 2nd (and 1st in "seniors I" class ranking), together with Pierre-Marie Taramarcaz and Jean-Daniel Masserey
• 2002: 2nd, together with Pierre-Marie Taramarcaz and Jean-Daniel Masserey
• 2004: 2nd, together with Pierre-Marie Taramarcaz and Jean-Daniel Masserey
• 2008: 2nd, together with Pierre-Marie Taramarcaz and Jean-Daniel Masserey
• 2010: 3rd, together with Jean-Daniel Masserey and Rico Elmer^[5]

Running

• 2001: 3rd, Jeizibärg-Lauf, Gampel^[6]
• 2003: 3rd, Jeizibärg-Lauf, Gampel^[7]

Rey won the Zermatt marathon in 2004, the Mont-Blanc marathon in 2008, as well as three times in a row the AlpenMarathon – Marathon des Alpages, where he has held the course record with a total time of 3:07:18 hours since 2005.

External links

• Jean-Yves Rey at Skimountaineering.org

Notes and References

1. http://www.lamaya.ch/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=51&Itemid=70 Patrouille de la Maya - Classements et résultats
2. http://www.mauron.net/~trophee/resultats2004/seniors.pdf Trophée des Gastlosen – 2004 results
3. http://www.gastlosen.com/2009/resultats/gast_2009_resultats.pdf Trophée des Gastlosen – 2009 results
4. http://live.pdg.ch/cgi-local/pdg98/rangliste.pl?rennen=A 1998 Patrouille des Glaciers
5. http://direct.pdg.ch/data/download/Objets/Id_343_Rang%20A2%20categorie_fr.pdf 2010 Patrouille des Glaciers
6. http://www.berglauf.jeizinen.ch/resultate/altesmaterial/011018rangliste_01.pdf Jeizibärg-Lauf - Rangliste/Résultats 2001
7. http://www.berglauf.jeizinen.ch/resultate/altesmaterial/031018rangliste_03.pdf Jeizibärg-Lauf - Rangliste/Résultats 2003