Marc Lauenstein Explained
Marc Lauenstein (born September 15, 1980 in Cormondréche, Neuchâtel) is a Swiss orienteering competitor and runner. He received a silver medal on the long distance at the 2005 World Orienteering Championships in Aichi, and again in Aarhus in 2006. He earned a bronze medal in 2005 as a member of the Swiss relay team.[1]
Lauenstein won the World Long Distance Mountain Running Challenge in 2009 at the Kaisermarathon.[2] He won the Sierre-Zinal race in 2013,[3] the Pikes Peak Marathon in 2014[4] and the Marathon du Mont Blanc in 2015.[5]
In 2015, Lauenstein became the first runner to complete the Otter Run on South Africa's Otter Trail in under four hours.[6]
He won the Three Peaks Race in 2016 in a time not far outside the long-standing course record, despite snowy conditions on the peaks.[7] Later the same year, he won Giir di Mont from Premana on a route altered by bad weather[8] and followed this with a victory at the Matterhorn Ultraks race in the Skyrunner World Series.[9]
Notes and References
- http://old.orientering.no/resultater/vmres.asp World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006
- https://www.iaaf.org/news/news/lauenstein-and-pichrtova-win-kaisermarathon-t IAAF: Lauenstein and Pichrtova win Kaisermarathon titles in Söll.
- http://www.sierre-zinal.com/f_vainqueurs.html?1 Sierre-Zinal Winners.
- David Ramsey, "Swiss dentist Marc Lauenstein rules America's Mountain, wins Pikes Peak Marathon", The Gazette (Colorado Springs), 17 Aug 2014.
- http://www.run247.com/articles/article-6522-a-world-line-up-on-the-podium-of-the-marathon-du-mont-blanc.html "A World Line-up on the Podium of the Marathon du Mont-Blanc"
- http://trailmag.co.za/marc-lauenstein-breaks-otter-four-hour-barrier/ "Marc Lauenstein Breaks 'Impossible' Otter Barrier"
- http://threepeaksrace.org.uk/Three%20Peaks%20Report%202016.pdf Three Peaks Race Report for 2016.
- http://www.giirdimont.it/classifiche-ufficiali-giir-mont-2016/ Classifiche ufficiali Giir di Mont 2016.
- https://iancorless.org/2016/08/20/matterhorn-ultraks-46k-2016-race-summary-and-images-skyrunner-world-series/ Matterhorn Ultraks 46k 2016 Race Summary and Images– Skyrunner® World Series.