Most Significant Results

2023

• Bronze at the Swiss Championships in the 6-hour run for seniors
• 1st place at the Swissultra Deca and at the Virginia Anvil Ultra Tri Quintuple Iron
• 2nd place at Quintuple Iron Brazil and Quintuple Iron France
• Three Quintuple in a row on the podium
• Fastest swimmer at Quintuple Iron Brazil

2022

• Victory at the Quintuple Iron in Leon, Mexico, with the fastest section times
• Fastest swimmer at Double Iron Belgium

2021

• Fastest swimmer at the Quintuple in Colmar with a new personal best of 06:00:35 h:min:s over 19 km
• Rank 2 at Deca Iron in Mexico, third consecutive Deca to rank 2
• Rank 3 IUTA World Cup
• Rank 1 IUTA Long Distance Challenge

2020

• 3rd place in the 48-hour race in Privas (F)

2019

• Rank 2 at Deca in Switzerland and at Deca in Mexico with the fastest swim times

2018

• Fastest swimmer at Double Iron Oregon

2017

• With rank 2 at the 24-hour race in Villeneuve, the best ranking at a 24-hour race to date
• New personal best over 24 hours at the 24-hour run in Basel
• Fastest swimmer at Double Iron Lithuania and Double Iron Virginia

2016

• Victory with a course record at the Triple Iron Mexico in Leon

2015

• Tenth successful finish at the Triple Iron Germany in Lensahn
• With a total of 26 completed triple iron ultratriathlons, the athlete with the most completed triple iron ultratriathlons in the world
• Rank 2 IUTA World Circuit age group 40-59 years

2014

• Sixth win at Triple Iron Virginia
• Record winner with six wins in the same competition
• Also the world’s first and only ultratriathlete who was able to achieve 10 podium finishes in 10 starts in the same competition.

2013

• Victory at the Deca UT 1X10 World Challenge in Monterrey, Mexico
• First and so far only triathlete in the world to finish two 10-times Ironman in the same year
• Victory at Deca Iron Italy as the first Swiss ever to win a 10-fold Ironman

2012

• World’s first and only ultratriathlete who was able to achieve 9 podium places in 9 starts in the same competition. At the Virginia Triple Iron 5 wins, 2 second places and 2 third places between 2002 and 2012

2011

• Victory with a course record at the Double Iron Mexico in Leon

2010

• Swiss record at the Quintuple Iron Triathlon in Monterrey, Mexico, over five times the Ironman distance of 19 km swimming, 900 km cycling and 210 km running in 96 h 26 min
• Fifth win at the Virginia Triple Iron Triathlon at Lake Anna State Park, Virginia, USA. World’s first and only ultratriathlete to achieve 5 wins in the same competition

2007

• World record five times the Ironman distance at the World Challenge Quintuple Ironman in Monterrey, Mexico, over 5 x 3.8 km swimming, 180 km cycling and 42 km running with 69 h 29 min
• Win and course record Virginia Triple Iron Triathlon at Lake Anna State Park, Virginia, USA. First ultratriathlete to win 4 times in the same competition

2006

• Entry in the book “Who’s Who in the World®” due to past achievements

2005

• Swiss record at the Quintuple Iron Triathlon in Monterrey, Mexico, over five times the Ironman distance of 19 km swimming, 900 km cycling and 210 km running in 103 h 54 min

2004

• Course record Sri Chinmoy Marathon swimming Zürichsee men seniors neoprene with 8 h 32 min for 26.4 km swimming

2003

• Victory as the first European at the Triple Iron USA, the longest triathlon in North America
• Victory in the 24-hour individual time trial in Monterrey, Mexico
• Course record Sri Chinmoy Marathon swimming Zürichsee men’s main class neoprene with 7 h 40 min for 26.4 km swimming
• Rank 2 IUTA World Circuit

2002

• Victory at the 15th International Sri Chinmoy Marathon Swimming in Lake Zurich
• Rank 3 IUTA World Circuit

2000

• Course record win at Double Iron Canada
• World Championship bronze in the 10-fold iron over 38 km swimming, 1800 km cycling and 422 km running in Monterrey, Mexico with a new Swiss record in 240 h 55 min
• World Championship bronze at Double Iron Lithuania in Panevezys
• EM silver at the Triple Iron Austria in Neulengbach
• Entry in the Guinness Book of World Records for the total distance covered of 27 Ironman triathlons in one year
• Rank 1 IUTA World Circuit

1999

• Victory with a course record at the Double Iron Mexico in Monterrey
• World Championship silver at the Double Iron Lithuania in Panevezys with a best Swiss performance in 22 h 57 min
• Rank 2 IUTA World Circuit

1998

• World Championship bronze at Triple Iron Germany in Lensahn
• First victory of a Swiss ultratriathlete at the Triple Iron Austria in Neulengbach with a Swiss best in 37 h 18 min
• Rank 2 IUTA World Circuit

1997

• First Swiss to complete a triple iron in under 40 hours with a Swiss best in 39 hours 43 minutes