Remo Fischer
Remo Fischer ( born August 13, 1981 in Bäretswil ) is a Swiss cross-country skier.
Life and career
Fischer began at the age of nine with the cross-country skiing and took 2000 for the first time at a Junior World Cup finals. His best result he achieved in Štrbské Pleso, when he finished more than 10 km freestyle in the victory of the German Ron Spanuth the 28th rank. A year later he competed in the Junior World Championships in Poland Karpacz. His best Resultet was the 17th place on the 30 km freestyle, which were held in the mass start.
In the season 2002/ 03 Remo Fischer was first used in the Cross Country World Cup. In his debut he reached the 80th place among 94 athletes over the distance of 15 km free technique in Davos. When he again got a chance in the World Cup in the 2004/05 season, he could fight in Ramsau with number 23 over 30 km pursuit his first World Cup points. This result secured him a spot in the Swiss national team at the Nordic World Ski Championships 2005 in Oberstdorf. There, he finished in the pursuit competition the 46th rank on the 15 km freestyle ranked 16th in the relay and 15th place.
At the Olympic Winter Games 2006 in Turin managed fishing on the 21th Place 50 km free style and 36th in the pursuit competition. With the Swiss season he placed himself in seventh place. A moderate success he achieved in the following season 2006/ 07, with fifth place over 15km freestyle as he could will approach among the top ten in a World Cup competition in domestic Davos. It, however, did not succeed to confirm this result in the Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 in Sapporo. About the same distance resulted in only the 46th place. In the 2007 /08 season Remo Fischer succeeded for the first time the leap onto the podium in a World Cup competition. In Oslo, he finished on the 50 km freestyle behind the Swede Anders Sodergren and the Czech Lukas Bauer third place. Also in Russian Rybinsk he could advance with seventh place on the 30 km freestyle in the top ten. In the 2008 /09 season he won the Swiss championship title over 15km freestyle, and a silver medal in the pursuit of more than 20 km. International the 19th place 50 km free style at the Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec was his most valuable result. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, he ran about 15 km freestyle at the 15th position. During the 2009/10 World Cup season, he was again able to achieve a top ten ranking with rank 10 over the same distance at the competitions in Beitostølen. In February 2011 he was a member of the 4 x 10 km relay team that won at the World Cup in La Cluisaz the first Swiss men 's relay a World Cup race.
In March 2011, Fischer won the Engadin Ski Marathon.
Others
In addition to the cross-country skiing Remo Fischer also operates orienteering and ski orienteering. He could win in the junior class multiple medals at the national level.