Marcel Marti (born 8 November 1983) is a Swiss

ski mountaineer Ski mountaineering (abbreviated to skimo) is a skiing discipline that involves climbing mountains either on skis or carrying them, depending on the steepness of the ascent, and then descending on skis. There are two major categories of equipmen ...

. Marti was born in

Interlaken Interlaken (; lit.: ''between lakes'') is a Swiss town and municipality in the Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in the canton of Bern. It is an important and well-known tourist destination in the Bernese Oberland region of the Swiss A ...

. He competed first in the ''Diamir Race'' in 1998. He lives in

Grindelwald , neighboring_municipalities = Brienz, Brienzwiler, Fieschertal (VS), Guttannen, Innertkirchen, Iseltwald, Lauterbrunnen, Lütschental, Meiringen, Schattenhalb , twintowns = Azumi, now Matsumoto (Japan) Grindelwald is a village and ...

. In 2007, in a team with Simon Anthamatten (leader), Ernest Farquet and

Florent Troillet Florent Troillet (born 7 June 1981) is a Swiss ski mountaineer. Troillet was born in Lourtier. He competed first in 1995. He has been member of the national team since 1996 and member of the Dynafit team since 2003. In 2007, in a team with Si ...

, he climbed the

Matterhorn The (, ; it, Cervino, ; french: Cervin, ; rm, Matterhorn) is a mountain of the Alps, straddling the main watershed and border between Switzerland and Italy. It is a large, near-symmetric pyramidal peak in the extended Monte Rosa area of the ...

in a record time of 3 hours 45 minutes. The record was beaten by Andreas Steindl in 2011.

Selected results

* 2002: ** 1st, Patrouille de la Maya B-course, together with

Alain Richard Alain Richard (, born 29 August 1945) is a French politician serving as Senator for Val-d'Oise since 2011. A member of the National Assembly for Val-d'Oise from 1978 to 1993, he was elected to the Senate in 1995 before his appointment as Minis ...

and William MartiPatrouille de la Maya - Classements et résultats
/ref> * 2003: ** 1st (juniors), Trophée des Gastlosen, together with Alain Richard * 2004: ** 1st (espoirs), Trophée des Gastlosen, together with Sébastien Nicollier * 2006: ** 1st, Trophée des Gastlosen, together with

Olivier Nägele Olivier Nägele (born 17 March 1972) is a Liechtensteiner ski mountaineer. Nägele started ski mountaineering in 1990 and competed first Mountain Attack race in 2000. Because Liechtenstein has no national ski mountaineering team, he mostly takes ...

* 2008: ** 8th,

World Championship A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ...

team race (together with Jon Andri Willy) * 2009: ** 3rd, European Championship relay race (together with Florent Troillet,

Yannick Ecoeur Yannick Ecoeur (born 23 August 1981) is a Swiss ski mountaineer and mountain runner. Ecoeur was born in Martigny VS. He started ski mountaineering in 2003 and has been member of the national team since 2005. At the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics he ...

and Pierre Bruchez) ** 7th, European Championship single race ** 7th, European Championship team race together with Yannick Ecoeur) * 2010: ** 9th,

team race (together with Yannick Ecoeur) * 2011: ** 2nd,

relay, together with Yannick Ecoeur, Marcel Theux and

Martin Anthamatten Martin Anthamatten (born 12 September 1984) is a Swiss ski mountaineer and mountain runner. Anthamatten was born in Zermatt. He played ice hockey for National League B until 2005, and has been member of the national ski mountaineering team sin ...

** 6th, World Championship sprint * 2012: ** 3rd, European Championship sprint

Patrouille des Glaciers

* 2006: 5th (and 3rd in "senior I" class ranking), together with Emmanuel Vaudan and

Alain Rey Alain Rey (; – )
...

* 2008: 7th (and 1st in the international military teams ranking), together with Cpl Yannick Ecoeur and Garde-frontière Pierre Bruchez * 2010: 5th, together with Didier Moret and Pierre Bruchez

Pierra Menta

* 2008: 8th, together with Ernest Farquet * 2009: 5th, together with Florent Troillet

Trofeo Mezzalama

* 2009: 6th, together with

and Yannick Ecoeur * 2011: 5th, together with Martin Anthamatten and Yannick Ecoeur''2011 Trofeo Mezzalama - men results''

External links

Marcel Marti
at ''skimountaineering.com''

References

1983 births Living people Swiss male ski mountaineers Swiss military patrol (sport) runners People from Interlaken Sportspeople from the canton of Bern {{Switzerland-wintersport-bio-stub