Matthias Merz (born 1 February 1984) is a Swiss orienteering

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, winner of the 2007

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, Long distance, and also earned a silver medal on the Sprint distance in the same championship. He has a bronze medal from the 2005

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Championships in

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, Japan, as member of the Swiss winning team.World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006
(Retrieved on December 31, 2007) When Merz won the bronze medal in the middle distance at the World Championships in

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in 2009, he joined countryman

Daniel Hubmann Daniel Hubmann (born 16 April 1983 in Eschlikon, Thurgau) is a Swiss orienteering competitor, world champion in all three individual disciplines and multiple winner of the overall Orienteering World Cup. He is the brother of Martin Hubmann. ...

as the only two men to have ever medaled in all four orienteering disciplines at the World Championships. He on 30 December 2007, he was ranked no. 2 on the IOF (International Orienteering Federation) World Ranking.IOF World Ranking – Matthias Merz
(Retrieved on 31 December 2007)

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* 1984 births Living people Swiss male orienteers Swiss foot orienteers World Orienteering Championships medalists Junior World Orienteering Championships medalists World Games gold medalists for Switzerland World Games medalists in orienteering Medalists at the 2005 World Games {{Switzerland-orienteering-bio-stub