Overview: WOC Teams 2009

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Team Switzerland WOC 2009 - 13 runners

Team Overview - Disciplines*

	Name	Sprint	Middle	Long	Relay
1.	Ines Brodmann	10th place Qual: 4th place
2.	Caroline Cejka			26th place Qual: 11st place
3.	Sabine Hauswirth	22nd place Qual: 3rd place
4.	Fabian Hertner	medal Qual: 1st place
5.	Daniel Hubmann	medal Qual: 3rd place	medal Qual: 2nd place	medal Qual: 3rd place	medal
6.	Vroni Koenig-Salmi		7th place Qual: 3rd place
7.	Marc Lauenstein			12nd place Qual: 5th place
8.	Matthias Merz		medal Qual: 1st place	14th place Qual: 2nd place	medal
9.	Lea Mueller		8th place Qual: 1st place		4th place
10.	Matthias Mueller	7th place Qual: 1st place	4th place Qual: 2nd place
11.	Simone Niggli	medal Qual: 2nd place	medal Qual: 1st place	medal Qual: 1st place	4th place
12.	Baptiste Rollier			10th place Qual: 1st place	medal
13.	Angela Wild			21st place Qual: 11st place

Note! The first 15 go to the final in the qualification races.

Detailed Team information

Ines Brodmann

Club	Södertälje-Nykvarn (SWE)
Born date	01.04.1985
Info/Biography	Did not qualify for the middle final in her debut 2007 in Kiev, but will get another shot at the middle in WOC 2008. Also selected for relay. 11th place at the EOC-spint 2008 shows her potential. Anchored her team SNO to 2nd place in this years Tiomila-relay.
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Caroline Cejka

Club	Göteborg-Majorna (SWE)
Born date	29.10.1985
Info/Biography	The young swiss will make her WOC-debut in 2008. She is selected for the long distance.

Sabine Hauswirth

Club	Leksands OK

Fabian Hertner

Club	Kalevan Rasti (FIN) / OLV Baselland (SUI)
Born date	24.02.1985
Info/Biography	Forth year in the senior class after his JWOC-gold on homeground in 2005. Showed already in EOC 2006 that he has great potential for the future. Only one time top 10 in World Cup in 2009 so far.
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Daniel Hubmann

Club	Kristiansand OK (NOR)/ OL Regio Wil (SUI)
Born date	16.04.1983
Info/Biography	Junior World Champion who took the step to the senior class easily. Very strong sprintresults, but Hubmann is a real allrounder. Important relayrunner in a young Swiss team. Surprised a whole orienteering world when he sprinted past Emil Wingstedt to give SUI a bronze medal at WOC-relay 2005. Finally got his BIG WIN at WOC long 2008, after four silver medals at EOC and three in WOC. Surprised many by beating Guerorgiou for the overall WC 2008. Has two younger brothers: Beat (in the jr. national team) and Martin. Daniels trainers are: Thomas Bührer (national team), Kilian Imhof and Hans Baumann (track and field). Deciding both Tiomila and Jukola 2009 in favour of his team KOK on the last leg. www.danielhubmann.ch
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Vroni Koenig-Salmi

Club	Turun Suunnistajat (FIN)
Born date	06.07.1969
Info/Biography	The 40 year-old will run her 13th WOC in 2009. An incredible career, she has participated in all WOC\'s since 1989, exepct 2007 in Ukraine. She has now four children, and is married to Finlands national team coach Janne Salmi. She had to wait to her 7th WOC before she took her first gold- a historical one, as she became the first ever World Champion on the new sprint distance in 2001. She was also the first European Champion on sprint the year after. After taking a surprise silver medal on the middle distance in WOC 2008, she will get another chance in Hungary.
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Marc Lauenstein

Club	Vehkalahden Veikot (FIN) / CO Chenau (SUI)
Born date	15.09.1980
Born place	Cormondréche
Info/Biography	Comes from the French speaking part of Switzerland. Had his big breakthru in WOC 2005 with silver and bronze. Did not run EOC 2006 as he was finishing on his studies to be a dentist, but decided his shape was so good that he could do well at WOC. He was rewarded with another Silver. Missed the long final at WOC 2007 with illness, after winning his qualification heat. Has been struggeling with an injury in spring 2008, restricting him to only running shorter races. At WOC he will put all his effort into the long distance, though. Living together with Sandra Zurcher of the USA-team.
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Matthias Merz

Club	Rajamäen Rykmentti (FIN) / OLG Rymenzburg (SUI)
Born date	01.02.1984
Info/Biography	In 2005 he ran very well in relays, but missed out on the great individual results. Also missed out during EOC 2006 due to illness after the first two races. A student in construction-engineering who skipped some of the international races 2007 to focus on his studies. Hit his maximum shape at WOC 2007, winning the long distance in impressive style, and also catching the silver medal on the sprint. Running sprint, long and relay at WOC 2008.
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Lea Mueller

Club	Södertalje-Nykvarn (SWE)
Born date	07.05.1982
Info/Biography	Running sprint, middle and relay at WOC 2008.
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Matthias Mueller

Club	Södertälje-Nykvarn (SWE) / Bussola OK (SUI)
Born date	12.09.1982
Info/Biography	Made his WOC-debut in 2005, and showed good form in 2006, too. Surprised many by winning a stage in Swedens Elitserien. Educated in electro-engineering. Struggled with some illness during 2007, but are back again in 2008. Running only sprint at Woc 2008, getting 14th place.
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Simone Niggli

Club	Ulricehamns OK (SWE) / OLV Hindelbank (SUI)
Born date	09.01.1978
Info/Biography	The biggest star in the sport of orienteering, ever. With 14 WOC-golds she is leading all the statistics and still she is only 30 years old. Twice has she won all the four golds at a WOC (2003 and 2005). Educated in biologi- she has lived the last years as a professional orienteer. Her maiden name is Luder, and she is married to Matthias Niggli, who is now manager of the Swiss o-team. Simone is living most of the year in Switzerland, but stays in Sweden for some months in spring. Has been named "Sportswoman of the year" in Switzerland three times (2003, 2005 and 2007). Simone is not competing in WOC 2008 as she is expecting her first child in August.
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Baptiste Rollier

Club	Kristiansand OK (NOR)
Born date	27.09.1982
Info/Biography	Won Tiomila with Kristiansand 2008. Also won Jukola with his former club Vehkaladen Veikot in 2006. Will also get a chance in the Swiss relay team, together with Hubmann and Merz. Won Tiomila and Jukola with Kristiansand 2009.
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Angela Wild

Club	IF Thor (SWE)
Born date	15.07.1980
Info/Biography	Had her big breakthru with the third place in the Swiss World cup 2007. Running long distance at WOC 2008. An experienced first leg runner on relays.
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