Martin Anthamatten (born 12 September 1984) is a

Swiss Swiss most commonly refers to: * the adjectival form of Switzerland * Swiss people Swiss may also refer to: Places * Swiss, Missouri * Swiss, North Carolina * Swiss, West Virginia * Swiss, Wisconsin Other uses * Swiss Café, an old café located ...

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 equipment ...

and

mountain runner Mountain running is a sports discipline which takes place mainly off-road in mountainous terrain, but if there is significant elevation gain on the route, surfaced roads may be used. In this it differs from fell running; its courses are more cl ...

. Anthamatten was born in

Zermatt Zermatt (, ) is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Visp (district), Visp in the German language, German-speaking section of the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It has a year-round population of about 5,800 and is cl ...

. He played

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey in North America) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. Tw ...

for

National League B The Swiss League, also known as the Sky Swiss League for sponsorship reasons, is the second tier of the main professional ice hockey league in Switzerland, behind the National League (ice hockey), National League. The winners of the league each ...

until 2005, and has been member of the national ski mountaineering team since 2007.

Selected results

Ski mountaineering

* 2007: ** 1st and course record,

- Rothorn mountain race ** 1st, Swiss Championship "juniors" class,

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* 2008: ** 2nd,

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 ...

relay race (together with

Pierre Bruchez Pierre Bruchez (born 2 July 1985) is a Swiss ski mountaineer. Selected results * 2003: ** 1st (juniors), Trophée des Gastlosenm together with Toni Niggli * 2004: ** 1st, Trophée des Gastlosen, together with Alain Richard ** 3rd, World Cham ...

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 Sim ...

and

Didier Moret Didier Moret (born 25 April 1975) is a Swiss ski mountaineer. Moret was born in Riaz. He started ski mountaineering in 1996 and competed first in the Trophée de Plain Névé race on the Grand Muveran in the same year. He has been member of the ...

) ** 8th, World Cup race,

Val d'Aran Aran (; ; ) (often known as the Aran Valley, or Val d'Aran in Aranese Occitan; in other forms of Occitan: ''Vath d'Aran'' or ''Vau d'Aran'', in Catalan: ''Vall d'Aran'', in Spanish: ''Valle de Arán'') is an autonomous administrative entity (form ...

* 2009: ** 1st, Zermatt-Rothorn run * 2010: ** 2nd,

team race (together with Florent Troillet) ** 2nd, World Championship relay race (together with Florent Troillet,

Yannick Ecoeur Yannick Ecoeur (born 23 August 1981) is a Switzerland, 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 ...

and Pierre Bruchez) ** 10th, World Championship combination rankingISMF World championship combined ranking - men
, ISMF. ** 3rd,

Trophée des Gastlosen The Trophée des Gastlosen ("trophy of the Gastlosen") is a Swiss competition of ski mountaineering, which is carried out annually in the Gastlosen, near Jaun Jaun (; ; ) is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Gru ...

(ISMF World Cup), together with Florent Troillet * 2011: ** 1st,

sprint ** 2nd, World Championship relay, together with Yannick Ecoeur, Marcel Theux and Marcel Marti ** 10th, World Championship

vertical race A vertical race is a special kind of ski mountaineering without the typical downhill skiing after ascending. At the mountain running and climbing passages the runners have to carry their skis in their backpacks. Vertical races for women and men are ...

* 2012: ** 1st,

European Championship A European Championship is the top level international sports competition between European athletes or sports teams representing their respective countries or professional sports clubs. In the plural, the European Championships also refers t ...

relay, together with Marcel Theux, Yannick Ecoeur and Alan Tissières ** 2nd, World Championship vertical, combined ranking ** 3rd, European Championship single ** 3rd, European Championship vertical race ** 3rd, European Championship team, together with Yannick Ecoeur ** 2nd, Patrouille de la Maya, together with Florent TroilleT and Yannick Ecoeur

Patrouille des Glaciers

* 2008: 3rd, together with

Ernest Farquet Ernest Farquet (born 28 November 1975) is a Swiss ski mountaineer. History In 2007, in a team with Simon Anthamatten (leader), Marcel Marti and Florent Troillet, he climbed the Matterhorn in a record time of 3 hours 45 minutes. The re ...

and Jon Andri Willy * 2010: 1st, together with Yannick Ecoeur and Florent Troillet

Trofeo Mezzalama

* 2009: 6th, together with Marcel Marti and Yannick Ecoeur * 2011: 5th, together with Marcel Marti and Yannick Ecoeur

Pierra Menta

* 2010: 5th, together with Yannick Ecoeur * 2011: 4th, together with William Bon Mardion

Running

* 2006: ** 2nd, Jeizibärg-Lauf & Dérupe Vercorin Trophy * 2009: ** 1st, Jeizibärg-Lauf / Upper Valais Running Cup / Valais Mountain Running Cup,

Gampel Gampel is a former municipality in the district of Leuk in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. Gampel should not be confused with the municipality Gampelen in the canton of Bern. It was an independent municipality until January 1, 2009, when ...

* 2010: ** 2nd, Jeizibärg-Lauf / Mountain Running Cup, Gampel * 2011: ** 1st, Jeizibärg-Lauf, Gampel ** 1st (men I), Täschalplauf / Upper Valais Running Cup,

Täsch Täsch is a municipality in the district of Visp in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It is located about north of Zermatt. The local language is Swiss German. History Täsch is first mentioned in 1302 as ''Tech''. In Latin it was known as ...

** 3rd (M20), Matterhorn runInt Matterhornlauf Zermatt 2011
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References

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Martin Anthamatten
at ''skimountaineering.org'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Anthamatten, Martin 1984 births Living people Swiss male ski mountaineers Swiss male long-distance runners Swiss ice hockey players Swiss mountain runners Sportspeople from Zermatt Swiss sky runners 21st-century Swiss sportsmen