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Simon Schürch (born 2 December 1990) is a Swiss rower. He won gold at the 2016 Rio Olympics in the men's lightweight four,[1] with the team being coached by New Zealander Ian Wright.[2] He also competed in the Men's lightweight coxless four event at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[3]

Simon Schürch

Schürch in 2016
Personal information
Nationality	Swiss
Born	(1990-12-02) 2 December 1990 (age 31) Rothrist, Switzerland
Sport
Country	Switzerland
Sport	Rowing
Medal record Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro LM4− World Championships 2015 Aiguebelette LM4− 2013 Chungjiu LM2x European Championships 2015 Poznan LM4- 2016 Brandenburg LM4- 2010 Montemor-o-Velho LM4- 2013 Seville LM2x

Career

Schürch was part of the Swiss men's lightweight four that won the bronze medal at the 2010 European Championships, with Lucas Tramer, Simon Niepmann and Mario Gyr.[4] This was the same team that competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Following the Olympics, Schürch and Gyr won silver at the 2013 World and European Championships men's lightweight double sculls.[5][6]

The Schürch, Gyr, Tramer and Niepmann team then won the men's lightweight coxless four event at the 2015 World and European Championships.[7][8] In 2016, they retained their European title [9] and won the Olympic title.[10]

References

External links

• Simon Schürch at World Rowing
• Simon Schürch at Olympedia

На других языках

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- [en] Simon Schürch

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[fr] Simon Schürch

Simon Schürch, né le 2 décembre 1990 à Rothrist, est un rameur suisse. Il obtient une médaille d'or en quatre sans barreur poids légers aux Jeux olympiques d'été de 2016 avec Simon Niepmann, Mario Gyr et Lucas Tramèr.

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[it] Simon Schürch

Simon Schürch (Rothrist, 2 dicembre 1990) è un canottiere svizzero, vincitore della medaglia d'oro nel 4 senza pesi leggeri a Rio de Janeiro 2016.

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