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| Nationality | Swiss | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (2001-10-20) 20 October 2001 (age 23) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Triathlon | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cathia Schär (born 20 October 2001) is a Swiss triathlete. She was a silver medalist at the 2024 World Triathlon Mixed Team Relay. She was a bronze medalist in the mixed relay at the 2022 European Triathlon Championships, and the 2023 World Triathlon Mixed Relay Championships.
Career
She places fourth at the Junior European Championships in 2019. She started her first Elite European Cup race in 2021. She won the U23 European Championships in 2022.
She won a bronze medal in the mixed relay at the 2022 European Triathlon Championships in Munich, Germany.
She won the bronze medal in the Olympic distance at the 2023 European Championships in Madrid, and followed that with third place at the World Cup in Rome. In 2023, she was a bronze medalist at the World Triathlon Mixed Relay Championships in the mixed relay in Hamburg.
She placed eighth at the World Triathlon Championship Series in Hamburg in July 2024. She qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics. She competed in the women's triathlon at the Olympics.
Personal life
She is from Mézières in the canton of Vaud. She studies economics at UniDistance Switzerland.
References
- ""The difference in level is quite high" - Interview with Cathia Schar". martikropko.com. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- "Schweizer Mixed-Triathlon-Team holt EM-Bronze". swissinfo.ch. 14 August 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ "INTERVIEW WITH CATHIA SCHÄR". datasport.com. 1 May 2024. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- "IN ROM: CATHIA SCHÄR HOLT ERSTEN PODESTPLATZ IM WELTCUP". Swisstriathlon. 11 October 2023. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- "Results: 2023 World Triathlon Sprint & Relay Championships Hamburg | Mixed Relay". 16 July 2023. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- "Top ten place for Cathia Schär in World Championship series". bluewin. 13 July 2024. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- Barratt, Liz (9 July 2024). "Which triathletes have qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games?". 220 Triathlon. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- "Women's Triathlon Results" (PDF). 2024 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 August 2024. Retrieved 28 August 2024.