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Adrian’s biggest successes:

1st place at the FIVB 3* tournament in China

5th place at the FIVB 5* tournament in Vienna

Swiss champion 2019

Mirco’s biggest successes:

First medal on the world tour

3rd place at the Anapa Open with Gabathuler

3rd place at the grand slam in Stavanger

1st place at the FIVB 3* tournament in China

3rd place at the FIVB 3* tournament in Lucerne

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Born on 18th July 1997
Biggest success: Successes in the U23 category: world champion (x2), world cup winner (x2), European champion (x4)
Discipline: Mountain bike

Rhythmically on the trail

Sina Frei discovered her passion for mountain biking at 12. Hard, rhythmic ascents, technical descents and unending trails are what makes this sport stand out for her. She experiences flow when racing down narrow, root-covered trails.

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Born on 1st June 1994
Biggest success: 5th place halfpipe at the Olympic Games in Pyeong Chang KOR in 2018
Discipline: Halfpipe, slopestyle, big air

I surf, I skate, I enjoy life.

Pat Burgener is a true multi-talent. He’s not just one of the world’s best snowboarders on the halfpipe, but also a successful musician. Whether he’s on the slope or on the stage, this Vaud native always give a hundred percent – with a grin on his face.

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Born on 28th September 1994
Biggest success: World championships in Sweden 2019: bronze in Super-G and silver in downhill
Discipline: Skiing, downhill, Super-G

The ambitious climber

Corinne Suter has become a well-known name since her sensational 2018/2019 season. She unexpectedly took the bronze and silver at the skiing championship in Are, Sweden. This easy-going Swiss native gets top marks in all areas on the slopes: power, stamina, speed and manoeuvrability.

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Biggest successes: 2x junior world cup champion, Swiss elite champion 2018

Discipline: Downhill

Enjoy life with hard work and a lot of fun

Noel is talented at anything with wheels – from motocross to various bikes and even cars. He’s also interested in artisan construction and the mechanical aspects of bikes and motorbikes. His greatest aim is to work hard and get to the top, without sacrificing having a good time. His best FOCUSWATER experience is seeing his friends’ and colleagues’ reactions when he brings them bottles of the Swiss vitamin water.

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Born on 28th 4th May 1992

Biggest success: Two Olympic medals, one being the first Swiss slalom medal in 36 years.

Discipline: Slalom

The time is what counts

Ramon’s goal is always the same: get down the mountain as quickly as possible. And it’s this attitude that makes this Valais native so successful. He took home two medals from Pyeongchang in 2018. At two metres tall, Ramon Zanhäusern is unusually tall for a slalom ski racer. But for him, it’s the time that counts in skiing, not the build.

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Born on the 29th April 1999

Biggest success: 2nd place at the “Red Bull Bowl Rippers Amateur” in Marseille, 8th place at the “Vans Continental Championship” in Paris.

Discipline: Skate

Build a skate culture in Switzerland

Greg started skateboarding at the age of nine, when his brothers showed him skate videos and his neighbors were skateboarding. His dream is to build a skate culture in Switzerland, through the design of skateparks, skate schools, brands and events. Besides his enthusiasm for skating, Greg is also passionate about surfing, motocross, snowboarding and music.

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Born on 9th of may 1984

biggest success: Speed world recor pver one nautical mile (1.85km) – Average speed of 70kmh; GPS speed world record over one hour: 44.1kmh on average; fastest windsurfer in the world with 90kmh.

goals: Speed world record over the supreme discipline – 500m. She will try to achieve this again this year in Namibia, in a specially dug channel, after she missed this world record by 0.1 kmh in 2019.

discipline: speed windsurfing

surf/eat/sleap

Heidi is an outgoing farmer’s daughter who has always loved traveling, has always enjoyed working and has always been energetically devoted to sports. She also loves to be in nature. Preferably on the water with a good wind, be it for soul surfing or at a competition. But it can also be a hike in the mountains with exciting encounters with wildlife. Powder snow and snowboarding is also one of her passions, just like climbing or biking. As long as Heidi can share time with her loved ones and be in nature, everything is perfect.

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Born on 26th December 1993

Biggest success: 1st place at the First Track Freeride Chandolin 2016

Discipline: Ski freeride

Freeride talent & physics graduate

Yann Rausis is one of Switzerland’s most talented skiers. Having grown up in Orsières, he first took to skis at age three.  His talents aren’t limited to freeriding, as Rausis has also completed a Master’s degree in physics at the ETH alongside his professional sports career.

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Born on 17th of january 2002

biggest success:
– 4x Swiss champion
– 2. best swiss over 400m medley of all time
– EM-qualification 2021 (400m medley, 200m butterfly, 200m Medley)
– Swiss age group record over 400m medley
– Top 5 Europa, 400m medley
– Swiss Olympic Card Bronce

discipline: Swimming

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.”

Marius likes to train hard and does 9-10 swimming and 3 strength training sessions per week. That makes a weekly workload of over 24 hours, which Marius completes in addition to his Swiss Olympic athlete apprenticeship at Bühler AG. According to Marius, you have to put a lot into swimming to achieve a lot. His vision, the 2024 Olympics, helps him to be motivated to jump into the water at 6:00 a.m. three times a week.

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Team members: Alina Pätz, Silvana Tirinzoni, Esther Neuenschwander, Melanie Barbezat

Biggest successes:

European championship silver in November 2018

World championship gold in March 2019

Four in the flow

Skip Silvana Tirinzoni’s curling team formed in 2018 and has been on a course set for success ever since. In March of last year, these four curlers took home the gold from the world championships in Denmark. In curling, concentration, precision and focus are key so that as many stones as possible can be placed in the target area.