Magali Messmer

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Magali Messmer
2008 Magali di Marco.JPG
di Marco at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Born9 September 1971 (1971-09-09) (age 51)
La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
Medal record
Women's triathlon
Representing Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
Olympic games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2000 Sydney Individual
Magali Di Marco Messmer after having been involved in a mass bike crash at the World Championship Series triathlon in Madrid. Magali Di Marco Messmer 1.jpg
Magali Di Marco Messmer after having been involved in a mass bike crash at the World Championship Series triathlon in Madrid.

Magali Di Marco Messmer (born 9 September 1971 in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland), is one of the most seasoned professional elite triathletes and part of the Swiss National Team since 1995. She took part in two Olympic Games, placing 3rd in Sydney (2000) and 13th in Beijing (2008). She lives in Troistorrents in Valais.

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Magali Di Marco Messmer started her triathlon career in 1995 when she had already retired from swimming, and she won the Swiss Championships in the very first year of her new triathlon career. In 2000, she crowned her efforts by winning the bronze medal at the Olympics in Sydney, whereupon she retired temporarily from triathlon. Living in Monthey together with her husband and working as a manager in an insurance company, she dedicated herself to family life and gave birth to her son Eliah on 2 November 2001. At the end of the year 2004, however, Magali Di Marco hd her comeback to triathlon and in 2005 she achieved several World Cup top ten positions. At the Olympics in Beijing in 2008 she placed 13th and in the World Championship Rankings of the year 2009 she was the number 8 among 106 female elite triathletes, [1] so for more than 15 years Magali Di Marco Messmer has now been a match for the best elite triathletes of the world.

In the 15 years from 1995 to 2009 Magali Di Marco Messmer took part in 73 ITU competitions and achieved 43 top ten positions. In France, Magali Di Marco represents the Triathlon Club Châteauroux in the prestigious Club Championship Series Lyonnaise des Eaux. At the first triathlon of this French circuit in Dunkirk (23 May 2010) she placed 5th and was the best triathlete of her club, at the second triathlon in Beauvais (13 June 2010) she placed 6th and was again among the three athlètes classants l'equipe, and in Paris (18 July 2010) she also achieved an overall top ten position placing ninth and being again the best of the female Châteuroux triathletes.

ITU and ETU Competitions from 1995 to 2010

All the following competitions are triathlons and belong to the Elite category. The list is based upon the official ITU Profile Page. [2]

DateCompetitionPlaceRank
1995-07-30European ChampionshipsStockholm17
1995-11-12World ChampionshipsCancun26
1996-06-10World CupParis8
1996-07-07European ChampionshipsSzombathely10
1996-08-24World ChampionshipsCleveland11
1997-04-13World CupIshigaki9
1997-06-29World CupMonte Carlo (Monaco)7
1997-07-05European ChampionshipsVuokatti4
1997-07-26World CupStockholm8
1997-08-15World CupEmbrun2
1997-10-26World CupSydney17
1997-11-16World ChampionshipsPerth10
1998-06-21World CupZurich2
1998-08-30World ChampionshipsLausanne40
1998-11-01World CupAuckland5
1998-11-08World CupNoosa9
1999-04-11World CupIshigaki12
1999-04-18World CupGamagori8
1999-06-13World CupKapelle op den Bos8
1999-06-20World CupMonte Carlo (Monaco)1
1999-07-03European ChampionshipsFunchal2
1999-08-29World CupLausanne4
1999-09-12World ChampionshipsMontreal18
2000-03-26World CupRio de Janeiro5
2000-04-16World CupSydney3
2000-04-30World ChampionshipsPerth12
2000-07-08European ChampionshipsStein2
2000-08-12World CupLausanne7
2000-09-16Olympic GamesSydney3
2004-10-31World CupCancun11
2004-11-07World CupRio de Janeiro5
2005-04-24World CupMazatlan4
2005-06-05World CupMadrid6
2005-07-31World CupSalford8
2005-08-06World CupHamburg15
2005-08-20European ChampionshipsLausanne13
2005-09-10World ChampionshipsGamagori21
2005-09-17OSIM World CupBeijingDNF
2006-04-16World CupIshigaki11
2006-05-21Premium European CupSanremo1
2006-06-04BG World CupMadrid20
2006-06-23European ChampionshipsAutun16
2006-07-23BG World CupCorner Brook10
2006-07-30World CupSalford6
2006-08-20European CupGeneva2
2006-09-02World ChampionshipsLausanne11
2006-09-24BG World CupBeijing14
2006-11-05BG World CupCancun37
2007-04-15BG World CupIshigaki13
2007-05-06BG World CupLisbon6
2007-05-13BG World CupRichards Bay2
2007-06-17BG World CupDes MoinesDNF
2007-06-24BG World CupEdmonton4
2007-07-22BG World CupKitzbühel14
2007-08-19European CupGeneva1
2007-08-30BG World ChampionshipsHamburg7
2007-09-15BG World CupBeijing21
2008-05-04BG World CupRichards Bay3
2008-05-10European ChampionshipsLisbon15
2008-07-05BG World CupHamburg7
2008-07-20BG World CupKitzbühel7
2008-08-18Olympic GamesBeijing13
2008-09-27BG World CupLorient7
2009-05-02Dextro Energy World Championship SeriesTongyeong7
2009-05-31Dextro Energy World Championship SeriesMadrid6
2009-06-21Dextro Energy World Championship SeriesWashington DC19
2009-06-27Elite CupHy-Vee4
2009-07-11Dextro Energy World Championship SeriesKitzbühel13
2009-07-25Dextro Energy World Championship SeriesHamburg13
2009-08-15Dextro Energy World Championship SeriesLondon13
2009-09-09Dextro Energy World Championship Series, Grand FinalGold Coast7
2010-06-05Dextro Energy World Championship SeriesMadridDNF
2010-07-03European ChampionshipsAthlone6

BG = the sponsor British Gas · DNF = did not finish · DNS = did not start

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