Marie-Luce Romanens

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Marie-Luce Romanens
Marie-Luce Romanens
Medal record
Women's orienteering
Representing Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1995 Detmold Short
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2003 Rapperswil-Jona Sprint
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1997 Grimstad Short
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1997 Grimstad Relay
Junior World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg1993 KastelruthRelay
Nordic Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2003 FlenSprint

Marie-Luce Romanens (born 19 January 1973) is a Swiss orienteering competitor [1] and long-distance runner. She won the 1995 Short distance World Orienteering Championships. [2] This was the first individual Swiss gold medal in the World Orienteering Championships. She also earned a silver medal in the 2003 Sprint Championships, and a Relay bronze medal from the 1997 World Championships.

In 2001, she won the mountain race Jungfrau Marathon [3] running from Interlaken to Kleine Scheidegg, a full marathon distance and 1823 meter climb, setting record for women (3:21:03). Her personal record on ordinary marathon is 2:35:54. [4]

Marie-Luce Romanens finished her running career in 2003 due to achilles problems, [3] and settled in Villars-sur-Glâne as a biology and chemistry teacher.

References

  1. World-of-O-runners: Marie-Luce Romanens (Retrieved on December 8, 2007)
  2. World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006 Archived 2011-08-23 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved on November 25, 2007)
  3. 1 2 Birgitte Wolf: "Grosse Schweizer Sportlerin beendedt Karriere Archived 2005-12-19 at the Wayback Machine " Schweizerische Orientierungslauf-Fachschrift, 11/2004 (Retrieved on December 8, 2007)
  4. IAAF Biography: Marie-Luce ROMANENS (SUI) (Retrieved on December 8, 2007)