| Monique Merrill | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | May 26, 1969 | |||||
Medal record
| ||||||
Monique Merrill (born May 26, 1969) is an American world champion adventure racer, ski mountaineer and marathon mountain biker. She studied at the University of Virginia. [1]
Merrill attended the Pine Crest School until 1987, and studied at the University of Virginia until 1991. She lives in Crested Butte, Colorado. [2]
A vertical race is a special kind of ski mountaineering without the typical downhill skiing after ascending. At the mountain running and climbing passages the runners have to carry their skis in their backpacks. Vertical races for women and men are part of all international ski mountaineering competitions of the International Council for Ski Mountaineering Competitions as well as at many national competitions. The Union Internationale des Associations d'Alpinisme (UIAA)is working toward the goal of having vertical race become an Olympic discipline at the 2018 Winter Olympics,.
The 2010 World Championship of Ski Mountaineering was the first World Championship of Ski Mountaineering sanctioned by the International Ski Mountaineering Federation (ISMF), successor organization of the International Council for Ski Mountaineering Competitions (ISMC). The competition was held in the skiing area of Gran Valira in the Pyrenees, Andorra, from March 1 to March 6, 2010. This was decided by the ISMC in 2006. The event was supported by the Federació Andorrana de Muntanyisme (FAM) and the Club Pirinenc Andorrà (CPA). Andorra was also venue of the European Championship of Ski Mountaineering in 2005.
Gemma Arró Ribot is a Catalan ski mountaineer, born in Puigcerdà. She started ski mountaineering in 2003 and competed for the first time at the Cronoescalada Pas de la Casa race.
Florent Perrier is a French ski mountaineer.
Tony Sbalbi AKA "Tony the tiger" is a French ski mountaineer and non-commissioned officer of the chasseurs alpins corps.
Dennis Brunod is an Italian ski mountaineer, mountain and skyrunner.
Francesca Martinelli is an Italian ski mountaineer.
Manfred Reichegger is an Italian ski mountaineer, sky runner and mountain runner.
Nathalie Etzensperger-Nanzer, née Nanzer, is a female Swiss ski mountaineer and long-distance runner.
Marie Troillet is a Swiss ski mountaineer.
Sophie Dusautoir Bertrand is an Andorran ski mountaineer.
Lydia Prugger from Ramsau am Dachstein is an Austrian ski mountaineer.
Mireia Miró Varela is a Spanish ski mountaineer and long-distance runner.
Andreas Strobel is a German ski mountaineer and marathon mountain biker.
Lorenzo Holzknecht was an Italian ski mountaineer.
Veronika "Vroni" Swidrak is an Austrian ski mountaineer.
Michaela Eßl is an Austrian ski mountaineer. She has been member of the ASKIMO national team since 2008. Professionally she works as a police officer in Abtenau.
Alexander "Alex" Fasser was an Austrian ski mountaineer and mountain biker.
Chigaya Mase is a Japanese ski mountaineer and ultramarathon runner. She lives in Tokyo.
Asian Championships of Ski Mountaineering as multinational ski mountaineering competitions for participants of the Asian continent have been held since 2007.
