Jean-Yves Rey

Jean-Yves Rey (born November 24, 1970) is a Swiss ski mountaineer and long-distance runner.

Rey was born in Sierre. He started ski mountaineering in 1990, competing first in the Patrouille des Glaciers short-distance race. He was a member of the national team from 1999 to 2006.

Selected results

Ski mountaineering 1998: 1st, Patrouille de la Maya A-course, together with Gabriel Besson and Jean-Daniel Masserey 1999: 7th, Pierra Menta, together with Jean-Daniel Masserey 2000: 1st, Patrouille de la Maya A-course, together with Pierre-Marie Taramarcaz and Jean-Daniel Masserey 4th, World Championship team race (together with Sébastien Epiney) 9th, World Championship vertical race 2005: 2nd, European Championship relay race (together with Alexander Hug, Christian Pittex and Yannick Ecoeur) 7th, European Championship single race 7th, European Championship team race (together with Jean-Daniel Masserey) 2008: 1st, Patrouille de la Maya A-course, together with Pierre-Marie Taramarcaz and Jean-Daniel Masserey

Patrouille des Glaciers

1998: 3rd (international military teams ranking), together with Jean-Daniel Masserey and Gabriel Besson 2000: 2nd (and 1st in "seniors I" class ranking), together with Pierre-Marie Taramarcaz and Jean-Daniel Masserey 2002: 2nd, together with Pierre-Marie Taramarcaz and Jean-Daniel Masserey 2004: 2nd, together with Pierre-Marie Taramarcaz and Jean-Daniel Masserey 2008: 2nd, together with Pierre-Marie Taramarcaz and Jean-Daniel Masserey 2010: 3rd, together with Jean-Daniel Masserey and Rico Elmer

Running 2001: 3rd, Jeizibärg-Lauf, Gampel 2003: 3rd, Jeizibärg-Lauf, Gampel

Rey won the Zermatt marathon in 2004, the Mont-Blanc marathon in 2008, as well as three times in a row the AlpenMarathon – Marathon des Alpages, where he has held the course record with a total time of 3:07:18 hours since 2005.