Nino Schurter

Nino Schurter (born 13 May 1986) is a Swiss cross-country cyclist who races for the Scott–Sram MTB Racing Team.

Schurter won the world championship in men's cross-country in 2009, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2022 and the overall UCI World Cup in 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022 and 2023 and thus become the first man to hold 9 World Cup overall titles. He won the gold medal in mountain biking at the 2016 Olympics, the silver medal 2012 Olympics and the bronze medal at the 2008 Olympics. He won the Swiss National Championship in cross-country mountain biking in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015. He joined for a number of road races during the 2014 season.

Career Nino Schurter was born and grew up in Tersnaus, Lumnezia in the Romansch-speaking part of Switzerland. He spent a lot of his free time in nature playing different sports and quickly got fascinated by mountain biking. He took part in the Swiss racing competition Swisspower cup where he won his first victories. In 2003, he became a member of the professional team of Thomas Frischknecht and he turned professional in 2007 when he joined the SCOTT-SRAM MTB Racing Team (former SCOTT-Odlo MTB Racing and even earlier SWISSPOWER).

He currently rides a Scott Spark RC World cup EVO.

2004 In his first junior international competition on 31 July in Wałbrzych, Poland, Nino Schurter finished first at the European Championships.

2012 2012 was one of Schurter's most successful season when he won 11 out of 15 races. He won his first World Cup of the season on 18 March in Pietermaritzburg on a bike with 650B or 27.5-inch wheels. On 13 May, he won his second World Cup on his 26th birthday in Nové Město na Moravě. On 28 July, after his fourth individual win, Schurter won the overall World Cup series title in Val d'Isère. On 8 September 2012, he won his second World Championships title in Saalbach, Austria, where he shared the podium with two of his countrymen Lukas and Matthias Flückiger.

2013 On 2 September 2013, Schurter won his third World Championship title in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, on one of his favourite cross-country courses. He took part in the Tour de Romandie and the Tour de Suisse.

In the 2014, mountain bike season, he lost his World Cup and World Championships titles. He finished in second place in Hafjell, Norway and ended up his season behind Julien Absalon at the World Cup in Méribel.

2015 In 2015, Schurter fully committed to his mountain bike career as he had the 2016 Olympics in Rio on his agenda for the next two years. He competed in the 2015 European Games for Switzerland, in mountain biking. He won the gold medal in the event.

2016 Schurter won his fifth world championship in men's cross-country at the 2016 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships at Nové Město na Moravě, Czech Republic. This equaled the record of Julien Absalon, who has also won five titles in the event. At the 2016 Summer Olympic, he won the gold medal, finishing before Jaroslav Kulhavý and Carlos Coloma Nicolás.

2017 Perfect season In March 2017, Schurter won the Absa Cape Epic – the eight-day South African stage race – for the first time. Riding with Scott-Sram teammate Matthias Stirnemann in the two-man team format they won by eight minutes from pre-race favorites Christoph Sauser and Jaroslav Kulhavý (Investec Songo Specialized). Schurter had completed the Cape Epic three times previously. This was his first win. He went on to win all six rounds of the World Cup and accomplished as first male a Perfect season, as well as his sixth world championship.

Major results

2004 UCI World Junior Championships 1st Cross-country

1st Cross-country, UEC European Junior Championships 2005 1st Cross-country, National Under-23 Championships

2006 UCI World Championships 1st Team relay 1st Under-23 Cross-country 1st Cross-country, UEC European Under-23 Championships 2007 UCI World Championships 1st Team relay

1st Cross-country, UEC European Under-23 Championships 2nd Cross-country, National Under-23 Championships UCI XCO World Cup 3rd Champery 8th Overall Grand Prix Guillaume Tell 2008 UCI World Championships 1st Under-23 Cross-country

1st Cross-country, UEC European Under-23 Championships UCI XCO World Cup 2nd Houffalize 2nd Fort William Swisspower Cup 2nd Winterthur 3rd Buchs

2009 1st Cross-country, UCI World Championships 5th Overall UCI XCO World Cup 4th Schladming 5th Madrid 2010 1st Overall UCI XCO World Cup 1st Dalby Forest 1st Val di Sole 2nd Offenburg 2nd Windham 3rd Champéry 4th Cross-country, UCI World Championships 2011 UCI World Championships

2nd Overall UCI XCO World Cup 1st Pietermaritzburg 2nd Mont-Sainte-Anne 2nd Windham 2nd Nové Město 2nd Val d'Isère 2012 1st Cross-country, UCI World Championships 1st Cross-country, National Championships 1st Overall UCI XCO World Cup 1st Pietermaritzburg 1st Nové Město 1st Mont-Sainte-Anne 1st Val d'Isère 2nd Houffalize

2013 1st Cross-country, UCI World Championships 1st Cross-country, National Championships 1st Overall UCI XCO World Cup 1st Nové Město 1st Val di Sole 1st Vallnord 2nd Hafjell 3rd Mont-Sainte-Anne

2014 1st Cross-country, National Championships UCI World Championships

2nd Overall UCI XCO World Cup 1st Nové Město 1st Mont-Sainte-Anne 1st Windham 1st Méribel 2nd Albstadt 2015 1st Cross-country, UCI World Championships

1st Cross-country, National Championships 1st Overall UCI XCO World Cup 1st Mont-Sainte-Anne 1st Windham 1st Val di Sole 2nd Nové Město 2nd Albstadt 2nd Lenzerheide 2016

1st Cross-country, UCI World Championships 1st Cross-country, National Championships 2nd Overall UCI XCO World Cup 1st Cairns 1st Albstadt 1st Lenzerheide 4th La Bresse 2017 UCI World Championships 1st Cross-country 1st Team relay 1st Cross-country, National Championships

1st Overall UCI XCO World Cup 1st Nové Město 1st Albstadt 1st Vallnord 1st Lenzerheide 1st Mont-Sainte-Anne 1st Val di Sole 2018 UCI World Championships 1st Cross-country 1st Team relay

1st Overall UCI XCO World Cup 1st Nové Město 1st Albstadt 1st Val di Sole 1st La Bresse 2nd Stellenbosch 2nd Vallnord UCI XCC World Cup 2nd Val di Sole 3rd Nové Město 2019 UCI World Championships 1st Cross-country 1st Team relay 1st Cross-country, National Championships

1st Overall UCI XCO World Cup 1st Vallnord 1st Les Gets 2nd Nové Město 2nd Lenzerheide 2nd Snowshoe 3rd Val di Sole UCI XCC World Cup 1st Snowshoe 2nd Vallnord 3rd Albstadt 3rd Lenzerheide Swiss Bike Cup 1st Solothurn 2nd Lugano 1st Tokyo 2020 Test Event Internazionali d'Italia Series 3rd Monte Titano 2020 1st Cross-country, UEC European Championships 1st Cross-country, National Championships

Swiss Bike Cup 1st Leukerbad 4th Overall UCI XCO World Cup 3rd Nové Město II 4th Nové Město I 2021 1st Cross-country, UCI World Championships Internazionali d'Italia Series 2nd Andora 2nd Nalles UCI XCC World Cup 3rd Albstadt 4th Overall UCI XCO World Cup 2nd Albstadt 2nd Lenzerheide 4th Snowshoe 5th Les Gets 4th Cross-country, Olympic Games 2022 UCI World Championships 1st Cross-country 1st Team relay 1st Overall UCI XCO World Cup 1st Petrópolis 2nd Albstadt 2nd Leogang 2nd Val di Sole 3rd Nové Město 3rd Vallnord 4th Lenzerheide UCI XCC World Cup 3rd Albstadt 2023 UCI World Championships 1st Team relay

1st Overall UCI XCO World Cup 1st Lenzerheide 1st Val di Sole 2nd Les Gets 2nd Snowshoe 3rd Nové Město Ökk Bike Revolution 1st Engelberg 3rd Chur 3rd Davos Internazionali d'Italia Series 1st Capoliveri UCI XCC World Cup 2nd Vallnord 2024 UCI XCO World Cup 1st Val di Sole 2nd Nové Město 4th Crans-Montana 2nd Overall Cape Epic (with Sebastian Fini Carstensen) Ökk Bike Revolution 2nd Engelberg 3rd Cross-country, National Championships 2025

Ökk Bike Revolution 2nd Huttwil UCI XCC World Cup 3rd Araxá II UCI XCO World Cup 5th Araxá I

UCI World Cup results Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Rank Points 2005 SPA MAD HOU WIL MON SAN ANG FOR 43 174 2006 CUR MAD SPA FOR MON SCH 9 481 2007 HOU OFF CHA MON FEL MAR 8 560 2008 HOU OFF MAD AND FOR MON BRO CAN SCH 8 808 2009 PIE OFF HOU MAD MON BRO CHA SCH 5 779 2010 DAL HOU OFF CHA ISE WIN 1 1136 2011 PIE DAL OFF MON WIN NOV ISE 2 1270 2012 PIE HOU NOV LAB MON WIN ISE 1 1200 2013 ALB NOV VAL AND MON HAF 1 1180 2014 PIE CAI NOV ALB MON WIN MER 2 1330 2015 NOV ALB LEN MON WIN VAL 1 850 2016 CAI ALB LAB LEN MON AND 2 2190 2017 NOV ALB AND LEN MON VAL 1 1500 2018 STE ALB NOV VAL AND MON LAB 1 1861 2019 ALB NOV AND LES VAL LEN SNO 1 1995 2020 LEN VAL LES NOV NOV 4 310 2021 ALB NOV LEO LES LEN SNO 4 1182 2022 PET ALB NOV LEO LEN AND SNO MON VAL 1 1723 2023 NOV LEN LEO VAL AND LES SNO MON 1 1549 2024 MAI ARA NOV VAL CRA LES LAKMON 4 1164 2025 ARA ARA NOV LEO VAL AND LES LEN LAK MON 19 842