Cathia Schär
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| Nationality | Swiss | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 October 2001 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Triathlon | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cathia Schär (born 20 October 2001) is a Swiss triathlete. She was a silver medalist at the 2024 World Triathlon Mixed Team Relay. She was a bronze medalist in the mixed relay at the 2022 European Triathlon Championships, and the 2023 World Triathlon Mixed Relay Championships.
Career
[edit]She places fourth at the Junior European Championships in 2019. She started her first Elite European Cup race in 2021. She won the U23 European Championships in 2022.[1]
She won a bronze medal in the mixed relay at the 2022 European Triathlon Championships in Munich, Germany.[2]
She won the bronze medal in the Olympic distance at the 2023 European Championships in Madrid, and followed that with third place at the World Cup in Rome.[3][4] In 2023, she was a bronze medalist at the World Triathlon Mixed Relay Championships in the mixed relay in Hamburg.[5]
She placed eighth at the World Triathlon Championship Series in Hamburg in July 2024.[6] She qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics.[7]
Personal life
[edit]She is from Mézières in the canton of Vaud. She studies economics at UniDistance Switzerland.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ ""The difference in level is quite high" - Interview with Cathia Schar". martikropko.com. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ "Schweizer Mixed-Triathlon-Team holt EM-Bronze". swissinfo.ch. 14 August 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ a b "INTERVIEW WITH CATHIA SCHÄR". datasport.com. 1 May 2024. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ "IN ROM: CATHIA SCHÄR HOLT ERSTEN PODESTPLATZ IM WELTCUP". Swisstriathlon. 11 October 2023. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ "Results: 2023 World Triathlon Sprint & Relay Championships Hamburg | Mixed Relay". 16 July 2023. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ "Top ten place for Cathia Schär in World Championship series". bluewin. 13 July 2024. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ Barratt, Liz (9 July 2024). "Which triathletes have qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games?". 220 Triathlon. Retrieved 14 July 2024.