Judith Wyder

As a junior, Wyder won World Championship medals in both orienteering{{cite web |url=http://oldsite.orienteering.org/index.php/iof2006/Results/Foot-Orienteering/Junior-World-Orienteering-Championships/JWOC-2007-AUS |title=JWOC 2007 AUS |publisher=International Orienteering Federation |accessdate=25 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323034814/http://oldsite.orienteering.org/index.php/iof2006/Results/Foot-Orienteering/Junior-World-Orienteering-Championships/JWOC-2007-AUS |archive-date=23 March 2012 |url-status=dead}} and ski orienteering.

She won a bronze medal in the middle distance at the 2011 World Orienteering Championships in Chambéry, a gold medal in the relay at the 2012 World Orienteering Championships in Lausanne and a bronze medal in the relay at the 2013 World Orienteering Championships in Vuokatti.

Wyder had a very strong start to the 2014 season, becoming the dominant Swiss female orienteer after the retirement of Simone Niggli. She dominated the European Orienteering Championships in Portugal where she won gold in both the sprint and in the long distance. She also won the World Cup sprint race ahead of WOC in Italy – a very technical sprint in Imatra, Finland. After that she achieved three gold medals and a bronze medal in the 2014 World Orienteering Championships in Asiago-Lavarone showing her incredible talent.{{cite web |url=http://runners.worldofo.com/judithwyder.html |title=Athlete profile: Judith Wyder |publisher=World of O Runners |accessdate=7 September 2014}}

In 2017, she took a break from competing in Orienteering in order to have her first child.{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/judith.wyder/?hc_ref=PAGES_TIMELINE&fref=nf |title=Judith Wyder |website=www.facebook.com}}

In 2018, Wyder won a bronze medal in the sprint distance{{Cite web |url=https://www.woc2018.lv/resultsWOC/4.08/results/Final/Results%20-%20Women.pdf |title=World Orienteering Championships 2018 Sprint Final Results |access-date=2018-08-06 |archive-date=4 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180804194639/https://woc2018.lv/resultsWOC/4.08/results/Final/Results%20-%20Women.pdf |url-status=dead }} and a silver medal in the sprint relay{{Cite web |url=https://www.woc2018.lv/resultsWOC/5.08/results/Results.pdf |title=World Orienteering Championships 2018 Sprint Relay Results |access-date=2018-08-06 |archive-date=5 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180805171723/https://woc2018.lv/resultsWOC/5.08/results/Results.pdf |url-status=dead }} at the 2018 World Orienteering Championship in Riga.

Wyder began to focus on trail running and skyrunning in 2019. She set a new course record at the DoloMyths Run,[https://www.dolomiteskyrace.com/en/news/article-21072019.html Dolomites Skyrace: Davide Magnini puts Everyone in Line in Canazei, Female Judith Wyder Breaks the Record.] finished second at Sierre-Zinal[https://www.irunfar.com/2019/08/this-week-in-running-august-12-2019.html iRunFar: This Week In Running: August 12, 2019.] and won the Ring of Steall Skyrace, also in a course record.[http://www.skylinescotland.com/news/2019/09/21/Salomon_Ring_of_Steall_Skyrace_2019_Judith_Wyder_smashes_course_record__Nadir_Maguet_runs_to_victory/ Skyline Scotland: Salomon Ring of Steall Skyrace 2019: Judith Wyder Smashes Course Record, Nadir Maguet Runs to Victory.] She then won the Annapurna Trail Marathon which gave her the overall women's victory in the Golden Trail World Series.{{Cite web |url=https://www.goldentrailseries.com/2019/10/kilian-jornet-and-judith-wyder-win-golden-trail-world-series-titles-with-victories-at-annapurna-trail-marathon/ |title=Golden Trail Series: Kilian Jornet and Judith Wyder Win Golden Trail World Series Titles with Victories at Annapurna Trail Marathon. |access-date=12 March 2020 |archive-date=5 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191205084011/https://www.goldentrailseries.com/2019/10/kilian-jornet-and-judith-wyder-win-golden-trail-world-series-titles-with-victories-at-annapurna-trail-marathon/ |url-status=dead }}

Following the 2019 season, pregnant with her second child, Wyder suffered a stroke on Christmas Day following severe headaches. Wyder returned to training following the birth of her second child in June 2020, but has a permanent spot on her right eye where she is unable to see, which has affected her map-reading for orienteering, and has memory problems which were not previously present.{{cite web |last1=Schneider |first1=Monica |title=Meine grösste Angst war: Was passiert mit dem Baby? |url=https://www.bernerzeitung.ch/nach-hirnschlag-wieder-weltklasse-meine-groesste-angst-war-was-passiert-mit-dem-baby-532523385414?fbclid=IwAR1HwCrAXVM90Cquq72RGKIxqpa2qunFhce9K13Sl94Yc_qLXiuFRnqQvVE |website=bernerzeitung.ch |publisher=BZ Sport |access-date=26 October 2023}}

She won silver (individual and team) in the Trail Short during the IAU Trail World Championships 2023.{{Cite web |url=https://worldathletics.org/news/report/mountain-trail-championships-innsbruck-angermund-geoffray-45km-trail-short |title=Angermund and Geoffray claim 45km trail short titles in Innsbruck |access-date=8 June 2023}}

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Category:1988 births

Category:Living people

Category:Swiss female orienteers

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Category:Swiss female long-distance runners

Category:World Orienteering Championships medalists

Category:World Games gold medalists for Switzerland

Category:World Games medalists in orienteering

Category:Junior World Orienteering Championships medalists

Category:Medalists at the 2013 World Games

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