Marc Lauenstein

{{short description|Swiss orienteering competitor}}

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{{MedalSport | Men's orienteering }}

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{{MedalCompetition | World Championships }}

{{MedalSilver | 2005 Aichi | Long }}

{{MedalSilver | 2006 Aarhus | Long }}

{{MedalBronze | 2005 Aichi | Relay }}

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Marc Lauenstein (born September 15, 1980 in Cormondréche, Neuchâtel) is a Swiss orienteering competitor and runner. He received a silver medal on the long distance at the 2005 World Orienteering Championships in Aichi, and again in Aarhus in 2006. He earned a bronze medal in 2005 as a member of the Swiss relay team.[http://old.orientering.no/resultater/vmres.asp World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110823154017/http://old.orientering.no/resultater/vmres.asp |date=2011-08-23 }} (Retrieved on March 7, 2008)

Lauenstein won the World Long Distance Mountain Running Challenge in 2009 at the Kaisermarathon.[https://www.iaaf.org/news/news/lauenstein-and-pichrtova-win-kaisermarathon-t IAAF: Lauenstein and Pichrtova win Kaisermarathon titles in Söll.] He won the Sierre-Zinal race in 2013,[http://www.sierre-zinal.com/f_vainqueurs.html?1 Sierre-Zinal Winners.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208111157/http://www.sierre-zinal.com/f_vainqueurs.html?1 |date=2015-12-08 }} the Pikes Peak Marathon in 2014David Ramsey, [http://gazette.com/ramsey-swiss-dentist-marc-lauenstein-rules-americas-mountain-wins-pikes-peak-marathon/article/1535709 "Swiss dentist Marc Lauenstein rules America's Mountain, wins Pikes Peak Marathon"], The Gazette (Colorado Springs), 17 Aug 2014. and the Marathon du Mont Blanc in 2015.[http://www.run247.com/articles/article-6522-a-world-line-up-on-the-podium-of-the-marathon-du-mont-blanc.html "A World Line-up on the Podium of the Marathon du Mont-Blanc"], Run247, 30 Jun 2015.

In 2015, Lauenstein became the first runner to complete the Otter Run on South Africa's Otter Trail in under four hours.[http://trailmag.co.za/marc-lauenstein-breaks-otter-four-hour-barrier/ "Marc Lauenstein Breaks 'Impossible' Otter Barrier"], Trail Magazine South Africa, 20 Oct 2015.

He won the Three Peaks Race in 2016 in a time not far outside the long-standing course record, despite snowy conditions on the peaks.[http://threepeaksrace.org.uk/Three%20Peaks%20Report%202016.pdf Three Peaks Race Report for 2016.] Later the same year, he won Giir di Mont from Premana on a route altered by bad weather[http://www.giirdimont.it/classifiche-ufficiali-giir-mont-2016/ Classifiche ufficiali Giir di Mont 2016.] and followed this with a victory at the Matterhorn Ultraks race in the Skyrunner World Series.[https://iancorless.org/2016/08/20/matterhorn-ultraks-46k-2016-race-summary-and-images-skyrunner-world-series/ Matterhorn Ultraks 46k 2016 Race Summary and Images– Skyrunner® World Series.], iancorless.com, 20 Aug 2016.