Matthias Merz

{{short description|Swiss orienteering competitor}}

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| caption = Merz at WOC 2007 in Kyiv, Ukraine

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{{MedalSport | Men's orienteering }}

{{MedalCountry| {{SUI}} }}

{{MedalCompetition | World Championships }}

{{MedalGold | 2007 Kyiv | Long }}

{{MedalGold | 2009 Miskolc | Relay }}

{{MedalSilver | 2007 Kyiv | Sprint }}

{{MedalSilver | 2012 Lausanne | Sprint }}

{{MedalSilver | 2012 Lausanne | Long }}

{{MedalBronze | 2005 Aichi | Relay }}

{{MedalBronze | 2008 Olomouc | Relay }}

{{MedalBronze | 2009 Miskolc | Middle }}

{{MedalBronze | 2010 Trondheim | Relay }}

{{MedalCompetition | World Cup }}

{{MedalBronze| 2008| WC Overall }}

{{MedalBronze| 2011| WC Overall }}

{{MedalCompetition | European Championships }}

{{MedalGold | 2010 Primorsko | Relay }}

{{MedalSilver | 2008 Ventspils | Relay }}

{{MedalSilver | 2010 Primorsko | Middle }}

{{MedalSilver | 2012 Falun | Long }}

{{MedalCompetition | Nordic Championships }}

{{MedalGold | 2007 Bornholm | Long}}

{{MedalGold | 2007 Bornholm | Sprint}}

{{MedalGold | 2007 Bornholm | Relay}}

{{MedalCompetition | Junior World Championships }}

{{MedalGold | 2002 Alicante | Relay }}

{{MedalGold | 2003 Põlva | Short }}

{{MedalGold | 2004 Gdańsk | Long }}

{{MedalSilver | 2003 Põlva | Classic }}

{{MedalSilver | 2004 Gdańsk | Middle }}

{{MedalBronze | 2003 Põlva | Relay }}

{{MedalBronze | 2004 Gdańsk | Relay }}

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Matthias Merz (born 1 February 1984) is a Swiss orienteering competitor, winner of the 2007 World Orienteering Championships in Kyiv, Ukraine, Long distance, and also earned a silver medal on the Sprint distance in the same championship. He has a bronze medal from the 2005 Relay Championships in Aichi, Japan, as member of the Swiss winning 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 December 31, 2007) When Merz won the bronze medal in the middle distance at the World Championships in Miskolc in 2009, he joined countryman Daniel Hubmann as the only two men to have ever medaled in all four orienteering disciplines at the World Championships.

He on 30 December 2007, he was ranked no. 2 on the IOF (International Orienteering Federation) World Ranking.[http://www.6prog.org/iof/wre_athl.asp?n3id=SUI301&how=F IOF World Ranking – Matthias Merz] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080106153434/http://www.6prog.org/iof/wre_athl.asp?n3id=SUI301&how=F |date=2008-01-06 }} (Retrieved on 31 December 2007)