Judith Wyder

Judith Wyder

File:Judith Wyder.JPG Wyder at WOC 2011
Personal information
Nationality	Swiss
Born	(1988-06-25) 25 June 1988
Sport
Sport	Orienteering
Medal record Representing Switzerland Women's orienteering World Championships Gold medal – first place 2012 Lausanne Relay Gold medal – first place 2014 Asiago-Lavarone Sprint Gold medal – first place 2014 Asiago-Lavarone Relay Gold medal – first place 2014 Asiago-Lavarone Sprint Relay Silver medal – second place 2016 Strömstad Mixed sprint relay Silver medal – second place 2016 Riga Mixed sprint relay Bronze medal – third place 2011 Savoie Middle Bronze medal – third place 2013 Vuokatti Relay Bronze medal – third place 2014 Asiago-Lavarone Long Bronze medal – third place 2018 Riga Sprint World Games Gold medal – first place 2013 Cali Relay European Championships Gold medal – first place 2014 Palmela Sprint Gold medal – first place 2014 Palmela Relay Gold medal – first place 2014 Palmela Long Junior World Championships Bronze medal – third place 2007 Dubbo Relay Women's ski orienteering Junior World Championships Silver medal – second place 2008 Dospat Long

Judith Wyder (born 25 June 1988) is a Swiss orienteering and ski orienteering competitor and runner. Her achievements include gold medals at the World Orienteering Championships and the European Orienteering Championships, both individually and with the Swiss relay team.

Biography

As a junior, Wyder won World Championship medals in both orienteering 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.

In 2017, she took a break from competing in Orienteering in order to have her first child.

In 2018, Wyder won a bronze medal in the sprint distance and a silver medal in the sprint relay 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, finished second at Sierre-Zinal and won the Ring of Steall Skyrace, also in a course record. She then won the Annapurna Trail Marathon which gave her the overall women's victory in the Golden Trail World Series.

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.

She won silver (individual and team) in the Trail Short during the IAU Trail World Championships 2023.

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