Markus Ryffel
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Markus Ryffel (born 5 February 1955 in Bern) is a former long-distance runner from Switzerland who won the silver medal in the 5000 metres at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
Biography
He set the Swiss record at 13:07.54 min.[1] He also won a silver medal at the 1978 European Championships in Athletics, sharing it with the Soviet Union's Alexander Fedotkin; they both lost just one-tenth of a second to Italy's Venanzio Ortis.[2] Between these two major championships medals, Ryffel had a rather varying success as a 5,000-metre runner. In the 1980 Moscow Olympics, he placed fifth in that distance, losing to the winner, Ethiopia's Miruts Yifter, by 2.1 seconds.[3] He ran significantly worse in the 1982 European Athletics Championships in Athens and in the 1983 World Athletics Championships in Helsinki, Finland, placing only tenth and twelfth, respectively.[4][5] Ryffel's final few years as a competitive runner, after the Los Angeles Olympics, were also rather undistinguished. He placed third in a time of slightly over 14 minutes at 5,000 metres in the European Athletics Cup's B final in Budapest in 1985. In the 1986 European Athletics Championships, he dropped out of the 5,000-metre final. In his last major international championships, the 1987 World Athletics Championships, he placed well outside the top ten runners at 10,000 metres and was eliminated in the 5,000-metre qualifying heats.[6]
Personal Bests
1500m: 3:38.60 Mile: 3:58.05 2000m: 4:59.54 3000m: 7:41.00 5000m: 13:07.54 10000m: 27:54.29[7]
References
- ^ "The Great Olympic Book 4" / Suuri Olympiateos 4, published in Finland in 1984
- ^ "European Athletics Championships 1978" / Yleisurheilun EM-kisat 1978, written by the "Runner" / Juoksija magazine's journalists and published in Finland in 1978
- ^ "The Moscow Olympic Book" / Moskovan Olympiakirja, written by the "Runner" / Juoksija magazine's journalists and published in Finland in 1980
- ^ "The Great European Championships Book" / Suuri EM-kirja, published in Finland in 1990
- ^ "The World Athletics Championships 1983" / Yleisurheilun MM-kisat 1983, written by the "Runner" / Juoksija magazine's journalists and published in Finland in 1983
- ^ "The World Athletics Championships 1987" / Yleisurheilun MM-kisat 1987
- ^ "Profile of Markus RYFFEL | All-Athletics.com". Archived from the original on 2014-02-01.
External links
- Markus Ryffel at World Athletics
- Markus Ryffel at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Markus Ryffel at Olympics.com
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Preceded by![]() | Swiss Sportsman of the Year 1978 | Succeeded by |
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- 1966:
Harald Norpoth (FRG)
- 1967:
Werner Girke (FRG)
- 1968:
Viktor Kudynskyy (URS)
- 1969:
Ian Stewart (SCO)
- 1970:
Ricky Wilde (GBR)
- 1971:
Peter Stewart (GBR)
- 1972:
Juris Grustiņš (URS)
- 1973:
Emiel Puttemans (BEL)
- 1974:
Emiel Puttemans (BEL)
- 1975:
Ian Stewart (GBR)
- 1976:
Ingo Sensburg (FRG)
- 1977:
Karl Fleschen (FRG)
- 1978:
Markus Ryffel (SUI)
- 1979:
Markus Ryffel (SUI)
- 1980:
Karl Fleschen (FRG)
- 1981:
Alexandre Gonzalez (FRA)
- 1982:
Patriz Ilg (FRG)
- 1983:
Dragan Zdravković (YUG)
- 1984:
Lubomír Tesáček (TCH)
- 1985:
Bob Verbeeck (BEL)
- 1986:
Dietmar Millonig (AUT)
- 1987:
José Luis González (ESP)
- 1988:
José Luis González (ESP)
- 1989:
Dieter Baumann (FRG)
- 1990:
Éric Dubus (FRA)
- 1992:
Gennaro Di Napoli (ITA)
- 1994:
Kim Bauermeister (GER)
- 1996:
Anacleto Jiménez (ESP)
- 1998:
John Mayock (GBR)
- 2000:
Mark Carroll (IRL)
- 2002:
Alberto García (ESP)
- 2005:
Alistair Cragg (IRL)
- 2007:
Cosimo Caliandro (ITA)
- 2009:
Mo Farah (GBR)
- 2011:
Mo Farah (GBR)
- 2013:
Hayle Ibrahimov (AZE)
- 2015:
Ali Kaya (TUR)
- 2017:
Adel Mechaal (ESP)
- 2019:
Jakob Ingebrigtsen (NOR)
- 2021:
Jakob Ingebrigtsen (NOR)
- 2023:
Jakob Ingebrigtsen (NOR)
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