# Nino Schurter

Nino Schurter (born 13 May 1986) is a Swiss cross-country cyclist who races for the Scott–Sram MTB Racing Team.
Schurter won the world championship in men's cross-country in 2009, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2022 and the overall UCI World Cup in 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022 and 2023 and thus become the first man to hold 9 World Cup overall titles. He won the gold medal in mountain biking at the 2016 Olympics, the silver medal 2012 Olympics and the bronze medal at the 2008 Olympics. He won the Swiss National Championship in cross-country mountain biking in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015. He joined Orica–GreenEDGE for a number of road races during the 2014 season.

## Career

Nino Schurter was born and grew up in Tersnaus, Lumnezia in the Romansch-speaking part of Switzerland. He spent a lot of his free time in nature playing different sports and quickly got fascinated by mountain biking. He took part in the Swiss racing competition Swisspower cup where he won his first victories. In 2003, he became a member of the professional team of Thomas Frischknecht and he turned professional in 2007 when he joined the SCOTT-SRAM MTB Racing Team (former SCOTT-Odlo MTB Racing and even earlier SWISSPOWER).
He currently rides a Scott Spark RC World cup EVO.

### 2004

In his first junior international competition on 31 July in Wałbrzych, Poland, Nino Schurter finished first at the European Championships.

### 2012

2012 was one of Schurter's most successful season when he won 11 out of 15 races. He won his first World Cup of the season on 18 March in Pietermaritzburg on a bike with 650B or 27.5-inch wheels. On 13 May, he won his second World Cup on his 26th birthday in Nove Mesto na Morave. On 28 July, after his fourth individual win, Schurter won the overall World Cup series title in Val d'Isère.
On 15 September 2011, Schurter qualified for the 2012 Olympics where he won the silver medal after being beaten in a final sprint on the line by Jaroslav Kulhavý. On 8 September 2012, he won his second World Championships title in Saalbach, Austria, where he shared the podium with two of his countrymen Lukas and Matthias Flückiger.

### 2013

On 2 September 2013, Schurter won his third World Championship title in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, on one of his favourite cross-country courses.

### 2014

Schurter joined the Australian road race cycling team Orica–GreenEDGE during the 2014 season. He took part in the Tour de Romandie and the Tour de Suisse.
In the 2014, mountain bike season, he lost his World Cup and World Championships titles. He finished in second place in Hafjell, Norway and ended up his season behind Julien Absalon at the World Cup in Méribel.

### 2015

In 2015, Schurter fully committed to his mountain bike career as he had the 2016 Olympics in Rio on his agenda for the next two years. He competed in the 2015 European Games for Switzerland, in mountain biking. He won the gold medal in the event.

### 2016

Schurter won his fifth world championship in men's cross-country at the 2016 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships at Nové Město, Czech Republic. This equaled the record of Julien Absalon, who has also won five titles in the event. At the 2016 Summer Olympic, he won the gold medal, finishing before Jaroslav Kulhavý and Carlos Coloma Nicolás.

### 2017 Perfect season

In March 2017, Schurter won the Absa Cape Epic – the eight-day South African stage race – for the first time. Riding with Scott-Sram teammate Matthias Stirnemann in the two-man team format they won by eight minutes from pre-race favorites Christoph Sauser and Jaroslav Kulhavý (Investec Songo Specialized). Schurter had completed the Cape Epic three times previously. This was his first win. He went on to win all six rounds of the World Cup and accomplished as first male a Perfect season, as well as his sixth world championship.

## Major results
### 2004

    UCI World Junior Championships
       1st Cross-country
       2nd Team relay
    1st Cross-country, UEC European Junior Championships

### 2005

    1st Cross-country, National Under-23 Championships
    3rd Cross-country, UCI World Under-23 Championships

### 2006

    UCI World Championships
       1st Team relay
       1st Under-23 Cross-country
    1st Cross-country, UEC European Under-23 Championships

### 2007

    UCI World Championships
       1st Team relay
       2nd Under-23 Cross-country
    1st Cross-country, UEC European Under-23 Championships
    2nd Cross-country, National Under-23 Championships
    UCI XCO World Cup
       3rd Champery
    8th Overall Grand Prix Guillaume Tell

### 2008

    UCI World Championships
       1st Under-23 Cross-country
       2nd Team relay
    1st Cross-country, UEC European Under-23 Championships
    UCI XCO World Cup
       2nd Houffalize
       2nd Fort William
    Swisspower Cup
       2nd Winterthur
       3rd Buchs
    3rd Cross-country, Olympic Games

### 2009

    1st Cross-country, UCI World Championships
    5th Overall UCI XCO World Cup
       4th Schladming
       5th Madrid

### 2010

    1st Overall UCI XCO World Cup
       1st Dalby Forest
       1st Val di Sole
       2nd Offenburg
       2nd Windham
       3rd Champéry
    4th Cross-country, UCI World Championships

### 2011

    UCI World Championships
       2nd Cross-country
       2nd Team relay
    2nd Overall UCI XCO World Cup
       1st Pietermaritzburg
       2nd Mont-Sainte-Anne
       2nd Windham
       2nd Nové Město
       2nd Val d'Isère

### 2012

    1st Cross-country, UCI World Championships
    1st Cross-country, National Championships
    1st Overall UCI XCO World Cup
       1st Pietermaritzburg
       1st Nové Město
       1st Mont-Sainte-Anne
       1st Val d'Isère
       2nd Houffalize
    2nd Cross-country, Olympic Games

### 2013

    1st Cross-country, UCI World Championships
    1st Cross-country, National Championships
    1st Overall UCI XCO World Cup
       1st Nové Město
       1st Val di Sole
       1st Vallnord
       2nd Hafjell
       3rd Mont-Sainte-Anne
    2nd Cross-country, UEC European Championships

### 2014

    1st Cross-country, National Championships
    UCI World Championships
       2nd Cross-country
       2nd Team relay
    2nd Overall UCI XCO World Cup
       1st Nové Město
       1st Mont-Sainte-Anne
       1st Windham
       1st Méribel
       2nd Albstadt

### 2015

    1st Cross-country, UCI World Championships
    1st Cross-country, European Games
    1st Cross-country, National Championships
    1st Overall UCI XCO World Cup
       1st Mont-Sainte-Anne
       1st Windham
       1st Val di Sole
       2nd Nové Město
       2nd Albstadt
       2nd Lenzerheide

### 2016

    1st Cross-country, Olympic Games
    1st Cross-country, UCI World Championships
    1st Cross-country, National Championships
    2nd Overall UCI XCO World Cup
       1st Cairns
       1st Albstadt
       1st Lenzerheide
       4th La Bresse

### 2017

    UCI World Championships
       1st Cross-country
       1st Team relay
    1st Cross-country, National Championships
    1st Overall Cape Epic (with Matthias Stirnemann)
    1st Overall UCI XCO World Cup
       1st Nové Město
       1st Albstadt
       1st Vallnord
       1st Lenzerheide
       1st Mont-Sainte-Anne
       1st Val di Sole

### 2018

    UCI World Championships
       1st Cross-country
       1st Team relay
    1st Overall Outcast Rider, Cape Epic
    1st Overall UCI XCO World Cup
       1st Nové Město
       1st Albstadt
       1st Val di Sole
       1st La Bresse
       2nd Stellenbosch
       2nd Vallnord
    UCI XCC World Cup
       2nd Val di Sole
       3rd Nové Město

### 2019

    UCI World Championships
       1st Cross-country
       1st Team relay
    1st Cross-country, National Championships
    1st Overall Cape Epic (with Lars Forster)
    1st Overall UCI XCO World Cup
       1st Vallnord
       1st Les Gets
       2nd Nové Město
       2nd Lenzerheide
       2nd Snowshoe
       3rd Val di Sole
    UCI XCC World Cup
       1st Snowshoe
       2nd Vallnord
       3rd Albstadt
       3rd Lenzerheide
    Swiss Bike Cup
       1st Solothurn
       2nd Lugano
    1st Tokyo 2020 Test Event
    Internazionali d'Italia Series
       3rd Monte Titano

### 2020

    1st Cross-country, UEC European Championships
    1st Cross-country, National Championships
    1st Overall Swiss Epic (with Lars Forster)
    Swiss Bike Cup
       1st Leukerbad
    4th Overall UCI XCO World Cup
       3rd Nové Město II
       4th Nové Město I

### 2021

    1st Cross-country, UCI World Championships
    Internazionali d'Italia Series
       2nd Andora
       2nd Nalles
    UCI XCC World Cup
       3rd Albstadt
    4th Overall UCI XCO World Cup
       2nd Albstadt
       2nd Lenzerheide
       4th Snowshoe
       5th Les Gets
    4th Cross-country, Olympic Games

### 2022

    UCI World Championships
       1st Cross-country
       1st Team relay
    1st Overall UCI XCO World Cup
       1st Petrópolis
       2nd Albstadt
       2nd Leogang
       2nd Val di Sole
       3rd Nové Město
       3rd Vallnord
       4th Lenzerheide
    UCI XCC World Cup
       3rd Albstadt

### 2023

    UCI World Championships
       1st Team relay
       3rd Cross-country
    1st Overall UCI XCO World Cup
       1st Lenzerheide
       1st Val di Sole
       2nd Les Gets
       2nd Snowshoe
       3rd Nové Město
    Ökk Bike Revolution
       1st Engelberg
       3rd Chur
       3rd Davos
    Internazionali d'Italia Series
       1st Capoliveri
    UCI XCC World Cup
       2nd Vallnord

### 2024

    UCI XCO World Cup
       1st Val di Sole
       2nd Nové Město
       4th Crans-Montana
    2nd Overall Cape Epic (with Sebastian Fini Carstensen)
    Ökk Bike Revolution
       2nd Engelberg
    3rd Cross-country, National Championships

### UCI World Cup results

| Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Rank | Points |
| 2005 | SPA 28 | MAD 35 | HOU 45 | WIL 22 | MON — | SAN — | ANG — | FOR DNF | | 43rd | 174 |
| 2006 | CUR 14 | MAD 14 | SPA — | FOR 9 | MON 18 | SCH 23 | | | | 9th | 481 |
| 2007 | HOU 6 | OFF DNF | CHA 3 | MON 5 | FEL 6 | MAR DNF | | | | 8th | 560 |
| 2008 | HOU 2 | OFF 4 | MAD DNF | AND 15 | FOR 2 | MON — | BRO — | CAN 8 | SCH 17 | 8th | 808 |
| 2009 | PIE 6 | OFF 10 | HOU — | MAD 5 | MON 13 | BRO 6 | CHA 26 | SCH 4 | | 5th | 779 |
| 2010 | DAL 1 | HOU 15 | OFF 2 | CHA 3 | ISE 1 | WIN 2 | | | | 1st | 1136 |
| 2011 | PIE 1 | DAL 9 | OFF 7 | MON 2 | WIN 2 | NOV 2 | ISE 2 | | | 2nd | 1270 |
| 2012 | PIE 1 | HOU 2 | NOV 1 | LAB — | MON 1 | WIN — | ISE 1 | | | 1st | 1200 |
| 2013 | ALB 18 | NOV 1 | VAL 1 | AND 1 | MON 3 | HAF 2 | | | | 1st | 1180 |
| 2014 | PIE 6 | CAI — | NOV 1 | ALB 2 | MON 1 | WIN 1 | MER 1 | | | 2nd | 1330 |
| 2015 | NOV 2 | ALB 2 | LEN 2 | MON 1 | WIN 1 | VAL 1 | | | | 1st | 850 |
| 2016 | CAI 1 | ALB 1 | LAB 4 | LEN 1 | MON — | AND 13 | | | | 2nd | 2190 |
| 2017 | NOV 1 | ALB 1 | AND 1 | LEN 1 | MON 1 | VAL 1 | | | | 1st | 1500 |
| 2018 | STE 2 | ALB 1 | NOV 1 | VAL 1 | AND 2 | MON 7 | LAB 1 | | | 1st | 1861 |
| 2019 | ALB 6 | NOV 2 | AND 1 | LES 1 | VAL 3 | LEN 2 | SNO 2 | | | 1st | 1995 |
| 2020 | LEN NH | VAL NH | LES NH | NOV 4 | NOV 3 | | | | | 4th | 310 |
| 2021 | ALB 2 | NOV 7 | LEO 10 | LES 5 | LEN 2 | SNO 4 | | | | 4th | 1182 |
| 2022 | PET 1 | ALB 2 | NOV 3 | LEO 2 | LEN 4 | AND 3 | SNO DNF | MON 6 | VAL 2 | 1st | 1723 |
| 2023 | NOV 3 | LEN 1 | LEO 21 | VAL 1 | AND 12 | LES 2 | SNO 2 | MON 14 | | 1st | 1549 |
| 2024 | MAI 35 | ARA 6 | NOV 2 | VAL 1 | CRA 4 | LES 8 | LAK 25 | MON 8 | | 4th | 1164 |