Switzerland at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Medalists
Table:
Medal

Name

Sport

Event

Date

Gold
Brigitte McMahon
Triathlon
Women's individual

Silver
Barbara Blatter
Cycling
Women's mountainbike cross country

Silver
Markus Fuchs
Beat Mändli
Lesley McNaught
Willi Melliger
Equestrian
Team Jumping

Silver
Gianna Hablützel-Bürki
Fencing
Women's épée

Silver
Gianna Hablützel-Bürki
Sophie Lamon
Diana Romagnoli
Fencing
Women's team épée

Silver
Xeno Müller
Rowing
Men's single sculls

Silver
Michel Ansermet
Shooting
Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol

Bronze
Magali Messmer
Triathlon
Women's individual

Bronze
Christoph Sauser
Cycling
Men's mountainbike cross country

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Brigitte McMahon-Huber ( born March 25 , 1967 in Baar ) is an athlete from Switzerland , who competed in triathlon . McMahon competed at the first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics . She won the gold medal with a total time of 2:00:40.52 , which until 2008 was the fastest time for a female in an Olympic triathlon . Her split times were 19:44.58 for the swim , 1:05:42.30 for the cycling and 0:35:13.64 for the run . McMahon-Huber competed at the second Olympic triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics , finishing tenth with a total time of 2:07:07.73 . McMahon tested positive for erythropoietin ( EPO ) during an out of competition control in June 2005 . She maintains that she did not take any doping until well after the 2004 Athens Olympics where she came 10th and that she did it for therapeutic reasons only . After the positive test she was immediately removed from the Swiss national team and was facing a two-year ban from triathlon . As a consequence she retired from the sport .
Triathlon made its official debut at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney , Australia . This sporting event was held at the Sydney Opera House . Forty-eight triathletes contested the female event on September 16 , while fifty-two contested the male event on September 17 , making up a total of 100 competitors . Each competitor starts the event with a 1500-metre swim course , followed by a 40 kilometre road bicycle race and finish with a 10 kilometre road run . Each consecutive event in triathlon runs in sequence , without any respite , so that the athlete who crossed the line in first place at the end of the run would be the winner .
The women 's triathlon was part of the Triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics programme . It was the first appearance of the event , and one of the first-day events at the 2000 Summer Olympics . The competition was held on Saturday , September 16 , 2000 at the Sydney Opera House in Sydney .
Barbara Blatter ( born 22 December 1970 ) is a Swiss mountain biker . She won the Silver Medal in Mountainbike in 2000 Summer Olympics .
At the 2000 Summer Olympics , 3 different bicycle racing disciplines were contested : Road cycling , track cycling , and mountain biking .
These are the official results of the Women 's Cross-Country Mountain Biking at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney , Australia . The event was 35.5 kilometres in length and was held on 23 September 2000 at the Fairfield City Farm . There were 30 participants , one of whom did not finish the event .
Markus Fuchs ( born 23 June 1955 in Abtwil , Switzerland ) [ citation needed ] is a Swiss show jumper who competed at five Olympics between 1988 and 2004 . He was part of the Swiss team that won silver at the 2000 Olympics . He is , jointly with shooter Gabriele Bühlmann , the seventh Swiss sportsperson to compete at five Olympics , after middle-distance runner Paul Martin , equestrians Henri Chammartin and Gustav Fischer , javelin thrower Urs von Wartburg , equestrian Christine Stückelberger , and Alpine skier Paul Accola . At the European Show Jumping Championships , he came second in the individual event in 1999 on Tinka 's Boy . He was also part of the Swiss teams that won gold in 1995 , silver in 1999 and 2005 , and bronze in 1987 , 1989 , 1991 , and 2003 . Fuchs announced his retirement from competition on 6 June 2009 . He became the coach of the Italian national team , which won a silver medal that same year in the European Show Jumping Championships ( 2009 Windsor ) .
Beat Mändli ( born 1 October 1969 ) is a Swiss equestrian and Olympic medalist . He won a silver medal in show jumping at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney .
Lesley McNaught-Mändli ( born 10 February 1964 ) grew up on the family farm in Hinckley , Leicestershire . She began training with Ted Edgar , a successful international show jumper . In 1981 she became a Junior European Champion with her horse One More Time IV , after winning at Aarau , Switzerland . At the age of 18 she emigrated to Switzerland , where she got a job working for Willi Melliger at his stables near Neuendorf . It was whilst living in Switzerland that Lesley met and married Markus Mandlii , a Swiss show jumper . Riding for Switzerland , Lesley won a silver medal in show jumping at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney .
Wilhelm Willi Melliger ( 26 July 1953 - 16 January 2018 ) was a Swiss equestrian and Olympic medalist . With his horse Calvaro V , he won two Olympic silver medals : the first in show jumping at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and the second as part of team jumping at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney . Melliger died on 16 January 2018 from complications of a stroke that he suffered in December 2017 . He was 64 .
The equestrian events at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney included dressage , eventing , and show jumping . All three disciplines had both individual and team competitions .
The team jumping event , part of the equestrian program at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held on 28 September 2000 at the Sydney International Equestrian Centre 45 miles outside of Sydney , Australia . The results of the second and third round of the individual jumping were used to award rankings . Like all other equestrian events , the competition was mixed gender , with both male and female athletes competing in the same division . Fourteen teams , each consisting of four horse and rider pairs , entered the contest .
Gianna Hablützel-Bürki ( née Bürki , born 22 December 1969 in Basel ) is a female épée fencer .
At the 2000 Summer Olympics , ten fencing events were contested . Men competed in both individual and team events for each of the three weapon types ( épée , foil and sabre ) . Women competed in the foil and the épée events . The events took place at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre .
The women 's épée was one of ten fencing events on the fencing at the 2000 Summer Olympics programme . It was the second appearance of the event . The competition was held on 17 September 2000 . 39 fencers from 22 nations competed .
Sophie Lamon ( born 8 February 1985 ) is a Swiss fencer . She won a silver medal in the women 's team épée event at the 2000 Summer Olympics .
Diana Romagnoli ( born 14 February 1977 ) is a Swiss fencer . She won a silver medal in the women 's team épée event at the 2000 Summer Olympics .
The women 's team épée was one of ten fencing events on the fencing at the 2000 Summer Olympics programme . It was the second appearance of the event . The competition was held on 19 September 2000 . 26 fencers from 8 nations competed .
Xeno Müller ( born 7 August 1972 ) is a Swiss rower and Olympic gold medallist .
Rowing at the 2000 Summer Olympics took place at the Sydney International Regatta Centre in Penrith , New South Wales , Australia . It featured 547 competitors ( 363 men and 184 women ) from 51 nations taking part in 14 events . The medals were split among 20 nations . Romania was the most successful nation , topping the medal table with three golds , all won in the women 's events . Despite finishing second , Germany also dominated the medal table with six in overall . Great Britain and France , on the other hand , had a two-way tie for third place in the standings , with two golds and three in overall . The men 's rowing events became most notable for Great Britain 's Steve Redgrave , who won his fifth consecutive Olympic gold medal for the coxless four . He first won at Los Angeles in 1984 , followed by gold medals in 1988 , 1992 , 1996 , and 2000 , a record span of 16 years between his first and last gold medal . It was also his sixth overall Olympic medal , having won the bronze in 1988 for the coxed pair . At age 38 , Redgrave also became the oldest male rower to win an Olympic gold medal , until he was surpassed by Australia 's James Tomkins at the subsequent games . Tomkins , competing in his fourth games , won the bronze medal , and third medal overall for the men 's coxless pair with his partner Matthew Long . In the women 's rowing events , Romania 's Elisabeta Lipă won her third consecutive Olympic gold medal and fourth overall .
The men 's single sculls competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney , Australia took place at the Sydney International Regatta Centre . This rowing event is a single scull event , meaning that each boat is propelled by a single rower . The scull portion means that the rower uses two oars , one on each side of the boat ; this contrasts with sweep rowing in which each rower has one oar and rows on only one side ( not feasible for singles events ) . The competition consists of multiple rounds . Finals were held to determine the placing of each boat ; these finals were given letters with those nearer to the beginning of the alphabet meaning a better ranking . Semifinals were named based on which finals they fed , with each semifinal having two possible finals . During the first round six heats were held . The winning boat in each heat advanced to the semifinals , while all others were relegated to the repechages . The repechages offered the rowers a chance to qualify for the semi-final . Placing in the repechages determined which semifinal the boat would race in . The top three boats in each quarterfinal moved on to the A/B semifinals , with the bottom three boats going to the C/D semifinals . Six semifinals were held , two each of A/B semifinals , C/D semifinals , and E/F semifinals .
Michel Ansermet ( born 20 February 1965 ) is a Swiss pistol shooter who has appeared in two Olympic Games . Ansermet made his Olympic debut in 1996 . He won his first medal in 2000 winning silver in the 25 metre rapid fire pistol . He was also active as a cyclist and as such he participated in the prestigious time trial Grand Prix des Nations in 1986 . He is also a herpetologist and director of the Vivarium de Lausanne .
The shooting competitions at the 2000 Summer Olympics were carried out at the Sydney International Shooting Centre in Liverpool , New South Wales , Australia during the first week of the Games , from Saturday 16 September 2000 to Saturday 23 September 2000 . While the rifle , pistol and running target rules were largely unchanged from the Atlanta Games , two new shotgun events were added ( women 's trap and women 's skeet ) , raising the number of individual Olympic shooting events to an all-time high of seventeen .
The men 's 25 metre rapid fire pistol competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held on 20 and 21 September .
Magali Di Marco Messmer ( born 9 September 1971 in La Chaux-de-Fonds , Switzerland ) , is one of the most seasoned professional elite triathletes and part of the Swiss National Team since 1995 . She took part in two Olympic Games , placing 3rd in Sydney ( 2000 ) and 13th in Beijing ( 2008 ) . She lives in Troistorrents in Valais . Magali Di Marco Messmer started her triathlon career in 1995 when she had already retired from swimming , and she won the Swiss Championships in the very first year of her new triathlon career . In 2000 , she crowned her efforts by winning the bronze medal at the Olympics in Sydney , whereupon she retired temporarily from triathlon . Living in Monthey together with her husband and working as a manager in an insurance company , she dedicated herself to family life and gave birth to her son Eliah on 2 November 2001 . At the end of the year 2004 , however , Magali Di Marco hd her comeback to triathlon and in 2005 she achieved several World Cup top ten positions . At the Olympics in Beijing in 2008 she placed 13th and in the World Championship Rankings of the year 2009 she was the number 8 among 106 female elite triathletes , so for more than 15 years Magali Di Marco Messmer has now been a match for the best elite triathletes of the world . In the 15 years from 1995 to 2009 Magali Di Marco Messmer took part in 73 ITU competitions and achieved 43 top ten positions . In France , Magali Di Marco represents the Triathlon Club Châteauroux in the prestigious Club Championship Series Lyonnaise des Eaux . At the first triathlon of this French circuit in Dunkirk ( 23 May 2010 ) she placed 5th and was the best triathlete of her club , at the second triathlon in Beauvais ( 13 June 2010 ) she placed 6th and was again among the three athlètes classants l'equipe , and in Paris ( 18 July 2010 ) she also achieved an overall top ten position placing ninth and being again the best of the female Châteuroux triathletes .
Christoph Sauser ( born April 13 , 1976 in Sigriswil , Switzerland ) is a cross-country mountain biker who won the bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney , Australia . He currently races on the Specialized Cross Country Team . He was the overall winner of the UCI World Cup in 2004 and 2005 , along with taking 2nd in 2002 and 2003 , with a 3rd place in 2001 . He has won a total of 10 World Cups . In 2006 Sauser won his first Absa Cape Epic with partner Silvio Bundi . He then partnered up with Burry Stander winning back to back in 2011 and 2012 . Sauser partnered up with Jaroslav Kulhavy in 2013 , once again claiming 1st in the marathon stage race . At the 2015 Absa Cape Epic Sauser rode himself in the races history books by becoming the first person to win it a landmark five times , after which he retired from professional racing . In March , 2017 , Sauser came out of retirement in a bid to win his sixth Absa Cape Epic . In spite of being in good form he and partner Jaroslav Kulhavy ( Investec Songo Specialized ) finished second to Nino Schurter and Matthias Stirnemann ( Scott-Sram ) . The Sauser/Kulhavy combination was hampered by punctures at critical times . He won first place in the 2008 Mountain Bike World Championships , came second in the 2005 edition , and third in 2001 .
These are the official results of the Men 's Mountainbike Race at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney , Australia . There were a total number of 49 participants , with twelve non-finishers , in this event over 49.5 kilometres , held on 24 September 2000 at the Fairfield City Farm .