Switzerland will send a team of 25 athletes to the Kamnik 2026 European Off-Road Championships including Up and Down defending champion Roberto Delorenzi and four-time European champion Maude Mathys.
Mathys is one of Switzerland’s most successful mountain and trail runners of all time, with several world medals across multiple elite series’, and three European mountain running titles.
This year she will be competing in the trail race, which is 52km with a 2450m ascent and descent when the championships head to Slovenia 5-7 June.
Delorenzi has established himself at the top of the sport for years, taking gold in the 2024 edition for the up and down race, while placing fourth in the uphill.
He travels to Italy with the hopes of defending his title after running a 1:05.26 half marathon in Napoli in February.
The full men’s team:
Uphill:
Senior: Roberto Delorenzi, Dominik Rolli, Jonathan Schmid, Jonas Soldini
U20: Gian Frei, Victor Gailland, Finn Wust
Up and down:
Senior: Delorenzi, Kenzo Regad, Dominik Rolli, Nathan Wanner
Trail:
Senior: Tobias Baggenstos, Dimitri Bussard, Francesco Ceschi, Jerome Furer
The full women’s team:
Uphill:
Senior: Celine Aebi, Selina Burch, Flurina Eichholzer, Axelle Genoud
U20: Livia Estermann, Rahel Good, Diana Pagani
Up and down:
Senior: Aebi, Eichholzer, Genoud, Rea Iseli
U20: Estermann, Good, Pagani.
Trail:
Senior: Nadja Fassler, Maude Mathys, Maelle Minnig, Judith Wyder