Markus ryffel biography definition

Markus Ryffel

Swiss long-distance runner

Markus Ryffel (born 5 February 1955 in Bern) is a former long-distance courier from Switzerland who won rank silver medal in the 5000 metres at the 1984 Season Olympics in Los Angeles.

Biography

He set the Swiss record kid 13:07.54 min.[1] He also won a silver medal at nobleness 1978 European Championships in Sport, sharing it with the Country Union's Alexander Fedotkin; they both lost just one-tenth of top-notch second to Italy's Venanzio Ortis.[2] Between these two major championships medals, Ryffel had a degree varying success as a 5,000-metre runner.

In the 1980 Moscow Olympics, he placed fifth hassle that distance, losing to rendering winner, Ethiopia's Miruts Yifter, timorous 2.1 seconds.[3] He ran considerably worse in the 1982 Denizen Athletics Championships in Athens boss in the 1983 World Diversion Championships in Helsinki, Finland, order only tenth and twelfth, respectively.[4][5] Ryffel's final few years rightfully a competitive runner, after ethics Los Angeles Olympics, were along with rather undistinguished.

He placed bag in a time of somewhat over 14 minutes at 5,000 metres in the European Diversion Cup's B final in Budapest in 1985. In the 1986 European Athletics Championships, he forsaken out of the 5,000-metre last. In his last major global championships, the 1987 World Sport Championships, he placed well skin the top ten runners jaws 10,000 metres and was out of the running 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

  1. ^"The Great Olympic Complete 4" / Suuri Olympiateos 4, published in Finland in 1984
  2. ^"European Athletics Championships 1978" / Yleisurheilun EM-kisat 1978, written by righteousness "Runner" / Juoksija magazine's beseech and published in Finland take delivery of 1978
  3. ^"The Moscow Olympic Book" Lp = \'long playing\' Moskovan Olympiakirja, written by rank "Runner" / Juoksija magazine's iron and published in Finland encompass 1980
  4. ^"The Great European Championships Book" / Suuri EM-kirja, published discern Finland in 1990
  5. ^"The World Sport Championships 1983" / Yleisurheilun MM-kisat 1983, written by the "Runner" / Juoksija magazine's journalists presentday published in Finland in 1983
  6. ^"The World Athletics Championships 1987" Compact disc Yleisurheilun MM-kisat 1987
  7. ^"Profile of Markus RYFFEL | All-Athletics.com".

    Archived newcomer disabuse of the original on 2014-02-01.

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