Marcel Schelbert (born 26 February 1976) is a retired Swiss athlete who specialized in the 400 metres hurdles.
His personal best time of 48.13 seconds, achieved when he won the bronze medal at the 1999 World Championships, is also a Swiss record.Swiss athletics records He also won a bronze medal at the 1999 Summer Universiade. For these feats he was given the Swiss Sportsman of the Year Award the same year.
Schelbert retired in 2003, and now works in a bank.
Achievements Representing 1994World Junior ChampionshipsLisbon, Portugal9th (sf)400 m hurdles51.821995European Junior ChampionshipsNyíregyháza, Hungary2nd400 m hurdles50.441996Olympic GamesAtlanta, United States46th (h)400 m hurdles51.201997European U23 ChampionshipsTurku, Finland2nd400 m hurdles49.43World ChampionshipsAthens, Greece14th (h)4 × 400 m relay3:05.34UniversiadeCatania, Italy7th400 m hurdles51.6213th (h)4 × 100 m relay40.7511th (h)4 × 400 m relay3:10.911999UniversiadePalma de Mallorca, Spain3rd400 m hurdles48.77World ChampionshipsSeville, Spain3rd400 m hurdles48.132001UniversiadeBeijing, China1st (h)400 m hurdles50.03
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