ENGLISH WIKIPEDIA – PROPOSED EXPANSION Article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gion_Schnyder Prepared: 2 October 2026
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Gion Schnyder (born 1986) is a Swiss orienteer, ski orienteer and coach. He won the bronze medal in the middle-distance event at the 2019 World Ski Orienteering Championships, becoming the first Swiss competitor to win an individual medal at the senior championships. He is the head coach of the Swiss national ski orienteering team.
Sporting career Schnyder won bronze in the sprint at the 2018 European Ski Orienteering Championships in Bulgaria, finishing behind Eduard Khrennikov and Erik Rost. He finished sixth in the overall standings of the 2017–18 Ski Orienteering World Cup.
At the 2019 World Ski Orienteering Championships in Piteå, Sweden, he finished third in the middle-distance event behind Rost and Audun Heimdal. His bronze medal was Switzerland's first individual medal at the senior World Ski Orienteering Championships.
Representing Värska OK Peko, Schnyder also won medals at the Estonian national championships in both foot and ski orienteering.
Coaching career Schnyder led the Estonian Orienteering Federation's Team 2017 project, which prepared Estonian orienteers for the 2017 World Orienteering Championships on home soil. He was one of the national team's coaches at those championships, alongside Elo Saue.
Schnyder took on the role of head coach of the Swiss national ski orienteering team in 2017 while continuing to compete internationally. He continued to combine coaching and competition, a dual role discussed in a Swiss Orienteering podcast published in October 2025.
Expeditions In August 2019, Schnyder crossed Iceland on foot from north to south, covering approximately 600 kilometres in twelve days. The journey is the subject of Danya Schwertfeger's film 287:56h Conquering Iceland – 600 km on Trail.
Writing Schnyder is the author of the German-language book Wenn Träume leben lernen: Reisen als Spitzensportler, published by Novum Eco.
Personal life Schnyder married Estonian ski orienteer Daisy Kudre in Switzerland in February 2022. They have a son.
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Gion Schnyder (born 1986) is a Swiss orienteering and ski orienteering competitor.
He won a bronze medal in the middle distance at the 2019 World Ski Orienteering Championships.
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