# Kurt Betschart
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{{short description|Swiss cyclist}}
{{Infobox cyclist
| name = Kurt Betschart
| image = Kurt Betschart and Renate Franz.jpg
| fullname = Kurt Betschart
| nickname =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1968|8|25}}
| birth_place = [Erstfeld](/source/Erstfeld), [Switzerland](/source/Switzerland)
| height =
| weight =
| currentteam =
| discipline = Track
| role = Retired Rider
| ridertype = Six Day
| proyears1 = 1991
| proteam1 = Seco
| proyears2 = 1992
| proteam2 = Seco-Scott, Bleiker
| proyears3 = 1993
| proteam3 = Seco-Scott, Amore & Vita-Galatron
| proyears4 = 1994
| proteam4 = I.K.O. - Corratec, Decarte - Ovronnaz
| proyears5 = 1995
| proteam5 = I.K.O. - Corratec
| proyears6 = 1996
| proteam6 = Wheeler
| proyears7 = 1997
| proteam7 = Diamont Back
| proyears8 = 1998–2006
| proteam8 = Mobel Marki
| majorwins = 37 "Six Day" wins
1st in National Track Championship 2001, Points
European Madison Champion (with Bruno Risi) 1995
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalCountry| {{SUI}} }}
{{MedalSport | Men's [track cycling](/source/track_cycling)}}
{{MedalCompetition|[World Championships](/source/UCI_Track_Cycling_World_Championships)}}
{{ MedalBronze | 1995 |Madison with [Bruno Risi](/source/Bruno_Risi) }}
{{MedalCompetition|European}}
{{ MedalGold | 1995 |Madison with [Bruno Risi](/source/Bruno_Risi) }}
{{ MedalSilver | 1996 |Madison with [Bruno Risi](/source/Bruno_Risi) }}
{{ MedalBronze | 2000 |Madison with [Bruno Risi](/source/Bruno_Risi) }}
{{ MedalBronze | 2000 |Madison with [Bruno Risi](/source/Bruno_Risi) }}
{{ MedalBronze | 2001 |Madison with [Bruno Risi](/source/Bruno_Risi) }}
{{ MedalSilver | 2002 |Madison with [Bruno Risi](/source/Bruno_Risi) }}
{{ MedalBronze | 2003 |Madison with [Bruno Risi](/source/Bruno_Risi) }}
}}
'''Kurt Betschart''' born 25 August 1968 in [Erstfeld](/source/Erstfeld) [Switzerland](/source/Switzerland) is a former professional cyclist. He was a [Six Day Track](/source/Six-day_racing) specialist holding a world record 37 victories with the same partner, [Bruno Risi](/source/Bruno_Risi). He had a total of 47 professional victories[{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingwebsite.net/coureuruitslagenfiche.php?coureurid=2011 |title=Results Kurt Betschart |accessdate=2008-11-27 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003143118/http://www.cyclingwebsite.net/coureuruitslagenfiche.php?coureurid=2011 |archivedate=2012-10-03 }}] and represented Switzerland at the Olympic games. After sixteen years in professional cycling Kurt retired on 26 July 2006.[[:de:Kurt Betschart](/source/%3Ade%3AKurt_Betschart)]
==Olympic Games==
;[2000 Summer Olympics](/source/2000_Summer_Olympics) - [Sydney](/source/Sydney)
: 11th, Men's [Madison](/source/Madison_(cycling)) (Track cycling)[[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418031026/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/be/kurt-betschart-1.html Kurt Betschart at Sports Reference]]
==Palmares==
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;1991
: 2nd in Giro del Lago Maggiore - GP Knorr (SUI)
: 3rd, [Six Days of Zürich](/source/Six_Days_of_Z%C3%BCrich) (with [Bruno Risi](/source/Bruno_Risi))
;1992
: 1st, [Six Days of Dortmund](/source/Six_Days_of_Dortmund) (with [Bruno Risi](/source/Bruno_Risi))
: 3rd in Giro dei Sei Comuni (SUI)
: 2nd in Giro del Lago Maggiore - GP Knorr (SUI)
: 3rd, [Six Days of München](/source/Six_Days_of_Munich) (GER)
: 3rd in General Classification Niederoesterreich Rundfahrt (AUT)
: 1st, [Six Days of Zürich](/source/Six_Days_of_Z%C3%BCrich); + Bruno Risi
: 2nd in General Classification GP Brissago (SUI)
;1993
: 1st, [Six Days of Zürich](/source/Six_Days_of_Z%C3%BCrich) (with [Bruno Risi](/source/Bruno_Risi))
: 1st, [Six Days of Dortmund](/source/Six_Days_of_Dortmund) (with [Bruno Risi](/source/Bruno_Risi))
: 1st, [Six Days of Ghent](/source/Six_Days_of_Ghent) (with [Bruno Risi](/source/Bruno_Risi))
: 1st, [Six Days of München](/source/Six_Days_of_Munich) (with [Bruno Risi](/source/Bruno_Risi))
: 2nd, National Team Pursuit Championship (with [Bruno Risi](/source/Bruno_Risi)/[Büchler](/source/Sandro_B%C3%BCchler)/[Gisler](/source/Roger_Gisler))
: 3rd, [Six Days of Bremen](/source/Six_Days_of_Bremen) (with [Bruno Risi](/source/Bruno_Risi))
;1994
: 1st, [Six-Days of København](/source/Six_Days_of_Copenhagen) (DEN)(with [Bruno Risi](/source/Bruno_Risi))
: 1st, [Six Days of München](/source/Six_Days_of_Munich) (with [Bruno Risi](/source/Bruno_Risi))
: 1st, Six-Days' of Bordeaux (FRA) (with [Bruno Risi](/source/Bruno_Risi))
: 3rd, [Six Days of Antwerp](/source/Six_Days_of_Antwerp)en (BEL) (with [Bruno Risi](/source/Bruno_Risi))
: 2nd, [Six Days of Bremen](/source/Six_Days_of_Bremen) (GER)
: 2nd, [Six Days of Dortmund](/source/Six_Days_of_Dortmund) (GER)
: 3rd in Hegiberg-Rundfahrt (SUI)
: 3rd, [Six Days of Köln](/source/Six_Days_of_Cologne) (GER)
: 2nd, [Six Days of Stuttgart](/source/Six_Days_of_Stuttgart) (GER)
: 2nd, [Six Days of Zürich](/source/Six_Days_of_Z%C3%BCrich) (SUI)
;1995
: {{flagicon|EUR}} European Madison Champion (with [Bruno Risi](/source/Bruno_Risi))
: 1st, [Six Days of Bremen](/source/Six_Days_of_Bremen) (with [Bruno Risi](/source/Bruno_Risi))
: 1st, [Six Days of Köln](/source/Six_Days_of_Cologne) (with [Bruno Risi](/source/Bruno_Risi))
: 1st, [Six Days of Zürich](/source/Six_Days_of_Z%C3%BCrich); + Bruno Risi
: {{bronze3}}3rd World Madison Championship (with [Bruno Risi](/source/Bruno_Risi)), Bogota
: 2nd, [Six Days of Dortmund](/source/Six_Days_of_Dortmund) (GER)
: 2nd, [Six Days of Stuttgart](/source/Six_Days_of_Stuttgart) (GER)
: 3rd, [Six Days of Herning](/source/Six_Days_of_Herning) (DEN)
;1996
: 1st, [Six Days of Ghent](/source/Six_Days_of_Ghent) (with [Bruno Risi](/source/Bruno_Risi))
: 1st, [Six-Days of København](/source/Six_Days_of_Copenhagen) (with [Bruno Risi](/source/Bruno_Risi))
: 1st, [Six Days of Zürich](/source/Six_Days_of_Z%C3%BCrich) (with [Bruno Risi](/source/Bruno_Risi))
: {{silver2}} 2nd European Madison Championship (with [Bruno Risi](/source/Bruno_Risi))
: 2nd, National Team Pursuit Championship (with [Bruno Risi](/source/Bruno_Risi)/Gisler/[Strüby](/source/Adrian_Str%C3%BCby))
: 2nd, [Six Days of Bassano del Grappa](/source/Six_Days_of_Bassano_del_Grappa) (ITA)
: 2nd, [Six Days of Bremen](/source/Six_Days_of_Bremen) (GER)
: 2nd, [Six Days of München](/source/Six_Days_of_Munich) (GER)
: 2nd, [Six Days of Milan](/source/Six_Days_of_Milan) (ITA)
: 2nd, [Six Days of Stuttgart](/source/Six_Days_of_Stuttgart) (GER)
: 2nd in National Championship, Track, Team Pursuit, Elite, Switzerland, Zürich (SUI)
: 3rd, [Six Days of Dortmund](/source/Six_Days_of_Dortmund) (GER)
: 3rd in Erstfeld (SUI)
;1997
: 1st, [Six Days of Dortmund](/source/Six_Days_of_Dortmund) (with [Bruno Risi](/source/Bruno_Risi))
: 1st, Six-Days' of Leipzig (with [Bruno Risi](/source/Bruno_Risi))
: 1st, [Six Days of München](/source/Six_Days_of_Munich) (with [Bruno Risi](/source/Bruno_Risi))
: {{silver2}} 2nd European Madison Championship (with [Bruno Risi](/source/Bruno_Risi))
: 2nd in Bordeaux, Six Days (FRA)
: 2nd in European Championship, Track, Madison, Elite
: 2nd, [Six Days of Stuttgart](/source/Six_Days_of_Stuttgart) (GER)
: 2nd, [Six Days of Milan](/source/Six_Days_of_Milan) (ITA)
: 2nd, [Six Days of Zürich](/source/Six_Days_of_Z%C3%BCrich) (SUI)
: 3rd, [Six Days of Herning](/source/Six_Days_of_Herning) (DEN)
: 3rd, [Six Days of Bremen](/source/Six_Days_of_Bremen) (GER)
: 3rd, [Six Days of Bassano del Grappa](/source/Six_Days_of_Bassano_del_Grappa) (ITA)
;1998
: 1st, [Six Days of München](/source/Six_Days_of_Munich) (with [Bruno Risi](/source/Bruno_Risi))
: 1st, [Six Days of Stuttgart](/source/Six_Days_of_Stuttgart) (with [Bruno Risi](/source/Bruno_Risi))
: 1st, [Six Days of Herning](/source/Six_Days_of_Herning) (with [Bruno Risi](/source/Bruno_Risi))
: 1st, [Six Days of Zürich](/source/Six_Days_of_Z%C3%BCrich) (with [Bruno Risi](/source/Bruno_Risi))
: 2nd, [Six Days of Dortmund](/source/Six_Days_of_Dortmund) (GER)
: 3rd, [Six Days of Bremen](/source/Six_Days_of_Bremen) (GER)
: 3rd, [Six-Days of København](/source/Six_Days_of_Copenhagen) (DEN)
: 3rd in Hyères, Madison, Hyères (FRA)
;1999
: 1st, [Six Days of Bremen](/source/Six_Days_of_Bremen) (with [Bruno Risi](/source/Bruno_Risi))
: 1st, [Six Days of Dortmund](/source/Six_Days_of_Dortmund) (with [Bruno Risi](/source/Bruno_Risi))
: 1st, [Six Days of Zürich](/source/Six_Days_of_Z%C3%BCrich) (with [Bruno Risi](/source/Bruno_Risi))
: 2nd, [Six Days of München](/source/Six_Days_of_Munich) (GER)
: 2nd, [Six Days of Fiorenzuola d' Arda](/source/Six_Days_of_Fiorenzuola) (ITA)
;2000
: 1st, [Six Days of München](/source/Six_Days_of_Munich) (with [Bruno Risi](/source/Bruno_Risi))
: 1st, [Six Days of Zürich](/source/Six_Days_of_Z%C3%BCrich) (with [Bruno Risi](/source/Bruno_Risi), Markus Zberg)
: {{bronze3}} 3rd European Madison Championship (with [Bruno Risi](/source/Bruno_Risi))
: 3rd, [Six Days of Dortmund](/source/Six_Days_of_Dortmund) (GER)
: 3rd, [Six Days of Fiorenzuola d' Arda](/source/Six_Days_of_Fiorenzuola) (ITA)
;2001
:{{flagicon|SUI}} 1st in National Championship, Track, Points race, Zürich, Switzerland
: {{bronze3}} 3rd European Madison Championship (with [Bruno Risi](/source/Bruno_Risi))
: 1st in Dachau (GER)
: 2nd, [Six Days of Dortmund](/source/Six_Days_of_Dortmund) (GER)
: 2nd, [Six Days of Ghent](/source/Six_Days_of_Ghent) (BEL)
: 2nd, [Six Days of München](/source/Six_Days_of_Munich) (GER)
: 2nd, [Six Days of Torino](/source/Six_Days_of_Turin) (ITA)
: 3rd, [Six Days of Zürich](/source/Six_Days_of_Z%C3%BCrich) (SUI)
: 3rd in Weil-am-Rhein (GER)
: 2nd in Silenen - Amsteg - Bristen (SUI)
;2002
: 1st, [Six Days of Bremen](/source/Six_Days_of_Bremen) (with [Bruno Risi](/source/Bruno_Risi))
: 1st, [Six Days of Ghent](/source/Six_Days_of_Ghent) (with [Bruno Risi](/source/Bruno_Risi))
: 1st, [Six Days of Stuttgart](/source/Six_Days_of_Stuttgart) (with [Bruno Risi](/source/Bruno_Risi))
: {{silver2}} 2nd European Madison Championship (with [Bruno Risi](/source/Bruno_Risi))
: 1st in Silenen - Amsteg - Bristen (SUI)
: 1st in Stadtkriterium Thun (SUI)
: 1st in Osnabrück, Derny (GER)
: 2nd, [Six Days of München](/source/Six_Days_of_Munich) (GER)
: 2nd in City Night Rhede, Derny (GER)
: 2nd in Rominger Classic, Engelberg (SUI)
: 3rd, [Six Days of Dortmund](/source/Six_Days_of_Dortmund) (GER)
: 3rd, [Six Days of Torino](/source/Six_Days_of_Turin) (ITA)
: 3rd, [Six-Days of København](/source/Six_Days_of_Copenhagen) (DEN)
: 3rd in Stuttgart-Hohenheim (GER)
;2003
: {{bronze3}} European Madison Championship (with [Bruno Risi](/source/Bruno_Risi))
: 1st, [Six Days of Berlin](/source/Six_Days_of_Berlin) (with [Bruno Risi](/source/Bruno_Risi))
: 1st, [Six Days of Dortmund](/source/Six_Days_of_Dortmund) (with [Bruno Risi](/source/Bruno_Risi))
: 1st, [Six Days of München](/source/Six_Days_of_Munich) (with [Bruno Risi](/source/Bruno_Risi))
: 2nd, [Six Days of Amsterdam](/source/Six_Days_of_Amsterdam) (NED)
: 1st in Osnabrück (GER)
: 1st in Dachau (GER)
: 3rd in Chur - Arosa (SUI)
: 2nd in Stage 1 Rominger Classic (SUI)
: 2nd in Stage 2 Rominger Classic (SUI)
: 3rd in Trois Jours d'Aigle (SUI)
: 3rd, [Six Days of Ghent](/source/Six_Days_of_Ghent) (BEL)
: 3rd in Schattdorf (SUI)
;2004
: 1st, [Six Days of Bremen](/source/Six_Days_of_Bremen) (with [Bruno Risi](/source/Bruno_Risi))
: 1st in Silenen - Amsteg - Bristen (SUI)
: 1st in Gelsenkirchen (b) (GER)
: 2nd, [Six Days of Stuttgart](/source/Six_Days_of_Stuttgart) (GER)
: 2nd, [Six Days of Amsterdam](/source/Six_Days_of_Amsterdam) (NED)
: 3rd in Einhausen - Entega GP (GER)
: 3rd in Dahme Trophy (GER)
;2005
: 1st, [Six Days of Stuttgart](/source/Six_Days_of_Stuttgart) (with [Bruno Risi](/source/Bruno_Risi) & [Franco Marvulli](/source/Franco_Marvulli))
: 1st, [Six Days of Amsterdam](/source/Six_Days_of_Amsterdam) (with [Bruno Risi](/source/Bruno_Risi))
: 1st, [Six Days of Berlin](/source/Six_Days_of_Berlin) (with [Bruno Risi](/source/Bruno_Risi))
: 2nd, Six Days of Rotterdam (NED)
: 2nd, [Six Days of Bremen](/source/Six_Days_of_Bremen) (GER)
: 2nd in Trois Jours d'Aigle (SUI)
: 2nd, [Six Days of Dortmund](/source/Six_Days_of_Dortmund) (GER)
: 3rd, [Six Days of München](/source/Six_Days_of_Munich) (GER)
: 3rd, [Six Days of Ghent](/source/Six_Days_of_Ghent) (BEL)
;2006
: 2nd, [Six-Days of København](/source/Six_Days_of_Copenhagen) (DEN)
: 3rd, [Six Days of Stuttgart](/source/Six_Days_of_Stuttgart) (GER)
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