# Marc Lauenstein

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{{short description|Swiss orienteering competitor}}
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{{MedalSport | Men's [orienteering](/source/orienteering) }}
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{{MedalCompetition | [World Championships](/source/World_Orienteering_Championships) }}
{{MedalSilver | [2005 Aichi](/source/2005_World_Orienteering_Championships) | Long }}
{{MedalSilver | [2006 Aarhus](/source/2006_World_Orienteering_Championships) | Long }}
{{MedalBronze | [2005 Aichi](/source/2005_World_Orienteering_Championships) | Relay }}
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'''Marc Lauenstein''' (born September 15, 1980 in [Cormondréche](/source/Corcelles-Cormondr%C3%A8che), [Neuchâtel](/source/Canton_of_Neuch%C3%A2tel)) is a [Swiss](/source/Switzerland) [orienteering](/source/orienteering) [competitor](/source/Competition) and runner. He received a [silver medal](/source/silver_medal) on the long distance at the 2005 [World Orienteering Championships](/source/World_Orienteering_Championships) in [Aichi](/source/Aichi), and again in [Aarhus](/source/Aarhus) in 2006.<ref name=woc/> He earned a [bronze medal](/source/bronze_medal) in 2005 as a member of the [Swiss](/source/Switzerland) [relay team](/source/Relay_race).<ref name=woc>[http://old.orientering.no/resultater/vmres.asp World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110823154017/http://old.orientering.no/resultater/vmres.asp |date=2011-08-23 }} (Retrieved on March 7, 2008)</ref>

Lauenstein won the [World Long Distance Mountain Running Challenge](/source/World_Long_Distance_Mountain_Running_Challenge) in 2009 at the Kaisermarathon.<ref>[https://www.iaaf.org/news/news/lauenstein-and-pichrtova-win-kaisermarathon-t IAAF: Lauenstein and Pichrtova win Kaisermarathon titles in Söll.]</ref> He won the [Sierre-Zinal](/source/Sierre-Zinal) race in 2013,<ref>[http://www.sierre-zinal.com/f_vainqueurs.html?1 Sierre-Zinal Winners.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208111157/http://www.sierre-zinal.com/f_vainqueurs.html?1 |date=2015-12-08 }}</ref> the [Pikes Peak Marathon](/source/Pikes_Peak_Marathon) in 2014<ref>David Ramsey, [http://gazette.com/ramsey-swiss-dentist-marc-lauenstein-rules-americas-mountain-wins-pikes-peak-marathon/article/1535709 "Swiss dentist Marc Lauenstein rules America's Mountain, wins Pikes Peak Marathon"], ''The Gazette'' (Colorado Springs), 17 Aug 2014.</ref> and the [Marathon du Mont Blanc](/source/Marathon_du_Mont_Blanc) in 2015.<ref>[http://www.run247.com/articles/article-6522-a-world-line-up-on-the-podium-of-the-marathon-du-mont-blanc.html "A World Line-up on the Podium of the Marathon du Mont-Blanc"], ''Run247'', 30 Jun 2015.</ref>

In 2015, Lauenstein became the first runner to complete the Otter Run on South Africa's [Otter Trail](/source/Otter_Trail) in under four hours.<ref>[http://trailmag.co.za/marc-lauenstein-breaks-otter-four-hour-barrier/ "Marc Lauenstein Breaks 'Impossible' Otter Barrier"], ''Trail Magazine South Africa'', 20 Oct 2015.</ref>

He won the [Three Peaks Race](/source/Three_Peaks_Race) in 2016 in a time not far outside the long-standing course record, despite snowy conditions on the peaks.<ref>[http://threepeaksrace.org.uk/Three%20Peaks%20Report%202016.pdf Three Peaks Race Report for 2016.]</ref> Later the same year, he won Giir di Mont from [Premana](/source/Premana) on a route altered by bad weather<ref>[http://www.giirdimont.it/classifiche-ufficiali-giir-mont-2016/ Classifiche ufficiali Giir di Mont 2016.]</ref> and followed this with a victory at the Matterhorn Ultraks race in the [Skyrunner World Series](/source/Skyrunner_World_Series).<ref>[https://iancorless.org/2016/08/20/matterhorn-ultraks-46k-2016-race-summary-and-images-skyrunner-world-series/ Matterhorn Ultraks 46k 2016 Race Summary and Images– Skyrunner® World Series.], iancorless.com, 20 Aug 2016.</ref>

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Category:1980 births
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