TRACK & ROAD

CYCLIST

BEST RESULTS

Team Pursuit Track World Championships, Copenhagen 2024

Scratch Track Championsleague 2024, London

Scratch Track Swiss Championships 2025

Pointsrace Track Swiss Championships 2024

Swiss Championships Road and ITT 2024

«My ultimate goal is to compete for Switzerland at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles 2028.»

HOW IT ALL BEGAN

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13.02.1996

BIRTHDAY IN BASEL, SWITZERLAND

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Some time after 1996

PLAY

It began with a bike. Well, not exactly. It began with my brother. Driving around the kitchen table with a bobby car.

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2005

FIRST TRIATHLON

Eventually my endless need for movement brought me to a triathlon club. I was eight. What started as a fun kids activity soon got more serious, as puberty hit and I grew strong.

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2014 - 2017

INTERNATIONAL RACING & UNI UK

I raced international ITU triathlon competitions as a Junior and U23. I combined my Bachelors› degree in International Relations in Birmingham (UK) with being part of the University’s High Performance Triathlon Team.  

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2017-2019

INJURY & LIFE 

Unfortunately a foot injury forced me out of running for two years. I decided that I had seen enough of elite sports and focused on other things in life. I travelled across Europe, did internships and political projects, I came out and finished my masters degree in International Law at the University of St. Gallen.

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December 2020

FIRST TRACK CYCLING TRAINING

 Then COVID hit. While the world stood still, I cycled again more. Through a friend I was invited to do a women’s track session that was organised by the national team. At 24 years and after five minutes of riding round in circles, I felt that I had found a new love and finally the right sport for me.

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February 2021

NATIONAL TEAM

Two months later, I integrated the national team’s training.

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July 2021

FIRST TRACK RACE & WORLD CUP

Six months after my track initiation, I rode my first track race, followed by a World Cup in St. Petersburg, where we won a Bronze Medal for Switzerland in the Team Pursuit.

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October 2021

WORLD & EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS

Soon after I started at my first European and World Track Championships in the Individual and Team Pursuit.

That’s how it all began. 

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2022

HITTING A WALL

After this very smooth start into the sport four years ago, my second year was riddled with failures. I was still working 80% on a legal case in an NGO alongside hustling as a now elite cyclist. Soon enough I hit a wall. I was completely burned out from chasing performance in too many areas of my life. I took a step back and was suspended from the national team at the start of 2023.

HOW IT'S GOING

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2023

INTENSE PHYSICAL & MENTAL WORK

After a year of intense mental and physical work on myself, and reducing my work load, I won some international meetings and was put back on the national team.

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JANUARY TO MAY 2024

BACK IN THE GAME

In 2024 I raced at the European Track Championships and was among the contenders for the Paris Olympic Games. Despite my greatest efforts I was not selected. That was tough moment, but I decided to refocus.

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MARCH TO SEPTEMBER 2024

FIRST INTERNATIONAL ROAD SEASON

I rode my first international road season in 2024 with the Italian continental team Bepink Bongioanni. I quit my job to be able to live and train as a professional cyclist. 

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OCTOBER 2024

TRACK WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

At the Track World Championships in Copenhagen, I contributed to a great 6th place in the team pursuit, very narrowly missing out on a Swiss record. I also rode the Scratch race, where I was 19th. 

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November & december 2024

UCI TRACK CHAMPIONSLEAGUE

Soon after World’s I got invited to the prestigious event series of the UCI Track Championsleague. There I rode one of my best results in an individual event, coming 3rd in the Scratch in London. 

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January & February 2025

VIRUS & NON-SELECTION

Life is no smooth line. I got ill three times in the crucial months of preparation for the Track European Championships. This is why I’m not racing at this year’s European Track Championships. 

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