Franziska Matile-Dörig

Franziska Matile-Dörig
Matile-Dörig winning gold at the 2024 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships
Personal information
Born (1992-03-26) 26 March 1992 (age 32)
Home townWinterthur, Switzerland
Sport
Country Switzerland
SportPara-cycling
Disability classC4
Event(s)Road cycling, track cycling
Medal record
Para-cycling
Paralympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris Road time trial C4
Road World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2024 Zurich Time trial C4
Silver medal – second place 2024 Zurich Road race C4
Track World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2023 Glasgow Scratch race C4
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Glasgow Omnium C4
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Rio de Janeiro Scratch race C4
European Para Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Rotterdam Road time trial C4
Gold medal – first place 2023 Rotterdam Road race C4

Franziska Matile-Dörig (born 26 March 1992) is a Swiss para-cyclist.

Sporting career

Matile-Dörig was a competitive orienteering athlete. After a long injury break, she retired as a squad athlete, but continued running, mountain sports, ski touring and trail running. She worked as a physiotherapist and trained as an outdoor guide. In a traffic accident in April 2021, she suffered broken bones in both feet. Her left foot was subsequently stiff and deformed. As part of her rehabilitation, she was suggested to take up cycling.[1]

In 2022, Matile-Dörig took part in her first paracycling race in Brugg and came into contact with national coach Dany Hirs, who has been training her ever since. She achieved her first podium finish in the Paracycling World Cup in Maniago, Italy, finishing third in the individual time trial.[1] In 2023 she won four medals: At the European Road Championships she became two-time European champion in time trial and road race. At the World Track Championships she won silver in the scratch and bronze in the omnium.[2][3]

Awards and honors

In 2023, Matile-Dörig was honored with the Newcomer Award at the Swiss Paralympic Night.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Franziska Matile-Dörig - Swiss Paralympic". swissparalympic.ch. 2023-05-10. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
  2. ^ "Rigling dominiert in Einzelverfolgung – Matile-Dörig holt Silber" (in German). SRF. 4 August 2023.
  3. ^ "Matile-Dörig holt Bronze im Omnium" (in German). SRF. 7 August 2023.
  4. ^ Sara Egli (2023-12-11). "Franziska Matile-Dörig ist Newcomerin des Jahres 2023". swiss-cycling.ch. Retrieved 2023-12-12.