Viktor Rothlin
SWITZERLAND
BIRTHDATE:
October 14, 1974
PERSONAL BEST:
2:07:23 (Tokyo, 2008)
WORLD MARATHON MAJOR HIGHLIGHTS:
25Aug07 IAAF World Championships 3rd 2:17:25
06Nov05 ING New York City Marathon 7th 2:11:44
30Aug03 IAAF World Championships 14th 2:11:14
30Sep01 real,- Berlin Marathon 8th 2:10:54
ADDITIONAL CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
17Feb08 Tokyo International Marathon 1st 2:07:23
01Apr07 Zurich Marathon 1st 2:08:20
13Aug06 European Championships Marathon 2:11:50
03Apr05 Zurich Marathon 4th 2:11:00
04Apr04 Zurich Marathon 1st 2:09:56
13Apr03 Zurich Marathon 2nd 2:11:05
11Aug02 European Championships Marathon 2:16:16
22Apr01 Rotterdam Marathon 13th 2:12:22
16Apr00 Rotterdam Marathon 20th 2:12:53
25Apr99 Hamburg Marathon 12th 2:13:36
CAREER NOTES:
Viktor Rothlin is Switzerland's greatest marathon runner. He was the first Swiss to break 2:11 in 2001, to break 2:10 in 2004 and to break 2:09 in 2007. That last performance of 2:08:19.2 also won him the Zurich Marathon for the second time.
Rothlin started 2008 by breaking the 2:08 barrier at the Tokyo International Marathon as his 2:07:23 was also a record for the new course and fourth fastest time ever run in the Japanese capital.
At the Osaka 2007 World Championships Marathon he became the first Swiss to medal, earning the bronze. His third place finish also equalled the best Swiss finish in a World Marathon Majors race, first achieved by Werner Meier at the 1983 Berlin Marathon.
In May he was third at the Grand Prix von Bern 10-Mile (49:30) and in July he won his third consecutive Ageriseelauf 14.5 km.
