Engadin Skimarathon

The Engadin Skimarathon is an annual cross-country skiing race (ski marathon) held on the second Sunday of March in the upper Engadine valley (Switzerland), between Maloja and S-chanf. It debuted in 1969 and has been a part of Worldloppet as long as Worldloppet has existed.^[1] It is one of the major cross-country skiing events in the Alps. Between 11,000 and 14,200 skiers participate each year. The total distance covered is 42 km, although it is also possible to complete the half-marathon of 21 km (finishing in Pontresina) or the 17 km Women's Race (Samedan to S-chanf) . While it is a freestyle race, there are separate tracks for skiers practicing classic style for all but the narrowest parts of the race. Participation is open to anyone from the age of 16, and no licence is required to sign up.

Engadin Skimarathon
Status	active
Genre	sporting event
Date(s)	March
Frequency	annual
Location(s)	Graubünden
Country	Switzerland
Inaugurated	1969 (1969)

The track record of 1:16:10h was set by Hervé Balland in 1994. In the same year, Silvia Honegger completed the race with the female track record of 1:22:08. As the race was extended by 2 km in 1998 to match the distance of a full marathon and the track was changed slightly in the Stazerwald section, resulting in a more difficult topography, longer racetimes are now standard.

The start of the race takes place at the Maloja Palace Hotel with an elevation of 1,820 metres (5,970 ft). The track then leads over both Lake Sils and Lake Silvaplana (which are frozen at this time of year). After passing St. Moritz there is a forested climb in the Stazerwald. The proceeding descent to Pontresina is regarded by many as the most spectacular part of the race for spectators, due to the high number of falls and crashes by skiers. The race then follows the runway of Samedan Airport and afterwards continues on the right side of the Engadin valley, passing several small communities before reaching the Finish in S-chanf at an elevation of 1,670 metres (5,480 ft).

Winners

Year	Men's	Time	Women's	Time	Participants
1969	Karl Wagenführ (SUI)	2:19:38 h	Rita Czech (SUI)	2:54:26 h	945
1970	Werner Geeser (SUI)	2:24:28 h	Ursula Bösch (SUI)	3:13:00 h	2124
1971	Albert Giger (SUI)	2:02:58 h	Ingrid Hadler (NOR)	2:37:54 h	4010
1972	Flury Koch (SUI)	2:01:30 h	Rosmarie Kurz (SUI)	2:34:45 h	4737
1973	Albert Giger -2- Edy Hauser (SUI)	1:59:58 h	Rosmarie Kurz -2-	2:33:51 h	6032
1974	Alfred Kälin (SUI)	1:53:15 h	Rosmarie Kurz -3-	2:24:26 h	7406
1975	August Broger (SUI)	1:42:44 h	Rosmarie Kurz -4-	2:08:42 h	9735
1976	Albert Giger -3-	1:55:39 h	Rosmarie Kurz -5- Ursula Bösch (SUI)	2:21:06 h	10126
1977	Albert Giger -4-	1:45:16 h	Rosmarie Kurz -6-	2:11:11 h	10248
1978	Albert Giger -5-	1:38:25 h	Christine Brügger (SUI)	1:58:03 h	12032
1979	Alois Oberholzer (SUI)	2:03:01 h	Christine Brügger -2-	2:17:39 h	12191
1980	Ola Hassis (SWE)	1:57:07 h	Evi Kratzer (SUI)	2:12:23 h	12536
1981	Bill Koch (USA)	2:00:18 h	Cornelia Thomas (SUI)	2:12:03 h	11685
1982	Lars Frykberg (SWE)	1:50:05 h	Evi Kratzer -2-	2:06:02 h	10638
1983	Lars Frykberg -2-	1:34:08 h	Evi Kratzer -3-	1:44:15 h	10238
1984	Konrad Hallenbarter (SUI)	1:42:09 h	Evi Kratzer -4-	1:55:04 h	11056
1985	Andreas Grünenfelder (SUI)	1:37:15 h	Evi Kratzer -5-	1:47:06 h	11439
1986	Konrad Hallenbarter -2-	1:43:39 h	Karin Thomas (SUI)	1:55:51 h	11613
1987	Daniel Sandoz (SUI)	1:29:34 h	Christine Brügger -3-	1:38:57 h	11140
1988	Andreas Grünenfelder -2-	1:35:55 h	Christine Brügger -4-	1:38:11 h	11758
1989	Ladislav Svanda (CZE)	1:25:02 h	Sandra Parpan (SUI)	1:29:57 h	11673
1990	Konrad Hallenbarter -3-	1:24:54 h	Guidina Dal Sasso (ITA)	1:28:58 h	11502
1991	Race cancelled due to warm weather
1992	Daniel Sandoz -2- Silvano Barco (ITA)	1:21:06 h	Elvira Knecht (SUI)	1:25:37 h	11962
1993	Hervé Balland (FRA)	1:22:10 h	Silvia Honegger (SUI)	1:26:56 h	12019
1994	Hervé Balland -2-	1:16:10 h	Silvia Honegger -2-	1:22:08 h	12571
1995	André Jungen (SUI)	1:25:41 h	Maria Theurl (AUT)	1:32:24 h	12295
1996	Hervé Balland -3-	1:24:18 h	Maria Theurl -2-	1:32:32 h	12263
1997	Mikhail Botvinov (AUT)	1:19:41 h	Anita Moen (NOR)	1:25:15 h	12687
1998	Christian Hoffmann (AUT)	1:23:44 h	Maria Theurl -3-	1:30:50 h	13527
1999	Tor Arne Hetland (NOR)	1:25:21 h	Brigitte Albrecht (SUI)	1:29:19 h	12640
2000	Gerhard Urain (AUT)	1:25:29 h	Yuliya Chepalova (RUS)	1:28:19 h	12711
2001	Peter Schlickenrieder (GER)	1:24:22 h	Brigitte Albrecht -2-	1:29:19 h	11862
2002	Juan Jesús Gutiérrez (ESP)	1:30:10 h	Brigitte Albrecht -3-	1:34:48 h	11967
2003	Patrik Mächler (SUI)	1:28:00 h	Natascia Leonardi Cortesi (SUI)	1:32:21 h	12222
2004	Christophe Perrilat (FRA)	1:32:40 h	Yuliya Chepalova -2-	1:37:53 h	12794
2005	Gion Andrea Bundi (SUI)	1:34:01 h	Natascia Leonardi Cortesi -2-	1:40:19 h	11221
2006	Mikhail Botvinov -2-	1:55:51 h	Natascia Leonardi Cortesi -3-	2:01:22 h	12254
2007	Dario Cologna (SUI)	1:43:44 h	Laurence Rochat (SUI)	1:50:33 h	10441
2008	Tor Arne Hetland -2-	1:24:30 h	Katrin Zeller (GER)	1:33:27 h	11512
2009	Fabio Santus (ITA)	1:38:37 h	Seraina Mischol (SUI)	1:43:32 h	11028
2010	Dario Cologna -2- (SUI)	1:36:58 h	Susanne Nyström (SWE)	1:43:02 h	11252
2011	Remo Fischer (SUI)	1:39:51 h	Antonella Confortola Wyatt (ITA)	1:48:00 h	11907
2012	Roman Furger (SUI)	1:31:21 h	Anouk Faivre-Picon (FRA)	1:36:28 h	11787
2013	Pierre Guedon (FRA)	1:28:19 h	Riitta-Liisa Roponen (FIN)	1:29:52 h	12480
2014	Anders Gløersen (NOR)	1:35:05 h	Riitta-Liisa Roponen -2- (FIN)	1:38:39 h	13327
2015	Ilia Chernousov (RUS)	1:34:50 h	Anouk Faivre-Picon -2- (FRA)	1:38:35 h	13246
2016	Roman Furger -2- (SUI)	1:48:01 h	Anouk Faivre-Picon -3- (FRA)	1:54:07 h	13246
2017	Dario Cologna -3- (SUI)	1:27:46 h	Mari Eide (NOR)	1:34.18 h	13246
2018	Roman Furger -3- (SUI)	1:34:05 h	Nadine Fähndrich (SUI)	1:38:35 h	13246
2019	Dario Cologna -4- (SUI)	1:22:22 h	Nathalie von Siebenthal (SUI)	1:30:41 h	13246

See also

• Skiing and skiing topics

References

1. "Engadin Skimarathon". Worldloppet. Retrieved 4 March 2015.

External links

• Archived 26 November 2020 at the Wayback Machine - Cancelation March 2020 - Due to Coronavirus
• Engadin Skimarathon - official site
• Engadin Skimarathon (en) - official site (in English)
• Course map - from the official race site
• Engadin Skimarathon - view track on Google Maps
• Maloja Palace Hotel - official site