Jean-Yves Rey is a Swiss

Switzerland

Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

 ski mountaineer and long distance runner.

Rey was born in Sierre

Sierre

Sierre is the capital of the district of Sierre in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It has a population of 14,355.It is situated on the French–German language border of the canton of Wallis...

. He started ski mountaineering in 1990 and competed first in the Patrouille des Glaciers

Patrouille des Glaciers

The Patrouille des Glaciers is a ski mountaineering race organized every two years by the Swiss Army, in which military and civilian teams compete...

 short distance race in the same time. He was member of the national team from 1999 to 2006.

Ski mountaineering

• 1999:
  • 7th, Pierra Menta
    Pierra Menta
    The Pierra Menta is an annual competition of ski mountaineering at Arêches-Beaufort in the Beaufortain region since 1985. The Pierra Menta is one of the three best known races of the Alps besides the Patrouille des Glaciers and the Trofeo Mezzalama.The athletes have to travel a cumulative...
    
     (together with Jean-Daniel Masserey
    Jean-Daniel Masserey
    Jean-Daniel Masserey is a Swiss ski mountaineer.- Selected results :* 1999:** 7th, Pierra Menta * 2003:** 6th, European Championship team race * 2005:...
    
    )
• 2003:
  • 6th, European Championship team race (together with Jean-Daniel Masserey)
• 2004:
  • 4th, World Championship
    2004 World Championship of Skimountaineering
    The 2004 World Championship of Ski Mountaineering was the second World Championship of Ski Mountaineering sanctioned by the International Council for Ski Mountaineering Competitions , held in the Spanish Aran Valley from March 1 to March 6, 2004....
    
     team race (together with Sébastien Epiney
    Sébastien Epiney
    Sébastien Epiney from Nendaz is a Swiss ski mountaineer and long distance runner. Epiney started ski mountaineering in 2001.- Ski mountaineering :* 2004:** 3rd, World Championship vertical race...
    
    )
  • 9th, World Championship vertical race
    Vertical race
    A Vertical Race is a special kind of ski mountaineering without the typical downhill skiing after ascending. At the mountain running and climbing passages the runners have to carry their skis in their backpacks...
    
    
• 2005:
  • 2nd, European Championship relay race (together with Alexander Hug
    Alexander Hug
    Alexander Hug is a Swiss ski mountaineer.- Biography :Hug was born in Walenstadt and used for his first ski mountaineering attempts on the Garmil years self-tinkered touring bindings, when he was eleven years old. He started armateur ski mountaineering sports in 1990 and competed first at the...
    
    , Christian Pittex
    Christian Pittex
    Christian Pittex from La Forclaz is a Swiss ski mountaineer. He was member of the Swiss national team and is deployed in the Border Guard Corps.- Selected results :* 2002:** 2nd, Diamir-Race , Diemtig valley...
    
     and Yannick Ecoeur
    Yannick Ecoeur
    Yannick Ecoeur is a Swiss ski mountaineer.Ecoeur was born in Martigny VS. He started ski mountaineering in 2003 and has been member of the national team since 2005.- Selected results :* 2005:...
    
    )
  • 7th, European Championship single race
  • 7th, European Championship team race (together with Jean-Daniel Masserey)

Patrouille des Glaciers

Patrouille des Glaciers

The Patrouille des Glaciers is a ski mountaineering race organized every two years by the Swiss Army, in which military and civilian teams compete...

 

• 1998: 3rd (international military teams ranking), together with Jean-Daniel Masserey and Gabriel Besson
• 2000: 2nd (and 1st in "seniors I" class ranking), together with Pierre-Marie Taramarcaz
  Pierre-Marie Taramarcaz
  Pierre-Marie Taramarcaz from Verbier is a Swiss ski mountaineer.Taramarcaz was born in Martigny VS and has been member of the national team since 1998.- Selected results :* 2002:** 6th, World Championship single race* 2003:...
  
   and Jean-Daniel Masserey
• 2002: 2nd, together with Pierre-Marie Taramarcaz and Jean-Daniel Masserey
• 2004: 2nd, together with Pierre-Marie Taramarcaz and Jean-Daniel Masserey
• 2008: 2nd, together with Pierre-Marie Taramarcaz and Jean-Daniel Masserey
• 2010: 3rd, together with Jean-Daniel Masserey and Rico Elmer
  Rico Elmer
  Rico Elmer is a Swiss ski mountaineer and mountain runner.Elmer was born in Elm GL. He first competed in the Patrouille des Glaciers event in 1996 and has been member of the national team since 2003...
  
  

Running

Rey won the Zermatt marathon in 2004, the Mont-Blanc marathon in 2008, as well as three times in a row the AlpenMarathon – Marathon des Alpages, where he has held the course record with a total time of 3:07:18 hours since 2005.

External links

• Jean-Yves Rey at Skimountaineering.org