Christian Oberbichler
Switzerland
| Sport | Speed Skating | |
| FederationID | SSSUI11408199201 | |
| NOC | Switzerland | |
| Born | 14 Aug 1992
in  Frauenfeld | |
| Gender | Men |
| Occupation | Athlete | |
| Residence | Ober Urdorf, SUI | |
| Languages | English, German, Spanish | |
| Family | Daughter Giuliette [2018] |
| Personal Bests | Event | Record | Date | Location | ||
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Personal Bests | ||||||
| Event | Record | Date | Location | |||
| 500m | 35.12 | 12 Dec 2021 |  Calgary |
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| 1000m | 1:10.17 | 05 Dec 2021 |  Salt Lake City, UT |
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| 1500m | 1:49.98 | 07 Nov 2015 | Calgary |
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| 5000m | 7:29.46 | 14 Mar 2012 | Calgary |
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| 10000m | 17:12.28 | 20 Dec 2009 |  Innsbruck |
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| Main Achievements | ||||||
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Main Achievements |
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| European Single Distances Championships | Event | |||||
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European Single Distances Championships
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| Team Sprint | 1 | |||||
General Interest
General Interest
| Injuries | He sustained an adductor muscle injury in October 2019. (limmattalerzeitung.ch, 16 Jan 2020) Between 2012 and 2014 he missed two years of training and competition with a knee injury. (Athlete, 14 Nov 2019) |
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| Memorable sporting achievement | Winning bronze in the team sprint event at the 2020 European Single Distances Championships in Heerenveen, Netherlands. (limmattalerzeitung.ch, 16 Jan 2020) |
Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
| Reason for choosing this sport | "I was always the fastest in ice hockey." | |
| When and where did you begin this sport? | He took up the sport in 2003 in Zurich, Switzerland. |
General Interest
General Interest
| Sporting philosophy / motto | "No pain, no gain." (Athlete, 14 Nov 2019) |
Social Media
Social Media
| www.facebook.com/oberbichler.christian |
General Interest
General Interest
| Most influential person in career | His parents. (Athlete, 14 Nov 2019) | |
| Other sports | He played junior ice hockey with EHC Urdorf in Switzerland. (limmattalerzeitung.ch, 16 Jan 2020) | |
| Ambitions | To compete at the Olympic Winter Games. (limmattalerzeitung.ch, 16 Jan 2020) | |
| Milestones | He, Oliver Grob and Livio Wenger won bronze in team sprint at the 2020 European Single Distances Championships in Heerenveen, Netherlands, which was the first European championship medal in speed skating for Switzerland. The trio previously became the first speed skaters representing Switzerland to win a World Cup medal in team sprint when they claimed bronze at the 2019 event in Astana, Kazakhstan. (isu.org, 11 Jan 2020; SportsDeskOnline, 19 Nov 2021) | |
| Awards and honours | In 2018 he was named Athlete of the Year in the municipality of Urdorf, Switzerland. (punkt4.info, 22 Jul 2019) |
| Championships results | Year | Competition | Event | Rank | ||
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Championships results
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| 2019/2020 | European Single Distances Championships | Team Sprint | 3 | |||
| 2019/2020 | World Single Distances Championships | Team Sprint | 5 | |||
| 2020/2021 | World Single Distances Championships | 500m | 21 | |||
| World Cups | Year | Competition | Event | Rank | ||
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World Cups
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| 2019/2020 | Nur-Sultan | Team Sprint | 3 | |||
| 2020/2021 | World Cup Classification | 500m | 26 | |||
| 2020/2021 | World Cup Classification | 1000m | 32 | |||
| 2014/2015 | World Cup Classification | 500m | 47 | |||
| 2021/2022 | World Cup Classification | 500m | 54 | |||