Lydia HIERNICKEL

Switzerland

Cross-Country Skiing

Date of Birth: 23 Dec 1996

Age: 25

Gender: Female

Place of birth: SCHWANDEN

Birth Country:

Switzerland

Residence: SCHWANDEN

Residence Country:

Switzerland

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Cross-Country Skiing	Women's 7.5km + 7.5km Skiathlon	32
	Women's 30km Mass Start Free	27

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Zhangjiakou National Cross-Country Skiing Centre	Women's 7.5km + 7.5km Skiathlon	Finished
	Zhangjiakou National Cross-Country Skiing Centre	Women's 30km Mass Start Free	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Historical Results

Olympic Games
Rank	Event	Year	Location
7	Women's 4 × 5 kilometres Relay	2018	PyeongChang, KOR
49	Women's 10 kilometres, Freestyle	2018	PyeongChang, KOR

World Championship
Rank	Event	Year	Location
7	Rel 4x5 km M Ladies	2021	Oberstdorf, GER
10	Rel 4x5 km M Ladies	2019	Seefeld, AUT

World Cup Rankings
Season	Distance	All
2021/2022	80	85

Best performances per season in World Cup events from 2018/2019 - Individual events until 15km
Season	SP C	SP F	10 km F	10 km C
2021/2022	1 x 58th		1 x 37th
2020/2021	1 x 39th
2019/2020			1 x 64th
2018/2019		1 x 40th	1 x 48th	1 x 45th

World Cup
Season	FIS Tour de Ski Ladies
2021/2022	1 x 37th

Ten Best World Cup Performances in Current Season
Rank	Event	Season	Location
37	FIS Tour de Ski Ladies	2021/2022	FIS Tour de Ski, FIS
37	10 km F	2021/2022	Davos, SUI
58	SP C	2021/2022	Davos, SUI

Ten Best World Cup Performances in Current Season
Rank	Event	Season	Location
37	FIS Tour de Ski Ladies	2021/2022	FIS Tour de Ski, FIS

Hobbies:

Music, spending time in nature, being with family and friends. (lydiahiernickel.ch, 14 Oct 2021)

Occupation:

Athlete, Boarder Guard

Education:

Foundations Sports High School Davos 2012-16; Border Guard 2016-17. (lydiahiernickel.ch, 14 Oct 2021)

Family:

Father, Andreas. Mother, Irene. Sister, Angelika. Brothers, Ludwig and Peter.

Languages spoken:

German, English

Club name:

Gardes Frontieres (SVAL)

Sporting relatives:

Older sister Angelika (Cross-country skiing): Competed at the national junior level.
Older brother Ludwig (Cross-country skiing): Competed at the national junior level.
Younger brother Peter (Cross-country skiing): Competes at the national junior level.

Other sports:

Cycling, roller skiing, running (won the Braunwald race in September 2020). (Instagram, 19 Sep 2020; ezv.admin.ch, 14 Oct 2021; Instagram, 11 Jun 2021)

Debut:

2017 World Cup in Davos (10km - 64th)

Injuries:

December 2020: Back pain but managed to start at the World Cup. (Instagram, 13 Dec 2020)

National team:

2014

Start:

Took up the sport in Schwanden, Switzerland. (Info 2018)

Reason:

Followed her older sister and her older brother into the sport. Loves practicing sports outside. (elm.ch, 14 Oct 2021)

Memorable:

Competing at the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games. (ezv.admin.ch, 14 Oct 2021)

Award:

Junior Sportswoman of the Year, in the Swiss canton of Glarus. (2013-16)

General Interest

BORDER GUARD
After her graduation from the Sports High School Davos, she chose to study to be a Swiss Border Guard in order to be able to concentrate on her sports career. (ezv.admin.ch, 14 Oct 2021)

Milestones

Made her Olympic Winter Games debut at PyeongChang 2018 where she raced in the 10km and was a member of the seventh-place relay team.

Started at the two World Championships of Seefeld 2019 and Oberstdorf 2021 in the team relay.

Competed at three U23 World Championships (2017-19) and three Junior World Championships (2014-16) where she had two top-five relay finishes (2014, 2016).

Her best individual World Cup result is 39th in the sprint final in 2020 (Davos) and eighth in the relay in 2016 (Nove Mesto).

Won the overall ranking of the Swiss Cup 2020/21. Won the bronze medal of the last race of the Continental Cup in Pokljuka and third place in the Overall ranking of the Continental Cup 2020/21.

Social Media

https://www.instagram.com/lyhiernickel/
Athlete Website: https://lydiahiernickel.ch/

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event

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