FLUECKIGER Mathias

CYCLING MOUNTAIN BIKE

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Cross-country
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	6

World Championships

Year	Location	Cross-country
2020	Leogang, AUT	2
2019	Mont-Sainte-Anne, QC, CAN	2
2018	Lenzerheide, SUI	6
2017	Cairns, QLD, AUS	25
2016	Nove Mesto na Morave, CZE	14
2015	Vallnord, AND	5
2014	Hafjell, NOR	19
2012	Saalfelden, AUT	3
2011	Champery, SUI	13

European Championships

Year	Location	Cross-country
2020	Monte Tamaro, SUI	3
2017	Darfo Boario Terme, ITA	17

World Cup - Overview per season since 2017

Year	Event	Standings	Three best ranks per season
2021	Cross-country	-	2 x 1st, 2 x 3rd
2021	Cross Country (Short Track)	-	2 x 1st, 1 x 5th, 1 x 14th
2020	Cross-country	-	1 x 17th
2020	Cross Country (Short Track)	-	1 x 8th
2019	Cross-country	4th	1 x 1st, 2 x 2nd, 2 x 3rd
2019	Cross Country (Short Track)	-	1 x 7th, 2 x 8th, 1 x 10th
2018	Cross-country	6th	1 x 1st, 2 x 6th, 1 x 9th
2018	Cross Country (Short Track)	-	2 x 3rd, 1 x 6th, 1 x 10th
2017	Cross-country	15th	1 x 2nd, 1 x 7th, 1 x 15th

World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Location
1	2021	Cross-country	Les Gets, FRA
1	2021	Cross-country	Leogang, AUT
1	2021	Men's Cross Country (Short Track)	Les Gets, FRA
1	2021	Men's Cross Country (Short Track)	Leogang, AUT
1	2019	Cross-country	Albstadt, GER
1	2018	Cross-country	Mont-Sainte-Anne, QC, CAN
2	2019	Cross-country	Val di Sole, ITA
2	2019	Cross-country	Vallnord, AND
2	2017	Cross-country	Vallnord, AND
3	2021	Cross-country	Nove Mesto na Morave, CZE
3	2021	Cross-country	Albstadt, GER
3	2019	Cross-country	Lenzerheide, SUI
3	2019	Cross-country	Nove Mesto na Morave, CZE
3	2018	Men's Cross Country (Short Track)	Mont-Sainte-Anne, QC, CAN
3	2018	Men's Cross Country (Short Track)	Albstadt, GER

Legend
IP - In Progress, XCO - Cross-country, X - Mixed, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified

CYCLING ROAD

Ten best WorldTour performances in career

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location
45	2019	Men's Individual	Tour de Romandie	Geneva, SUI
53	2021	Men's Individual	Tour de Romandie	Fribourg, SUI

Legend
DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified, OTL - Outside the Time Limit

Mat (redbull.com, 14 Oct 2015)

Skiing, building trails, spending time in his workshop. (rnracingteam.ch, 05 Jun 2019)

Athlete

Trade - Mechanic

English, German

Thomus RN Swiss Bike Team [Switzerland]

His older brother Lukas has competed in mountain bike at international level, and won silver in the cross-country event at the 2015 European Championships in Lamosano, Italy. He has also competed in cyclo-cross internationally, including at the 2020 World Championships in Dubendorf, Switzerland. (SportsDeskOnline, 20 Dec 2019; redbull.com, 14 Oct 2015)

He has competed at elite level in road cycling, including at the 2019 Tour de Romandie. He has also competed in cyclo-cross internationally, including at the 2007 U23 World Championships in Hooglede, Belgium. (SportsDeskOnline, 20 Dec 2019)

He injured his hand in a crash in November 2013 and was unable to ride for a month. (stoeckli.ch, 28 Dec 2013)

He was named Male Athlete of the Year at the 2019 Oberaargau Sports Awards in Langenthal, Switzerland. (berneroberlaender.ch, 05 Dec 2019; regio-newsonline.ch, 06 Dec 2019)

In 2019 he was named Sportsman of the Year by the city council of Bern, Switzerland. (berneroberlaender.ch, 28 Oct 2019)