Christian Oberbichler
Switzerland
| Sport | Speed Skating | |
| FederationID | SSSUI11408199201 | |
| NOC | Switzerland | |
| Born | 14 Aug 1992
in  Frauenfeld | |
| Gender | Men |
| Family | Daughter Giuliette [2018] | |
| Residence | Ober Urdorf, SUI | |
| Occupation | Athlete, Coach | |
| Languages | English, German, Spanish |
| 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 | |||||
Social Media
Social Media
| www.facebook.com/oberbichler.christian |
Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
| Club / Team | Eislauf-Club Zurich [ECZ]: Switzerland | |
| 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
| 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 Championships in Heerenveen, Netherlands. (limmattalerzeitung.ch, 16 Jan 2020) | |
| Sporting philosophy / motto | "No pain, no gain." (Athlete, 14 Nov 2019) | |
| 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 and teammates Livio Wenger and Oliver Grob became the first Swiss speed skaters to win a medal at the European championships, following their bronze in team sprint at the 2020 edition in Heerenveen, Netherlands. (surseerwoche.ch, 11 Jan 2020; SportsDeskOnline, 11 Dec 2020) |
| 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 | World Cup Nur-Sultan | Team Sprint | 3 | |||
| 2020/2021 | World Cup | 500m | 26 | |||
| 2020/2021 | World Cup | 1000m | 32 | |||
| 2014/2015 | World Cup | 500m | 47 | |||