Matthias Kyburz (born 5 March 1990) is a Swiss competitor in orienteering[1] and athletics.
[3][4] On 7 April 2024 Kyburz ran 2:07:44 in his Marathon debut, becoming the third fastest Swiss athlete of all time over the distance after Tadesse Abraham and his coach Viktor Röthlin, and achieving the qualifying standard for the 2024 Olympic Games.
Following this, Kyburz took two years to win his first gold medal in the World Championships, winning the sprint distance at the 2012 World Orienteering Championships in Lausanne, ahead of Matthias Merz and Matthias Müller.
[3][4] On 26 July 2020, Kyburz broke the course record in the K43-M category at the Swiss Alpine Marathon by 10 minutes, over 42.7 kilometers and 1324 meters of climb.
[10] On 9 June 2024, Kyburz came 21st at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in the half marathon in Rome in a time of 1:03:07.