Matthias Merz

Matthias Merz is a Swiss orienteering competitor who won the long distance at the 2007 World Orienteering Championships in Kyiv and took silver in the sprint at the same championships. He earned a relay bronze in 2005 in Aichi as a member of the Swiss team, and his middle distance bronze in Miskolc in 2009 made him, with Daniel Hubmann, one of only two men to have medalled in all four orienteering disciplines at the world championships. At the end of 2007 he stood second on the world ranking of the International Orienteering Federation.