Bruno Risi

Bruno Risi

Personal information
Nickname	Bruno Risi
Born	(1968-09-06) 6 September 1968 Erstfeld, Switzerland
Team information
Discipline	Track
Role	Rider
Rider type	Endurance (Madison)
Medal record Representing Switzerland Men's track cycling Olympic Games 2004 Athens Madison World Championships 2003 Stuttgart Madison 2007 Palma de Mallorca Madison 2004 Melbourne Madison 1995 Bogota Madison

Bruno Risi (born 6 September 1968 in Erstfeld) is a retired Swiss professional racing cyclist. He competed at five Olympic Games.

Risi was one of the top six-day riders of his generation, he won many professional Madison events during his long career.

He is the ninth Swiss sportsperson to compete at five Olympics (1988, 1996/2008), after middle-distance runner Paul Martin, equestrians Henri Chammartin and Gustav Fischer, javelin thrower Urs von Wartburg, equestrian Christine Stückelberger, and Alpine skier Paul Accola, shooter Gabriele Bühlmann, and equestrian Markus Fuchs.

Palmares

1990

1st, Stage 5a, Circuit Franco-Belge, Wasquehal

World Amateur Points Race Championship

1991

World Amateur Points Race Champion

1st, Giro del Lago Maggiore -GP Knorr-

1st, Tour du Lac Léman

1992

World Points Race Champion

1st, Six-Days of Dortmund (with Kurt Betschart)

2nd, Overall, Niederösterreich Rundfahrt

1993

1st, Six Days' of Dortmund, Ghent & München (with Kurt Betschart)

2nd, National Team Pursuit Championship (with Betschart/Büchler/Gisler)

1994

World Points Race Champion

1st, Six-Days' of København & München (with Kurt Betschart)

2nd, Omloop Wase Scheldeboorden

1995

European Madison Champion (with Kurt Betschart)

1st, Six-Days' of Bremen & Köln (with Kurt Betschart)

World Madison Championship (with Kurt Betschart)

1996

1st, Six-Days' of Ghent & København (with Kurt Betschart)

European Madison Championship (with Kurt Betschart)

2nd, National Team Pursuit Championship (with Betschart/Gisler/Strüby)

1997

1st, Six-Days' of Dortmund, Leipzig & München (with Kurt Betschart)

World Points Race Championship

European Madison Championship (with Kurt Betschart)

1998

1st, Six-Days' of München, Stuttgart & Herning (with Kurt Betschart)

1st, Six-Days of Fiorenzuola d'Arda (with Giovanni Lombardi)

1999

World Points Race Champion

1st, Six-Days' of Bremen & Dortmund (with Kurt Betschart)

2000

Switzerland Points Race Champion

1st, Six-Days of München (with Kurt Betschart)

1st, Elgger Radomnium

1st, Schorndorf

European Madison Championship (with Kurt Betschart)

2001

World Points Race Champion

1st, Weil-am-Rhein & Osnabrück

1st, Osnabrück, Derny

European Madison Championship (with Kurt Betschart)

2002

1st, Six-Days' of Bremen, Ghent & Stuttgart (with Kurt Betschart)

1st, Weil-am-Rhein, Osnabrück & Sindelfingen - Schleife

European Madison Championship (with Kurt Betschart)

2003

World Madison Champion (with Franco Marvulli)

Switzerland Scratch Champion

1st, Six-Days' of Berlin, Dortmund & München (with Kurt Betschart)

1st, Bruckmühl, Schaffhausen & Wangen

1st, Holzkirchen (with Thomas Höß)

2nd, National Elimination Championship

European Madison Championship (with Kurt Betschart)

2004

1st, Six-Days of Bremen (with Kurt Betschart)

1st, Ruggell, Bottrop-Kirchhellen, Dachau & Steinhagen

Olympic Games, Madison (with Franco Marvulli)

World Madison Championship (with Franco Marvulli)

2005

1st, Six-Days of Stuttgart (with Kurt Betschart & Franco Marvulli)

1st, Six-Days' of Berlin & Amsterdam (with Kurt Betschart)

1st, Trois Jours d'Aigle (with Maxime Bally)

1st, Geldern

2006

European Madison Champion (with Franco Marvulli)

Switzerland Madison Champion (with Franco Marvulli)

1st, Six-Days' of Dortmund & München (with Erik Zabel)

1st, Six-Days of Maastricht (with Franco Marvulli)

2007

World Madison Champion (with Franco Marvulli)

Switzerland Madison Champion (with Franco Marvulli)

1st, Six-Days of Stuttgart (with Franco Marvulli & Erik Zabel)

1st, Six-Days' of Zurich, København, Hasselt, Dortmund, Fiorenzuola d'Arda, München & Zuidlaren (with Marvulli)

1st, Six-Days of Bremen (with Alexander Aeschbach)

1st, Gelsenkirchen, Bruckmühl & Hasle-Ruegsau

1st, Stage 1, Rheinberg

1st, Stage 2, Emmerich

1st, Stage 3, Schermbeck

2008

1st, Six-Days' of Zurich, Berlin, København & Hasselt (with Franco Marvulli)

See also

• List of athletes with the most appearances at Olympic Games

External links

• Bruno Risi at Cycling Archives (archived)
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Bruno Risi". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.