Switzerland at the 2025 World Games

Switzerland at the
2025 World Games
IOC codeSUI
NOCSwiss Olympic Association
in Chengdu, China
7 August 2025 (2025-08-07) – 17 August 2025 (2025-08-17)
Competitors102 (53 men and 49 women) in 12 sports and 34 events
Medals
Ranked 11th
Gold
7
Silver
5
Bronze
2
Total
14
World Games appearances
  • 1981
  • 1985
  • 1989
  • 1993
  • 1997
  • 2001
  • 2005
  • 2009
  • 2013
  • 2017
  • 2022

Switzerland will compete at the 2025 World Games held in Chengdu, China from 7 to 17 August 2025.[1] Athletes representing Switzerland won seven gold medals, five silver medals and two bronze medals. The country finished in 11th place in the medal table.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Riccardo Rancan Orienteering Men's middle distance 8 August
 Gold Simona Aebersold Orienteering Women's middle distance 8 August
 Gold Elena Quirici Karate Women's kumite 68 kg 9 August
 Gold Simona Aebersold Orienteering Women's sprint 10 August
 Gold Riccardo Rancan
Tino Polsini
Natalia Gemperle
Simona Aebersold
Orienteering Mixed sprint relay 11 August
 Gold
  • Elena Beier
  • Carmen Rolli
  • Melanie Villiger
  • Nina Widmer
  • Robin Burch
  • Ivo Lustenberger
  • Emanuel Zumbuhl
  • Jeremias Zumbuhl
Tug of war Mixed outdoor 580 kg 11 August
 Gold Caryl Cordt-Moeller Parkour Men's speed 13 August
 Silver
  • Vinzenz Arnold
  • Peter Erni
  • Sven Grani
  • Peter Joller
  • Tobias Koller
  • Nico Luond
  • Roman Muller
  • Fabian Rolli
Tug of war Men's outdoor 640 kg 9 August
 Silver Natalia Gemperle Orienteering Women's sprint 10 August
 Silver
  • Elena Beier
  • Judith Christen
  • Andrea Joller
  • Michaela Koch
  • Erika Niederberger
  • Carmen Rolli
  • Sarah Villiger
  • Brigitte Ziegler
Tug of war Women's outdoor 500 kg 10 August
 Silver
  • Sara Peterhans
  • Corinne Staheli
  • Fabienne Frischknecht
  • Tanja Bognar
  • Adela Lang
  • Rahel Hess
  • Marketa Lang
  • Jamie Bucher
  • Mirjam Schlattinger
  • Kim Sprenger
Fistball Women's tournament 13 August
 Silver Livio Wenger Track speed skating Men's elimination race 10,000 metre 14 August
 Bronze
  • Ladina Tondury
  • Naja Ritter
  • Laila Ediz
  • Céline Stettler
  • Seraina Fitzi
  • Doris Berger
  • Isabelle Gerig
  • Norina Reusser
  • Nina Metzger
  • Marcia Week
  • Linn Larssen
  • Anja Wyss
  • Lara Heini
  • Chiara Gredig
Floorball Women's tournament 13 August
 Bronze Livio Wenger Track speed skating Men's point race 5,000 metre 14 August
Medals by sport
Sport 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
Orienteering 4 1 0 5
Tug of war 1 2 0 3
Karate 1 0 0 1
Parkour 1 0 0 1
Track speed skating 0 1 1 2
Fistball 0 1 0 1
Floorball 0 0 1 1
Total 7 5 2 14

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[2]

Sport Men Women Total
Fistball 10 10 20
Floorball 14 14 28
Gymnastics 1 0 1
Ju-jitsu 0 2 2
Karate 0 1 1
Kickboxing 1 0 1
Orienteering 8 6 14
Road speed skating
Track speed skating
2 0 2
Squash 2 2 4
Tug of war 14 13 27
Wakeboarding 1 0 1
Wushu 2 1 3
Total 53 49 102

Fistball

Team Event Group Stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Switzerland men's Men's tournament  Austria
L 3–0
 Germany
L 3–0
 Brazil
L 3–0
4  Chile
W 3–0
 Brazil
L 3–0
 Austria
L 1–3
4
Switzerland women's Women's tournament  Brazil
L 3–2
 Germany
W 2–3
 Austria
W 3–1
2  Germany
W 3–2
 Brazil
W 3–2
2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Floorball

Summary
Team Event Preliminary round Semifinal Final / BM / PF
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Switzerland men Men's tournament  Latvia
W 3–4
 Sweden
L 8–1
 Philippines
W 18–0
2  Finland
L 4–0
 Czech Republic
L 7–2
4
Switzerland women Women's tournament  Slovakia
W 8–2
 Thailand
W 19–1
 Sweden
L 7–3
2  Finland
L 5–1
 Czech Republic
W 3–4
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Squash

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 / CR Quarterfinals / CQ Semi-finals / CS Final / BM / CF
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Yannick Wilhemi Men's singles  Krysiak (POL)
W 1–3
 J. Franco (GUA)
W 1–3
 Crouin (FRA)
L 3–0
Did not advance =5
Dimitri Steinmann Men's singles  Iqbal (PAK)
W 0–3
 White (AUS)
W 2–3
 Leung (HKG)
W 0–3
 Farkas (HUN)
L 3–0
 Rodriguez (COL)
L 3–1
4
Ambre Allinckx Women's singles  Sramkova (CZE)
W 3–0
 Hani (EGY)
L 1–3
Classification round
 Chukwu (HUN)
L 3–2
Did not advance =13
Cindy Merlo Women's singles  Barbeau (FRA)
W 3–0
 Gomez (ESP)
W 3–0
 Ho (HKG)
L 0–3
Did not advance =5

Tug of war

Athlete Event Group stage Semi-final Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Team Switzerland Women's outdoor 500 kg
Team Switzerland Men's outdoor 640 kg
Team Switzerland Mixed outdoor 580 kg

References

  1. ^ "Qualifications for TWG 2025 by sport, Chengdu (CHN)". theworldgames. 2 November 2023. Retrieved 2025-05-23.
  2. ^ "Qualifications for TWG 2025 by country, Chengdu (CHN)". theworldgames. 3 November 2023. Retrieved 2025-05-25.