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

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
 GoldRiccardo RancanOrienteeringMen's middle distance8 August
 GoldSimona AebersoldOrienteeringWomen's middle distance8 August
 GoldElena QuiriciKarateWomen's kumite 68 kg9 August
 GoldSimona AebersoldOrienteeringWomen's sprint10 August
 GoldRiccardo Rancan
Tino Polsini
Natalia Gemperle
Simona Aebersold
OrienteeringMixed sprint relay11 August
 Gold
  • Elena Beier
  • Carmen Rolli
  • Melanie Villiger
  • Nina Widmer
  • Robin Burch
  • Ivo Lustenberger
  • Emanuel Zumbuhl
  • Jeremias Zumbuhl
Tug of warMixed outdoor 580 kg11 August
 GoldCaryl Cordt-MoellerParkourMen's speed13 August
 Silver
  • Vinzenz Arnold
  • Peter Erni
  • Sven Grani
  • Peter Joller
  • Tobias Koller
  • Nico Luond
  • Roman Muller
  • Fabian Rolli
Tug of warMen's outdoor 640 kg9 August
 SilverNatalia GemperleOrienteeringWomen's sprint10 August
 Silver
  • Elena Beier
  • Judith Christen
  • Andrea Joller
  • Michaela Koch
  • Erika Niederberger
  • Carmen Rolli
  • Sarah Villiger
  • Brigitte Ziegler
Tug of warWomen's outdoor 500 kg10 August
 Silver
  • Sara Peterhans
  • Corinne Staheli
  • Fabienne Frischknecht
  • Tanja Bognar
  • Adela Lang
  • Rahel Hess
  • Marketa Lang
  • Jamie Bucher
  • Mirjam Schlattinger
  • Kim Sprenger
FistballWomen's tournament13 August
 SilverLivio WengerTrack speed skatingMen's elimination race 10,000 metre14 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
FloorballWomen's tournament13 August
 BronzeLivio WengerTrack speed skatingMen's point race 5,000 metre14 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 101020
Floorball 141428
Gymnastics 101
Ju-jitsu 022
Karate 011
Kickboxing 101
Orienteering 8614
Road speed skating
Track speed skating
202
Squash 224
Tug of war 141327
Wakeboarding 101
Wushu 213
Total5349102

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 N/a  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)

Gymnastics

Parkour

Men

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Caryl Cordt-Moeller Men's speed 27.42 3 Q 25.30 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Men's freestyle 21.2 6 Q 17.1 6

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.