Women
SUI
Ramona Härdi
SUI- Date of birth09 Apr 1997
- Height1710 CM
- ProfessionArmed Forces Athlete, Engineer, Technical Drawer
- HometownMöriken
- Place of birthAarau
- Start skating / Club She began inline skating at age six. She switched to speed skating at age 15 in Zurich, Switzerland. / Eislauf-Club Zurich: Switzerland
- HobbiesMaking and drinking coffee, hiking, snowboarding, yoga, reading. (Athlete, 10 Feb 2023)
- LanguagesEnglish, German
- Other nameMona (Athlete, 10 Feb 2023)
- CoachKalon Dobbin [national], NZL
- ChoreographerN/A
- Former CoachN/A
- Practice low seasonN/A
- Practice high seasonN/A
- General Interest
- Sport Specific Information
"If there's a will, there's a way." (Athlete, 11 Nov 2017)
Belgian speed skater Bart Swings. (Athlete, 11 Nov 2017)
She competed in team pursuit alongside her international teammates Nadja Wenger and Kaitlyn McGregor at the 2021 World Cup event in Heerenveen, Netherlands, which was the first time Switzerland had been represented in women's team pursuit on the World Cup circuit. (SportsDeskOnline, 01 Feb 2021; swissiceskating.ch, 15 Dec 2020)
Coaches Timo Jarvinen and Kalon Dobbin. (Athlete, 10 Feb 2023)
Injuries to both knees and her back prevented her from training for three months in 2020. (aargauerzeitung.ch, 01 Dec 2020)
She was affected by severe knee pain in 2019. (ramonahaerdi.ch, 01 Apr 2020)
She was affected by severe knee pain in 2019. (ramonahaerdi.ch, 01 Apr 2020)
To win a medal at the 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Milan-Cortina. (ramonahaerdi.ch, 02 Jan 2021; aargauerzeitung.ch, 17 Feb 2021)
Qualifying for the 2018 Olympic Winter Games. (Athlete, 10 Feb 2023)
RETURN TO INLINE SKATING
She said that disappointment with her 2021/22 speed skating season led her to return to inline skating, the sport she had first taken up as a child. She went on to compete in roller speed skating at the 2022 European Championships in L'Aquila, Italy. "This summer [in 2022] training was a bit different to previous years. After a disappointing season I was looking for new goals and, in particular, I wanted to enjoy competing again. I started inline skating at age six and it was in this sport that I made my first steps towards elite sport. It was a pleasure for me to be able to devote more time to inline skating again and at the same time gain important experience for the winter." (ramonahaerdi.ch, 26 Sep 2022; europeanws2022.it, 11 Sep 2022)
OCCUPATION
She works part-time as a technical drawer for a company that produces vehicle and workshop technology. (vtg.admin.ch, 03 May 2023; LinkedIn profile, 01 Oct 2022; Lenzburger Bezirks-Anzeiger, 14 Apr 2022)
She said that disappointment with her 2021/22 speed skating season led her to return to inline skating, the sport she had first taken up as a child. She went on to compete in roller speed skating at the 2022 European Championships in L'Aquila, Italy. "This summer [in 2022] training was a bit different to previous years. After a disappointing season I was looking for new goals and, in particular, I wanted to enjoy competing again. I started inline skating at age six and it was in this sport that I made my first steps towards elite sport. It was a pleasure for me to be able to devote more time to inline skating again and at the same time gain important experience for the winter." (ramonahaerdi.ch, 26 Sep 2022; europeanws2022.it, 11 Sep 2022)
OCCUPATION
She works part-time as a technical drawer for a company that produces vehicle and workshop technology. (vtg.admin.ch, 03 May 2023; LinkedIn profile, 01 Oct 2022; Lenzburger Bezirks-Anzeiger, 14 Apr 2022)
She has represented Switzerland in roller speed skating, and finished 13th in the marathon at the 2022 European Championships in L'Aquila, Italy. (ramonahaerdi.ch, 26 Sep 2022; europeanws2022.it, 11 Sep 2022; SportsDeskOnline, 11 Oct 2023)
She trains up to six hours a day, six days per week in Geisingen, Germany, between March and September. She trains in Inzell, Germany, during the northern hemisphere winter months.
She followed some friends from inline skating to speed skating because she wanted to try an Olympic sport. "Since all my inline sports colleagues tried to move onto the skates I could not resist the opportunity. We formed a good training community and suddenly I liked the skates more than the wheels."
Kalon Dobbin [national], NZL
