Marie-Luce Romanens (born 19 January 1973) is a Swiss

Switzerland

Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

 orienteering

Orienteering

Orienteering is a family of sports that requires navigational skills using a map and compass to navigate from point to point in diverse and usually unfamiliar terrain, and normally moving at speed. Participants are given a topographical map, usually a specially prepared orienteering map, which they...

 competitor

Competition

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 and long-distance runner. She won the 1995 Short distance World Orienteering Championships

World Orienteering Championships

The World Orienteering Championships were first held in 1966. They were held biennially up to 2003 . Since 2003, competitions have been held annually....

. This was the first individual Swiss

Switzerland

Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

 gold medal

Gold medal

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 in the World Orienteering Championships. She also obtained a silver medal

Silver medal

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 in the 2003 Sprint Championships, and a Relay bronze medal

Bronze medal

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 from the 1997 World Championships.

In 2001 she won the mountain race Jungfrau Marathon

Jungfrau Marathon

The Jungfrau Marathon is one of the best known mountain marathons in the world, in full view of the famous Eiger, Mönch, and Jungfrau mountains in the Bernese Oberland area of the Swiss Alps....

 running from Interlaken

Interlaken

Interlaken is a municipality in the Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in the Canton of Bern in Switzerland, a well-known tourist destination in the Bernese Oberland.-History:...

 to Kleine Scheidegg

Kleine Scheidegg

The Kleine Scheidegg is a high mountain pass below and between the Eiger and Lauberhorn peaks in the Bernese Oberland, Switzerland. It connects Grindelwald with Lauterbrunnen. The name means "minor watershed", even though it is actually higher than the neighbouring Grosse Scheidegg...

, a full marathon distance and 1823 meter climb, setting record for women (3:21:03). Her personal record on ordinary marathon

Marathon

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 is 2:35:54.

Marie-Luce Romanens finished her running career in 2003 due to achilles

Achilles tendon

The Achilles tendon , also known as the calcaneal tendon or the tendo calcaneus, is a tendon of the posterior leg. It serves to attach the plantaris, gastrocnemius and soleus muscles to the calcaneus bone.- Anatomy :The Achilles is the tendonous extension of 3 muscles in the lower leg:...

 problems, and settled in Villars-sur-Glâne

Villars-sur-Glâne

Villars-sur-Glâne is a municipality in the district of Sarine in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland.-External links:*...

as a biology and chemistry teacher.