title: Jean-Yves Rey
text: # Jean-Yves Rey
  
  Jean-Yves Rey (born November 24, 1970) is a Swiss ski mountaineer and long-distance runner.
  
  Rey was born in Sierre. He started ski mountaineering in 1990, competing first in the Patrouille des Glaciers short-distance race. He was a member of the national team from 1999 to 2006.
  
  ## Selected results
  
  ### Ski mountaineering
  
  * 1998:
     * 1st, Patrouille de la Maya A-course, together with Gabriel Besson and Jean-Daniel Masserey
  * 1999:
     * 7th, Pierra Menta, together with Jean-Daniel Masserey
  * 2000:
     * 1st, Patrouille de la Maya A-course, together with Pierre-Marie Taramarcaz and Jean-Daniel Masserey
  * 2003:
     * 6th, European Championship team race (together with Jean-Daniel Masserey)
  * 2004:
     * 1st, Patrouille de la Maya A-course, together with Sébastien Epiney and Jean-Daniel Masserey
     * 2nd, Trophée des Gastlosen, together with Jean-Daniel Masserey
     * 4th, World Championship team race (together with Sébastien Epiney)
     * 9th, World Championship vertical race
  * 2005:
     * 2nd, European Championship relay race (together with Alexander Hug, Christian Pittex and Yannick Ecoeur)
     * 7th, European Championship single race
     * 7th, European Championship team race (together with Jean-Daniel Masserey)
  * 2008:
     * 1st, Patrouille de la Maya A-course, together with Pierre-Marie Taramarcaz and Jean-Daniel Masserey
  * 2009:
     * 2nd, Trophée des Gastlosen, together with Pierre-Marie Taramarcaz
  
  **Patrouille des Glaciers**
  
  * 1998: 3rd (international military teams ranking), together with Jean-Daniel Masserey and Gabriel Besson
  * 2000: 2nd (and 1st in "seniors I" class ranking), together with Pierre-Marie Taramarcaz and Jean-Daniel Masserey
  * 2002: 2nd, together with Pierre-Marie Taramarcaz and Jean-Daniel Masserey
  * 2004: 2nd, together with Pierre-Marie Taramarcaz and Jean-Daniel Masserey
  * 2008: 2nd, together with Pierre-Marie Taramarcaz and Jean-Daniel Masserey
  * 2010: 3rd, together with Jean-Daniel Masserey and Rico Elmer
  
  ### Running
  
  * 2001: 3rd, Jeizibärg-Lauf, Gampel
  * 2003: 3rd, Jeizibärg-Lauf, Gampel
  
  Rey won the Zermatt marathon in 2004, the Mont-Blanc marathon in 2008, as well as three times in a row the AlpenMarathon – Marathon des Alpages, where he has held the course record with a total time of 3:07:18 hours since 2005.
  
  