Alessandra Keller (born 27 January 1996) is a Swiss mountain biker competing in cross country. She competed in the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Life
Keller was born in 1996. She lives in the municipality of Ennetbürgen in the canton of Nidwalden.
Alongside Jolanda Neff, she won the 2016 Swiss Epic, a mountain bike stage race. Aged 22 and still eligible to compete in the U23 category, she won the world cup race in Vallnord, Andorra, Short Track Cross-Country race in the elite class. In the cross country, she won the 2018 World Championship in the U23.
Keller has been Swiss cross-country champion four times: 2012 in the U17 category, 2013 in the U19 category, 2018 in the U23 category, and in 2022 in the elite class. She won silver at the 2022 MTB short track world championships in Les Gets, France, behind Pauline Ferrand-Prévot.
In 2024 she was in Les Gets in Switzerland where she won the short track mountain bike World Cup race there. She was at the time the leader of the series.
Major results
Cyclo-cross
2021âÂÂ2022
1st National Championships
1st Meilen
2022âÂÂ2023
1st National Championships
Swiss Cup
:2nd Hittnau
2023âÂÂ2024
1st National Championships
2025âÂÂ2026
1st National Championships
Mountain bike
2013
1st Cross-country, UCI World Junior Championships
1st Cross-country, National Junior Championships
UCI Junior XCO World Cup
:1st Vallnord
3rd Cross-country, UEC European Junior Championships
2014
1st Cross-country, UEC European Junior Championships
2015
2nd Cross-country, National Under-23 Championships
UCI Under-23 XCO World Cup
:2nd Albstadt
:2nd Val di Sole
2016
1st Overall Swiss Epic (with Jolanda Neff)
3rd Cross-country, UCI World Under-23 Championships
2017
Swiss Bike Cup
:1st Lugano
:3rd Gränichen
:3rd Basel
2nd Cross-country, UEC European Under-23 Championships
2018
1st Cross-country, UCI World Under-23 Championships
1st Cross-country, National Under-23 Championships
UCI XCC World Cup
:1st Vallnord
:3rd Val di Sole
Swiss Bike Cup
:1st Monte Tamaro
:1st Schaan
:2nd Solothurn
:2nd Gränichen
:2nd Lugano
3rd Overall Swiss Epic (with Kathrin Stirnemann)
2019
Swiss Bike Cup
:1st Monte Tamaro
:2nd Basel
UCI XCC World Cup
:2nd Vallnord
2020
Swiss Bike Cup
:2nd Gstaad
2021
2nd Cross-country, National Championships
Swiss Bike Cup
:2nd Savognin
2022
1st Cross-country, National Championships
1st Overall UCI XCO World Cup
:1st Snowshoe
:3rd Lenzerheide
:5th Albstadt
:5th Mont-Sainte-Anne
1st Overall UCI XCC World Cup
:1st PalâÂÂArinsal
:2nd Lenzerheide
:3rd Mont-Sainte-Anne
:3rd Val di Sole
ÃÂkk Bike Revolution
:1st Chur
:2nd Huttwil
Swiss Bike Cup
:1st Gstaad
2nd Short track, UCI World Championships
Copa Catalana Internacional
:2nd Banyoles
5th Cross-country, UCI World Championships
2023
National Championships
:1st Cross-country
:1st Short track
ÃÂkk Bike Revolution
:1st Davos
:2nd Engelberg
Swiss Bike Cup
:1st Basel
2nd Overall UCI XCC World Cup
:1st PalâÂÂArinsal
:2nd Nové MÃÂsto
:2nd Lenzerheide
:3rd Les Gets
5th Overall UCI XCO World Cup
:2nd Vallnord
:3rd Lenzerheide
5th Cross-country, UCI World Championships
2024
UCI XCC World Cup
:1st Nové MÃÂsto
:1st Les Gets
:2nd Crans-Montana
:3rd Mairiporã
ÃÂkk Bike Revolution
:1st Engelberg
:1st Davos
:1st Gruyère
:1st Huttwil
Swiss Bike Cup
:1st Gränichen
:3rd Rivera
UCI XCO World Cup
:2nd Crans-Montana
:3rd Nové MÃÂsto
:3rd Les Gets
:4th Araxá
:5th Mont-Sainte-Anne
2025
UCI World Championships
:1st Short track
:3rd Cross-country
1st Cross-country, National Championships
3rd Overall UCI XCO World Cup
:1st Lenzerheide
:2nd PalâÂÂArinsal
:2nd Les Gets
:4th Araxá I
:4th Nové MÃÂsto
:5th Mont-Sainte-Anne
3rd Overall UCI XCC World Cup
:1st PalâÂÂArinsal
:2nd Les Gets
:3rd Araxá I
:3rd Lake Placid
ÃÂkk Bike Revolution
:1st Huttwil
:2nd Engelberg
Swiss Bike Cup
:1st Basel
References