Club Profile

• Based at the Tellenfeld Sport Facility in the country town of Amriswil in the northeast of Switzerland close to Lake Constance, the small club LG Oberthurgau (membership 120) has distinguished itself for more than a decade as one of the country’s athletics success stories, in terms of both supporting young talent and of national-level performance, especially in the U20 category.

• Since the club’s establishment in 1999, LG Oberthurgau has developed more than a dozen athletes who have gone on to represent Switzerland internationally, including the 2014 European champion in the 400m hurdles Kariem Hussein.

• In recent years LG Oberthurgau has consistently been in the top ranks of Swiss clubs. The women’s team has competed in the National League A (8 best clubs) since 2019 and the men’s team was promoted to League B in 2024.

• But it is in the U20 age group where LG Oberthurgau has really excelled. Its women’s team won the national U20 club championship five times from 2008 to 2012 and more recently, with the men’s and women’s championships now combined, the club came out as the best in 2024 and 2025 – the latter qualifying the team to represent Switzerland in this year’s European DNA U20 Clubs in Leiria.

• Website: https://amriswil-athletics.ch/

• Instagram: instagram.com/amriswilathletics

DNA History

• 2025 will be the first time LG Oberthurgau has taken part in the Clash of the Clubs. It will become the second Swiss club to compete in the event after TV Längasse Bern placed 5th in the B Final in 2022.

Athletes to Watch

• Guilia Wirth, 19, (instagram.com/giuliwirth) was a semi-finalist in the 400m hurdles at the 2025 European Athletics U20 Championships in Tampere and has a personal best time of 58.87. Although her best discipline is not included in programme of this year’s Clash of the Clubs, Guilia brings more than useful PBs in the 400m (56.72) and the 200m (25.26) to help her team’s cause.

• Middle-distance runner Nino Eugster (instagram.com/nino.eugster) will bring a personal best time of 1:55.25 to Leiria. This year Nino, just 17, was a finalist in the 1500m at the Swiss senior national championships where he ran a PB 3:57.60 in his heat.

• Eighteen year-old heptathlete Aline Kaiser (instagram.com/alinekaiser_) set a personal best of 5203 points when taking 3rd in this year’s Swiss U20 Championships. Her strongest disciplines are the 100 hurdles, where she has a PB of 14.32, and the long jump (pB. 5.90m), and she may also be able to help her team with her talents in the high jump (PB: 1.64m), 100m (PB: 12.83) and 200m (PB: 25.85).