Mats Poot (born 15 June 2005) is a Swiss track racing cyclist, who currently rides for club team Velo Club Mendrisio. He was a bronze medalist at the 2025 UEC European Track Championships.
Career In 2023, he finished third in the omnium at the Swiss track championships junior race. In 2024, he won Swiss championship titles in the kierin and sprint. competed for Switzerland at the 2023 UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships in Cali, Colombia. At the championships, be was part of the team pursuit squad with Victor Benareau, Luca Bühlmann, and Arthur Guillet, that secured a fourth place finish, defeated by the Canadian team in the bronze medal race. Poot also participated in the elimination race, finishing sixth. In January 2025, he won the Swiss championship scratch race.
Aged 19 years-old, he was a bronze medalist at the 2025 UEC European Track Championships in the team pursuit in Belgium, in February 2025, alongside Noah Bögli, Alex Vogel and Pascal Tappeiner. The following year, he upgraded to a silver in the men's team pursuit at the 2026 UEC European Track Championships in Konya, Turkey, in February 2026, riding alongside Vogel, Bühlmann and Bögli, finishing runner-up to Denmark.
Major results Track 2025 3rd Team pursuit, UEC European Championships 2026 2nd Team pursuit, UEC European Championships
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