Léa Sprunger
 Léa Sprunger at the 2012 Athletissima | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 5 March 1990 Nyon, Vaud, Switzerland[1] |
| Home town | Gingins, VD[2] |
| Years active | 2007–2021 |
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Switzerland |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event(s) | 200 m, 400 m hurdles[3] |
| Coached by | Laurent Meuwly[1] |
Medal record | |
Léa Sprunger (born 5 March 1990) is a Swiss former track and field athlete.[4] Originally a heptathlete like her older sister Ellen, she began concentrating on the 200 metres and 400 metres in 2011, and then on the 400 metres hurdles from 2015. Her best times in the 400m and 400m hurdles of 50.52 s (2018) and 54.06 s (2019) are the Swiss records. She finished fifth in the 400m hurdles final at the 2017 World Championships, and went on to win the gold medal in the 400m hurdles at the 2018 European Championships.
Career
[edit]Born in Nyon, Vaud, Sprunger competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's 200 m event and the 4 × 100 m relay. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she competed in the 400 m hurdles event and at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the 400 m hurdles event and the 4 × 400 m relay.
At the 2016 European Championships she finished third in the 400 m hurdles race. She won this event two years later at the 2018 European Championships.
Her personal best in the 400 m hurdles is 54.06 s set in Doha on 4 October 2019, also representing a new national record.[5] She also holds the national record in the 400 metres with 50.52 s (set in La-Chaux-de-Fonds on 1 July 2018).[6] In addition, she held the national record in the 200 metres for three years with 22.18 s (set in Geneva on 17 July 2016 and improved by Mujinga Kambundji on 24 August 2019).[6]
Léa Sprunger retired from competitive athletics in September 2021.
International championships
[edit]1Disqualified in the final
2Did not finish in the final
3Disqualified in the semifinals
References
[edit]- ^ a b Lea Sprunger - facts Archived 2012-07-30 at the Wayback Machine, London 2012 Official site Archived 2013-02-28 at the UK Government Web Archive. Retrieved on 5 August 2012.
- ^ Léa Sprunger – facts, Swiss Olympic Official site (German). Retrieved on 5 August 2012.
- ^ BBC Sport – Lea Sprunger, BBC. Retrieved on 5 August 2012.
- ^ Léa Sprunger at World Athletics
- ^ Léa Sprunger, IAAF. Retrieved on 05 October 2019.
- ^ a b "Swiss Athletics: Schweizer Rekorde Frauen – Outdoor (German)" (PDF). Retrieved 5 October 2019.
External links
[edit]European Athletics Championships champions in women's 400 metres hurdles | |
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