Léa Sprunger

Léa Sprunger
Léa Sprunger at the 2012 Athletissima
Personal information
Born (1990-03-05) 5 March 1990
Nyon, VD[1]
Residence Gingins, VD[2]
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
Women's athletics
Representing   Switzerland
European Championships
2018 Berlin400 m hurdles
2016 Amsterdam400 m hurdles

Léa Sprunger (born 5 March 1990) is a Swiss track and field athlete.[4] A former heptathlete, 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 200m and 400m of 22.38 secs (2016) and 50.52 secs (2018), 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. She is the younger sister of Ellen Sprunger.

Career

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.

Her personal best in the 400 m hurdles is 54.29 s set in Lausanne on 6 July 2017.[5] Four days earlier, she had set a new national record in the 400 metres in La-Chaux-de-Fonds with 51.09 s.[6] She also holds the national record in the 200 metres.[6]

At the 2016 European Championships she finished third in the 400 m hurdles race and she won this event two years later at the 2018 European Championships.

International championships

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing   Switzerland
2007 World Youth Championships Ostrava, Czech Republic 13th Heptathlon (youth) 4878 pts
European Youth Olympic Festival Belgrade, Serbia 1st 4x100 m relay 46.17
2008 World Junior Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 10th Heptathlon 5451 pts
2009 European U23 Championships Novi Sad, Serbia 3rd Heptathlon 5552 pts
2011 European U23 Championships Ostrava, Czech Republic 16th Heptathlon 4808 pts
Universiade Shenzhen, China 18th (sf) 200 m 24.17
7th 4x100 m relay 44.65
World Championships Daegu, South Korea 13th (h) 4x100 m relay 44.04
2012 European Championships Helsinki, Finland 13th (sf) 200 m 23.49
6th 4x100 m relay 43.61
Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 30th (h) 200 m 23.27
13th (h) 4x100 m relay 43.54
2013 European Indoor Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 17th (h) 400 m 54.45
Universiade Kazan, Russia 11th (sf) 200 m 23.80
5th (h) 4x100 m relay 44.721
World Championships Moscow, Russia 12th (h) 4x100 m relay 43.21
Jeux de la Francophonie Nice, France 2nd 200 m 23.83
2nd 4x100 m relay 45.01
2014 IAAF World Relays Nassau, Bahamas 3rd (B) 4x100 m relay 43.55
5th 4x200 m relay 1:31.75
European Championships Zürich, Switzerland 9th (sf) 200 m 23.12
4th (h) 4x100 m relay 42.982
2015 European Indoor Championships Prague, Czech Republic 20th (h) 400 m 53.97
IAAF World Relays Nassau, Bahamas 8th 4x100 m relay 43.74
World Championships Beijing, China 13th (sf) 400 m hurdles 55.83
13th (h) 4x100 m relay 43.38
2016 European Championships Amsterdam, Netherlands 3rd 400 m hurdles 55.41
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 25th (h) 400 m hurdles 56.58
2017 European Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia 5th 400 m 53.08
World Championships London, United Kingdom 5th 400 m hurdles 54.59
2018 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 6th (h) 400 m 52.463
European Championships Berlin, Germany 1st 400 m hurdles 54.33

1Disqualified in the final

2Did not finish in the final

3Disqualified in the semifinals

References

  1. 1 2 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.
  2. ↑ Léa Sprunger - facts, Swiss Olympic Official site (German). Retrieved on 5 August 2012.
  3. ↑ BBC Sport – Lea Sprunger, BBC. Retrieved on 5 August 2012.
  4. ↑ Léa Sprunger at IAAF
  5. ↑ Léa Sprunger, IAAF. Retrieved on 19 September 2017.
  6. 1 2 "Swiss Athletics: Schweizer Rekorde - Outdoor (German)" (PDF). Retrieved 19 September 2017.


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