Léa Sprunger
 Léa Sprunger at the 2012 Athletissima | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 5 March 1990 Nyon, VD[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Gingins, VD[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years active | 2007–2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Switzerland | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 200 m, 400 m hurdles[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Laurent Meuwly[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Léa Sprunger (born 5 March 1990) is a former Swiss track and field athlete.
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 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
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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| Representing Switzerland
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| 2007 | World Youth Championships | Ostrava, Czech Republic
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13th | Heptathlon (youth) | 4878 pts |
| European Youth Olympic Festival | Belgrade, Serbia
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1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 46.17 | |
| 2008 | World Junior Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland
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10th | Heptathlon | 5451 pts |
| 2009 | European Junior Championships | Novi Sad, Serbia
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3rd | Heptathlon | 5552 pts |
| 2011 | European U23 Championships | Ostrava, Czech Republic
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16th | Heptathlon | 4808 pts |
| Universiade | Shenzhen, China
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18th (sf) | 200 m | 24.17 | |
| 7th | 4 × 100 m relay | 44.65 | |||
| World Championships | Daegu, South Korea
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13th (h) | 4 × 100 m relay | 44.04 | |
| 2012 | European Championships | Helsinki, Finland
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13th (sf) | 200 m | 23.49 |
| 6th | 4 × 100 m relay | 43.61 | |||
| Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom
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30th (h) | 200 m | 23.27 | |
| 13th (h) | 4 × 100 m relay | 43.54 | |||
| 2013 | European Indoor Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden
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17th (h) | 400 m | 54.45 |
| Universiade | Kazan, Russia
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11th (sf) | 200 m | 23.80 | |
| 5th (h) | 4 × 100 m relay | 44.721 | |||
| World Championships | Moscow, Russia
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12th (h) | 4 × 100 m relay | 43.21 | |
| Jeux de la Francophonie | Nice, France
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2nd | 200 m | 23.83 | |
| 2nd | 4 × 100 m relay | 45.01 | |||
| 2014 | World Relays | Nassau, Bahamas | 3rd (B) | 4 × 100 m relay | 43.55 |
| 5th | 4 × 200 m relay | 1:31.75 | |||
| European Championships | Zürich, Switzerland
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9th (sf) | 200 m | 23.12 | |
| 4th (h) | 4 × 100 m relay | 42.982 | |||
| 2015 | European Indoor Championships | Prague, Czech Republic
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20th (h) | 400 m | 53.97 |
| World Relays | Nassau, Bahamas | 8th | 4 × 100 m relay | 43.74 | |
| World Championships | Beijing, China
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13th (sf) | 400 m hurdles | 55.83 | |
| 13th (h) | 4 × 100 m relay | 43.38 | |||
| 2016 | European Championships | Amsterdam, Netherlands
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3rd | 400 m hurdles | 55.41 |
| Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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25th (h) | 400 m hurdles | 56.58
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| 2017 | European Indoor Championships | Belgrade, Serbia
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5th | 400 m | 53.08 |
| World Championships | London, United Kingdom | 5th | 400 m hurdles | 54.59 | |
| 2018 | World Indoor Championships | Birmingham, United Kingdom
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6th (h) | 400 m | 52.463 |
| European Championships | Berlin, Germany
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1st | 400 m hurdles | 54.33 | |
| 2019 | European Indoor Championships | Glasgow, United Kingdom
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1st | 400 m | 51.61 |
| 6th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:33.72 | |||
| World Relays | Yokohama, Japan
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7th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:32.32 | |
| World Championships | Doha, Qatar
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4th | 400 m hurdles | 54.06 | |
| 14th (h) | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:30.63 | |||
| 2021 | European Indoor Championships | Toruń, Poland
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10th (sf) | 400 m | 52.64 |
| Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan
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11th (sf) | 400 m hurdles | 55.12 | |
| 12th (h) | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:25.90 | |||
1Disqualified in the final
2Did not finish in the final
3Disqualified in the semifinals
References
- ^ 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.
European Athletics Championships champions in women's 400 metres hurdles | |
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