Lea Sprunger ( German: Léa Sprunger ; born March 5, 1990 , Nyon ) is a Swiss athlete specializing in sprinting . 2018 European Champion. Bronze medalist of the European Championship 2016 in the 400 meters hurdles. Winner of the European Championship among juniors in heptathlon ( 2009 ). Six-time champion of Switzerland. Member of the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics .
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| Date and place of birth | March 5, 1990 (aged 29) Nyon , Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||
| Citizenship |  Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||
| Growth | 183 cm | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg | ||||||||||||||||
| Club | COVA Nyon | ||||||||||||||||
| Trainers | Laurent Mevley | ||||||||||||||||
| Sports career | 2007 - n. at. | ||||||||||||||||
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| Personal records | |||||||||||||||||
| 100 m | 11.34 (2014) | ||||||||||||||||
| 200 m | 22.38 (2016) | ||||||||||||||||
| 400 m s / b | 54.92 (2016) | ||||||||||||||||
| Heptathlon | 5651 (2011) | ||||||||||||||||
| Personal records in the room | |||||||||||||||||
| 60 m | 7.37 (2014) | ||||||||||||||||
| 200 m | 23.06 (2017) | ||||||||||||||||
| 400 m | 51.46 (2017) | ||||||||||||||||
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Biography
She came to the COVA athletics club in her native Nyon at the age of 10, following the example of her older sister Ellen . Under the leadership of the first coach Jacques Binder, she established herself as a good all-around [1] . It was in the heptathlon that Lea made her debut at the Youth World Championships in 2007 and took 13th place.
After moving to a gymnasium, Lausanne began training under the leadership of Laurent Mevli. She managed to set a country record in the heptathlon in the age category up to 20 years, and also won the bronze medal of the European Junior Championship . She set a personal record in 2011 at competitions in the Austrian Götzis, where she scored 5651 points.
Hoping to go to the Olympic Games in London , she tried several times to fulfill the necessary standard, but to no avail. Since the best results in all-around she had been running 200 meters, Lea decided to try to change her specialization [2] . The experiment was successful: the semifinals of the European Championship and getting to the Olympic Games. In the capital of Great Britain, Sprunger limited herself to participating in preliminary runs of 200 meters and a relay race of 4 × 100 meters.
In 2014, as part of the Swiss national team, she set the country's records in relay races 4 × 200 meters (1.31.75 at the relay relay world championships ) and 4 × 100 meters (42.94 at the stage of the Diamond League in Lausanne ).
Took 9th place in the semifinal of the European Championship 2014 at a distance of 200 meters.
In 2015, she decided to change the distance again, going over 400 meters with barriers, because she considered that a high growth (183 cm) prevents her from fully realizing herself at such a short distance as 200 meters. At the World Cup, she managed to show a high result - 55.83, and reach the semi-finals of the tournament.
In the first part of the summer season of 2016, she marked the country's record in 200-meter running (22.38) [3] and the best result in 400-meter hurdles (54.92). At the European Championships for the first time in her career she became a bronze medalist. However, the performance at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro was unsuccessful: the result was 1.6 seconds worse than a personal record and did not allow her to break into the semifinals [4] .
In the winter season of 2017, she established new personal achievements in running 200 and 400 meters indoors: 23.06 and 51.46, respectively [5] .
Leia's older sister, Ellen Sprunger, also participated in the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games (in the heptathlon and relay race 4 × 100 meters) [6] .
Key Results
| Year | Tournament | Location | Discipline | A place | Result |
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| 2007 | World Youth Championship | Ostrava , Czech Republic | heptathlon | 13th | 4878 |
| European Youth Festival | Belgrade , Serbia | relay race 4 × 100 m | 1st | 46.17 | |
| 2008 | World Junior Championship | Bydgoszcz , Poland | heptathlon | 10th | 5451 |
| 2009 | European Junior Championship | Novi Sad , Serbia | heptathlon | 3rd | 5552 |
| 2011 | European Youth Championship | Ostrava , Czech Republic | heptathlon | 16th | 4808 |
| Universiade | Shenzhen china | 200 m | 18th (1/4) | 24.17 | |
| relay race 4 × 100 m | 7th | 44.65 | |||
| World Championship | Daegu , South Korea | relay race 4 × 100 m | 13th (forget) | 44.04 | |
| 2012 | Europe championship | Helsinki , Finland | 200 m | 13th (1/2) | 23.49 |
| relay race 4 × 100 m | 6th | 43.61 | |||
| Olympic Games | London , UK | 200 m | 30th (forget) | 23.27 | |
| relay race 4 × 100 m | 13th (forget) | 43.54 | |||
| 2013 | European Indoor Championship | Gothenburg , Sweden | 400 m | 17th (forget) | 54.45 |
| Universiade | Kazan , Russia | 200 m | 11th (1/2) | 23.80 | |
| relay race 4 × 100 m | - | Dq | |||
| World Championship | Moscow , Russia | relay race 4 × 100 m | 12th (forget) | 43.21 | |
| 2014 | World Relay Championship | Nassau , Bahamas | relay race 4 × 100 m | 11th | 43.55 |
| relay race 4 × 200 m | 5th | 1.31.75 | |||
| Europe championship | Zurich , Switzerland | 200 m | 9th (1/2) | 23.12 | |
| relay race 4 × 100 m | - | DNF | |||
| 2015 | European Indoor Championship | Prague , Czech Republic | 400 m | 20th (forget) | 53.97 |
| World Relay Championship | Nassau , Bahamas | relay race 4 × 100 m | 8th | 43.74 | |
| World Championship | Beijing China | 400 m s / b | 13th (1/2) | 55.83 | |
| relay race 4 × 100 m | 13th (forget) | 43.38 | |||
| 2016 | Europe championship | Amsterdam , Netherlands | 400 m s / b | 3rd | 55.41 |
| Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro , Brazil | 400 m s / b | 25th (forget) | 56.58 |