Yasmin Giger
Personal information | |
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Born | 6 November 1999 |
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
Weight | 60 kg (132 lb)[1] |
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | 400 m hurdles |
Club | Amriswil-Athletics |
Yasmin Giger (born 6 November 1999) is a Swiss athlete specialising in the 400 metres hurdles.[2] She represented her country at the 2017 World Championships without advancing from the first round. In addition, she won a gold medal at the 2017 European U20 Championships.
Her personal best in the event is 55.90 seconds set in Grosseto in 2017.[3] Earlier in her career she competed in the heptathlon.
Personal life[]
Giger is of Dominican descent through her mother.[4]
International competitions[]
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing ![]() | |||||
2015 | European Youth Olympic Festival | Tbilisi, Georgia | 2nd | 400 m | 55.02 |
2016 | European Youth Championships | Tbilisi, Georgia | 2nd | 400 m hurdles | 58.39 |
– | Medley relay | DNF | |||
2017 | European Indoor Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | 25th (h) | 400 m | 54.76 |
European U20 Championships | Grosseto, Italy | 1st | 400 m hurdles | 55.90 | |
World Championships | London, United Kingdom | 36th (h) | 400 m hurdles | 57.72 | |
2018 | World U20 Championships | Tampere, Finland | 3rd | 400 m hurdles | 56.98 |
European Championships | Berlin, Germany | 17th (sf) | 400 m hurdles | 56.81 | |
10th (h) | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:32.86 | |||
2019 | European Indoor Championships | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 29th (h) | 400 m | 53.84 |
6th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:33.72 | |||
World Relays | Yokohama, Japan | 7th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:32.32 | |
European U23 Championships | Gävle, Sweden | 3rd | 400 m hurdles | 56.37 | |
World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 14th (h) | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:30.63 | |
2021 | Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 33rd (h) | 400 m hurdles | 57.03 |
12th (h) | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:25.90 |
References[]
- ^ "Yasmin Giger – ein Talent mit vielen Stärken" (in German). SRF. 15 January 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
- ^ Yasmin Giger at World Athletics
- ^ "All-Athletics profile".
- ^ Romanshorn. "Einzelansicht - Romanshorn". www.romanshorn.ch.
Categories:
- 1999 births
- Living people
- Swiss female hurdlers
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Switzerland
- Swiss people of Dominican Republic descent
- European sportspeople of Dominican Republic descent
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Switzerland
- Swiss athletics biography stubs