Alex Wilson (Swiss sprinter)

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Alex Wilson
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Personal information
NationalityFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
Born (1990-09-19) 19 September 1990 (age 34)
Kingston, Jamaica
Home town Basel
Height1.82 m (5 ft 11+12 in)
Weight78 kg (172 lb)
Sport
Sport Running
Event(s)100 metres, 200 metres
ClubLAS Old Boys Basel
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)100 m 10.08 NR (+0.1 m/s) (La Chaux-de-Fonds 2019)
200 m 19.98 NR (+1.5 m/s) (La Chaux-de-Fonds 2019)
Medal record
Representing Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
Men's athletics
European Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Berlin 200 m

Alex Wilson (born 19 September 1990 in Kingston, Jamaica) is a Swiss sprinter of Jamaican origin. He finished third at the 2018 European Championships in the 200 metres event.

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Career

In 2010 he competed in the 200 metres at the 2010 European Athletics Championships, finishing in 8th place out of 8 sprinters in Heat 2 of Round 1, failing to advance to the Semifinals, with a time of 21.40. [1] In 2011 he ran a Swiss under-23 record of 20.51 in the 200m to qualify for the 2011 World Championships in Daegu, where he failed to advance from his heat. He was part of the Swiss team for the 2012 Summer Olympics, competing in the 200 metres where he progressed to the semi-final stage and finished 7th in the second semi-finals run. [2] Also he made the semi-finals of the 200m in the 2012 European championships. He is a national record holder for outdoor 100, 150, 200 m events. [3] [4] At the 2016 European championships in Amsterdam, Wilson made the 200m and 4x100m finals though came away without any silverware. The same can be said for the 2014 European championships where Alex made the final of the 4x100m but only finished 4th. But in 2018 he won his first major medal when he finished 3rd in the 200m at the 2018 European championships in Berlin. He also made the semifinal of the 2017 World championships in London in both the 200m and the 100m.

He has competed in 1 Olympic games, 3 World Championships and 5 European Championships over the course of his career.

On 15 March 2021 Wilson tested positive for trenbolone and its metabolites by the Swiss Anti-Doping Agency. In July the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld the March test results, and Wilson missed the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. [5] During the same year, he set disputed marks of 9.84 and 19.89 in Marietta, Georgia, neither of which were upheld.

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References

  1. "Competitions | European Athletics". Archived from the original on 21 November 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
  2. "Alex Wilson London 2012 profile". London 2012. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
  3. "European Athletics - Wilson speeds to Swiss 200m record of 19.98 in La Chaux-de-Fonds". european-athletics. Archived from the original on 2 July 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  4. "Was für ein Tag: Zahlreiche Topleistungen in Basel - Swiss Athletics". swiss-athletics.ch. 7 May 2016. Archived from the original on 2 June 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  5. Wilson provisorisch wegen Doping-Verfahren gesperrt Archived 28 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine at Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen, 28 July 2021.