Lea Bachmann

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Lea Bachmann
Personal information
NationalitySwiss
Born (1996-06-25) 25 June 1996 (age 29)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event Pole vault
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)Pole vault: 4.58m (Düsseldorf, 2025)

Lea Bachmann (born 25 June 1996) is a Swiss pole vaulter. [1]

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Early and personal life

From Basel, she completed a master's degree in law before pursuing a doctorate at the University of Basel. She is also keen swimmer and skier outside of athletics. [2] [3]

Career

She has a long-term coaching arrangement with Anatoly Gordienko. Whilst competing in June 2018 for Goldwurstpower she set a new personal best and Basel-Stadt Canton record of 4.30 metres. [4] She competed at the 2019 Summer Universiade in Napoli but her poles arrived late and she had to compete using implements borrowed from a Danish competitor but she qualified for the final and placed ninth overall. [2] [5]

She is a member of LAS Old Boys Basel. [6] She cleared 4.35 metres to place second overall at the 2024 Swiss Indoor Athletics Championships in February 2024. [7]

She competed at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome, Italy in June 2024 where she cleared a height of 4.40 metres but did not qualify for the final. [8] That month, she set a personal best of 4.50 metres for the pole vault whilst competing at the 2024 Swiss Athletics Championships in Winterthur, placing third overall. [9] [10]

The following year, after missing the indoor season due to foot surgery, she won the spring meeting at Schützenmatte with a jump of 4.40 metres in May 2025. [11]

In August 2025, Bachmann jumped 4.58 m for a new personal best whilst competing in Düsseldorf, Germany. [12] [9] That month, she secured a win at the international "Sky's the Limit" meet in Zweibrücken, Germany, with a clearance of 4.45 m. [13] With Angelica Moser, and Hanga Klekner she shared the win with 4.35 metres at the 2025 Athletissima in wet conditions in Lausanne on 20 August. [14] [15] She placed seventh at the Diamond League Final in Zurich on 28 August. [16] She was selected for the Swiss team for the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan. [17]

References

  1. "Lea Bachmann". World Athletics. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  2. 1 2 "The brief moment of weightlessness". Wochenblatt.ch. 20 July 2023. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  3. "Baselundregion.ch met pole vaulter LEA BACHMANN and asked the Basel native eight questions". baselundregion.ch. 14 June 2023. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  4. "Lea Bachmann jumped 4.25 meters: She won the international pole vault meeting". luzernerzeitung.ch. 25 June 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  5. "Universade". World Athletics. 9 July 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  6. ""For a fraction of a second you fly weightlessly through the air"". Bazonline. 29 May 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  7. "Swiss Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 18 Feb 2024. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  8. "European Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 8 June 2024. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  9. 1 2 "Many fine Swiss performances abroad". Swiss Athletics. August 10, 2025. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  10. "Swiss Championships". World Athletics. 28 June 2024. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  11. "Lea Bachmann in shape". Bazonline. 19 May 2025. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  12. "Lea Bachmann jumps personal best in Dusseldorf". Baseljetzt.ch. 10 August 2025. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  13. "Lea Bachmann siegt in Zweibrücken". Baseljetzt.ch. 16 August 2025. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  14. "Athletissima Lausanne". World Athletics. 20 August 2025. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  15. Henderson, Jason (20 August 2025). "OBLIQUE SEVILLE RUNS 9.87 FOR 100M AT RAIN-SOAKED LAUSANNE". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  16. "Results - Weltklasse Zurich Diamond League 2025". Watch Athletics. 28 August 2025. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
  17. "Swiss World Championship team comprises 31 athletes". Bluewin.ch. 29 August 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2025.