Ramon Wipfli

Ramon Wipfli

Personal information
Nationality	Swiss
Born	(2004-06-30) 30 June 2004 (age 20)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	800m
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	800m: 1:45.38 (Rehlingen, 2024)
Medal record Men's athletics Representing   Switzerland European Games 2023 Kraków-Małopolska 800m European U20 Championships 2023 Jerusalem 800m

Ramon Wipfli (born 30 June 2004) is a Swiss middle-distance runner. He has won Swiss national championship titles, and the 2023 European Athletics Team Championships, over 800 metres. ^[1]

Career

He is from Bern. He won a silver medal in Jerusalem over 800 metres at the 2023 European Athletics U20 Championships behind the Czech Jakub Dudycha, who was initially disqualified and then reinstated following a protest by the Czech officials. ^{[2] [3]} He won the 800 metres at the 2023 European Athletics Team Championships in Poland, in a personal best 1:46.73. ^{[4] [5]} He became Swiss national champion over 800 metres for the first time in 2023 in Bellinzona. ^{[6] [7]}

In May 2024, at the Whitsun meeting in Rehlingen, Germany, Wipfli running for ST Bern) ran a 1:45.38 personal best to move to third on the Swiss all-time best list behind only former world champion André Bucher, and Markus Trinkler. ^[8] In June 2024, he competed at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome. ^[9] Later that month, he retained his Swiss national 800 metres title. ^[10]

He reached the semi-finals of the 800 metres at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships.

References

1. "Ramon Wipfli". World Athletics. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
2. "U20 athletes win four European Championship medals in two hours". Nau.ch. 11 August 2023. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
3. "Historic evening with 4 medals for Switzerland in Jerusalem". Swiss Athletics. August 10, 2023. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
4. "Ramon Wipfli and Aarno Liebl outstanding again!". Gymneufeld.ch. 27 June 2023. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
5. "Swiss team starts successfully in the European Team Championship". Swiss Athletics. June 23, 2023. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
6. "Swiss Championships". World Athletics. 30 July 2023. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
7. "The Swiss records have not fallen". PlatformJ. 31 July 2023. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
8. "800-m-Läufer Wipfli gelingt Exploit". srf.ch. 19 May 2024. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
9. "Dies sind die Schweizer Einsätze an der EM in Rom". Swiss-Athletics. 6 June 2024. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
10. "Swiss Championships". World Athletics. 29 June 2024. Retrieved 7 March 2025.