Yasmin Giger

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Yasmin Giger
2022-08-18 European Championships 2022 - Women's 400 Metres Hurdles by Sandro Halank-043.jpg
Giger at the 2022 European Championships
Personal information
Born (1999-11-06) 6 November 1999 (age 25)
Home town Romanshorn, Thurgau, Switzerland
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb) [1]
Sport
Country Switzerland
Sport Athletics
Event
 400 m hurdles
ClubLC Zürich
Coached byFlavio Zberg
Achievements and titles
Personal best400 m hurdles: 55.25 (Tallinn 2021) NU23R
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
World U20 Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Tampere 400 m hurdles
European U23 Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Gävle 400 m hurdles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2021 Tallinn 400 m hurdles
European U20 Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Grosseto 400 m hurdles
European U18 Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2016 Tbilisi 400 m hurdles
European Youth Olympic Festival
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Tbilisi 400 m

Yasmin Giger (born 6 November 1999) is a Swiss athlete specialising in the 400 metres hurdles. [2] She won a gold medal at the 2017 European U20 Championships. Currently, she is the national champion in both the 400 metres and the 400 metres hurdles.

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Her personal best in the event is 55.25 seconds set in Tallinn in 2021, which is a national U23 record. [3] Earlier in her career, she competed in the heptathlon.

Career

2015

Giger made her international debut at the 2015 European Youth Olympic Festival in Tbilisi and finished in second place in the 400 metres. Also, she earned a national title in the indoor 800 metres.

2016

The following year, Giger would return to Tbilisi for the 2016 European Youth Championships. She ran in the 400 metres hurdles and finished in second place. Additionally, she earned another national title in the indoor 800 metres.

Personal life

Giger is of Dominican descent through her mother. [4]

She credits her older brother Zaafir, who plays football, for sparking her interest in sports ever since she was 7 years old. She would attend his football matches with their mother and found herself fascinated by her brother's speed. She wanted to be as fast as him, so she tried out athletics and fell in love with it. Giger worked diligently on developing her skills and trained at different clubs: TV St. Peterzell, TV Herisau, Amriswil Athletics. [5]

Achievements

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventTimeNotes
Representing Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
2015 European Youth Olympic Festival Tbilisi, Georgia2nd400 m55.02
2016 European Youth Championships Tbilisi, Georgia2nd400 m hurdles58.39
–Medley relay DNF
2017 European Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia25th (h)400 m 54.76
European U20 Championships Grosseto, Italy1st400 m hurdles55.90
World Championships London, United Kingdom36th (h)400 m hurdles 57.72
2018 World U20 Championships Tampere, Finland3rd400 m hurdles 56.98 SB
European Championships Berlin, Germany17th (sf)400 m hurdles 56.81 EU20L
10th (h)4 × 400 m relay 3:32.86
2019 European Indoor Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom29th (h)400 m 53.84
6th4 × 400 m relay 3:33.72 NR
World Relays Yokohama, Japan7th4 × 400 m relay 3:32.32
European U23 Championships Gävle, Sweden3rd400 m hurdles 56.37 SB
World Championships Doha, Qatar14th (h)4 × 400 m relay 3:30.63
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan33rd (h)400 m hurdles 57.03
12th (h)4 × 400 m relay 3:25.90 NR
European U23 Championships Tallinn, Estonia3rd400 m hurdles 55.25 NU23R
2022 World Championships Eugene, OR, United States24th (sf)400 m hurdles 56.31
8th4 × 400 m relay 3:27.81 SB
European Championships Munich, Germany20th (sf)400 m hurdles 57.13
2023 European Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey20th (h)400 m 53.89
World Championships Budapest, Hungary27th (h)400 m hurdles 56.16
2024 European Championships Rome, Italy 14th (sf)400 m hurdles 55.05
11th (h)4 × 400 m relay 3:27.48
Olympic Games Paris, France 11th (rep)400 m hurdles 55.18
14th (h)4 × 400 m relay 3:29.75

National titles

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Yasmin Giger – ein Talent mit vielen Stärken" (in German). SRF. 15 January 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  2. ↑ Yasmin Giger at World Athletics OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  3. ↑ "All-Athletics profile". Archived from the original on 2017-08-09. Retrieved 2017-08-09.
  4. ↑ Romanshorn. "Einzelansicht - Romanshorn". www.romanshorn.ch.
  5. ↑ "Persönlich – Yasmin" (in German). Retrieved 2023-09-02.
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