Irene Pusterla

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Irene Pusterla (born June 21, 1988 in Mendrisio ) is a Swiss athlete . She holds the Swiss records in long jump and triple jump .

The Ticino woman became Swiss champion in the long jump in 2008 and also achieved the Swiss season best of this year with a width of 6.32 m. In 2009 she finished twelfth at the European Indoor Championships in Turin and seventh at the U23 European Championships in Kaunas , both in the long jump. At the end of 2009 Pusterla was accepted into the World Class Potential funding program of Swiss Athletics .

On July 17, 2010, Pusterla set a new Swiss record in the long jump at the Swiss Championships with 6.76 m. Meta Antenen's old record had lasted for 39 years. At the European Championships in Barcelona at the end of July, she just missed the final in 13th place. At the end of the year she was voted Swiss Athlete of the Year .

At the 2011 European Indoor Championships , Pusterla reached the final in the long jump. On June 23, 2011, at a meeting in Chiasso, she improved her own Swiss record in the long jump to 6.81 m. With this, Pusterla also fulfilled the limits for the World Championships in Daegu . After Pusterla initially refrained from participating, she decided at the beginning of August to participate in the world championships. On August 20, 2011, at a meeting in Chiasso, she again improved her own Swiss record in the long jump to 6.84 m. At the world championships she could not qualify for the final. At the end of the season she took over the Swiss record with a width of 13.42 m in her only triple jump competition of the year.

In 2012 Pusterla reached 6th place at the European Championships in Helsinki , but missed the final at the Olympic Games in London .

Pusterla starts for VIGOR Ligornetto, she is trained by Andrea Salvadè . She studies psychology at the University of Lausanne .

successes

  • 2006: Swiss U20 champion long jump and triple jump
  • 2007: 6th place Junior European Championships long jump; Swiss U20 champion long jump and triple jump
  • 2008: Swiss champion long jump; Swiss U23 champion long jump and triple jump; Swiss indoor champion triple jump
  • 2009: Swiss indoor champion long jump; 2nd place Swiss championships long jump; 3rd place Swiss championships triple jump; 12th place European Indoor Championships long jump; 7th place U23 European Championships long jump; Swiss U23 champion long jump, triple jump and 100 meter run
  • 2010: Swiss Champion and Swiss Indoor Champion long jump; 13th place European Championships long jump; Swiss U23 champion long jump, triple jump and 100 meter run ; 3rd place world class Zurich long jump; 6th place IAAF Diamond League long jump
  • 2011: Swiss champion and Swiss indoor champion long jump and 60-meter run ; 8th place European Indoor Championships long jump; 4th place Herculis long jump
  • 2012: 6th place in the European Championships, participation in the Olympic Games

Personal best

  • Long jump: 6.84 m, August 20, 2011, Chiasso , Swiss record
  • Long jump (indoor): 6.71 m, March 5, 2011, Paris, Swiss indoor record
  • Triple jump: 13.42 m, September 24, 2010, Bellinzona (Swiss record until July 1, 2018)
    • Triple jump: 12.80 m, June 20, 2007, Gallarate , Swiss junior record
  • 100-meter run: 11.84 s, September 4, 2010, Bern

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Irène Pusterla Switzerland. Archived from the original on June 17, 2014 ; accessed on February 21, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Pusterla, Irene
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss athlete
DATE OF BIRTH June 21, 1988
PLACE OF BIRTH Mendrisio