Sabrina Altermatt

Sabrina Altermatt (born March 6, 1985 ) is a former Swiss athlete . Her specialty was the hurdles race .

After she won the silver medal at the Junior World Championships in the 100-meter hurdles in 2004, she was voted Swiss Athlete of the Year and accepted into the World Class Potentials project of the Swiss Athletics Association , in which she stayed until 2009. The Swiss Sports Aid Foundation recognized Altermatt as the young athlete of the year 2004. In the years after 2004, she repeatedly struggled with injuries and switched to the long hurdles . In November 2011, she announced her retirement from top-class sport.

Altermatt lives in the canton of Solothurn and is an economist .

successes

• 2001: 1st place European Olympic Summer Youth Festival 2001 100 meter hurdles
• 2003: Swiss champion 100 meter hurdles; 3rd place Junior European Championships 100-meter hurdles
• 2004: Swiss champion 100 meter hurdles; 2nd place in the Junior World Championships 100 meter hurdles
• 2005: Swiss champion 100 meter hurdles; 13th place in the U23 European Championships 100-meter hurdles
• 2010: Swiss champion 400 meter hurdles

Personal best

• 100-meter hurdles : 13.39 s, June 20, 2004 in Mannheim (Swiss junior record)
• 400-meter hurdles : 57.93 s, July 17, 2010 in Lugano
• 100-meter run : 12.05 s, 2003
• 200-meter run : 24.07 s, 2004
• 400-meter run : 55.12 s, 2009

Web links

• Sabrina Altermatt on swiss-athletics.ch ( Memento from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
• Sabrina Altermatt on goldentalents.ch ( Memento from February 13, 2010 in the Internet Archive )