Aimie Decrausaz
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| Born | 5 June 2010 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Events | Middle-distance running, Triathlon | ||||||||||||||
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Aimie Decrausaz (born 5 June 2010) is a Swiss middle-distance runner and triathlete. She won the gold medal over 3000 metres at the 2026 European Athletics U18 Championships.[1]
Biography
From Champvent, she is a member of Triathlon club Yverdon-les-Bains and excelled in triathlon from a young age, especially excelling in the running element of the discipline.[2] In 2024 she was the Swiss age-group champion in the 1000m both indoors and outdoors, and became the all-time record holder in her age group for the Lausanne 4km. She was also the 2024 Swiss triathlon champion in the under-16 girls' category.[3][4] She is coached by Gilles Vaucher and attends Auguste-Piccard Gymnasium.[5]
In March 2026, she competed in her first ever 5km race as a 15-year-old in Payerne. Her finishing time of 15:37 surpassed the previous Swiss U23 record (16:28), was 1:26 faster than the previous Swiss under-20 record, and only three seconds away from Chiara Scherrer's senior national record.[5][6] As a 15 year-old, in April of that year, she broke the junior record for the Lausanne 20KM by 47 seconds, her time of 12:38 over 4 km even bettered the boys' junior record by 2 seconds.[7]
Decrausaz ran a championship record 9:06.60 to win the gold medal over 3000 metres at the 2026 European Athletics U18 Championships in Rieti, Italy.[8][9]
References
- ↑ "Aimie Decrausaz". Retrieved 19 July 2026.
- ↑ Ravussin, Jacques (3 November 2023). "Young athlete: Almost natural progression". Retrieved 19 July 2026.
- ↑ Ravussin, Jacques (1 March 2024). "Aimie Decrausaz championne suisse sur 1000 mètres". lomnibus.ch. Retrieved 19 July 2026.
- ↑ Gremion, Manuel (Nov 25, 2024). "Aimie Decrausaz is going to discover Europe". laregion.ch. Retrieved 19 July 2026.
- 1 2 Schlosser, Pierre-Alain (11 March 2026). "Who is this phenomenon of French-speaking Swiss running who is breaking all records?". 24heures.ch. Retrieved 19 July 2026.
- ↑ "Aimie Decrausaz's impressive 5km run in Payerne". Swiss Athletics. 1 March 2026. Retrieved 19 July 2026.
- ↑ Schlosser, Pierre-Alain (April 25, 2026). "Aimie Decrausaz from Vaud shatters the record at the Lausanne 20KM". 24heores. Retrieved 19 July 2026.
- ↑ Broadbent, Chris (19 Jul 2026). "9:06.60! Switzerland's Decrausaz smashes championhips record to win women's 3000m at Rieti 2026". European Athletics. Retrieved 19 July 2026.
- ↑ "Botková breaks continental U20 record to highlight European U18 Championships in Rieti". World Athletics. 19 July 2026. Retrieved 20 July 2026.