Larissa Bertényi

Larissa Bertényi
Personal information
Born (2000-06-03) 3 June 2000
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
Hurdles
Achievements and titles
Personal bests60 m hurdles: 8.21 s (2026)
100 m hurdles: 13.19 s (2025)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Switzerland
Summer World University Games
Silver medal – second place2025 Bochum4 × 100 m relay
Francophone Games
Bronze medal – third place2023 Kinsasha100 m hurdles

Larissa Bertényi (born 3 June 2000) is a Swiss hurdler. She was a silver medalist in the 4 × 100 metres relay and competed in the 100 metres hurdles at the 2025 Summer World University Games.[1]

Biography

Bertényi is from Widnau, and has competed as a member of STV Balgach and LC Brühl.[2][3][4] In 2018, she became Swiss U20 champion in the sprint hurdles, both outdoors and indoors. She also experienced her international debut at the 2018 World Athletics U20 Championships in Tampere, Finland.[5][3]

She was a bronze medalist in the 100 m hurdles at the 2023 Francophone Games in Kinshasa finishing behind Sidonie Fiadanantsoa and Anamaria Nesteriuc.[6]

Selected for the 2025 Summer World University Games in Bochum, Germany, she won a silver medal at the Games in the wonen's 4 × 100 metres relay.[7]

She ran a personal best over 60 metres hurdles in Nantes on 23 January 2026 before later lowering it to 8.06 seconds at the Swiss Indoor Championships in St Gallen on 1 March 2026, where she placed third in the final behind Ditaji Kambundji and Annik Kalin.[8][9] Later that month, she was selected to represent Switzerland in the 60 metres hurdles at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Toruń, Poland.[10] In August 2026, she competed at the 2026 European Athletics Championships in Birmingham, England, in the women's 100 metres hurdles, reaching the semi-finals.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Larissa Bertényi". World Athletics. Retrieved 23 Jan 2026.
  2. ↑ Bellino, Michele (February 25, 2015). "Two gold medals, five bronze medals". Tagblatt.ch. Retrieved 23 Jan 2026.
  3. 1 2 "Sportlerin des Jahres - Zur Auswahl stehen: Larissa Bertényi (Leichtathletik), Lea Herrsche (Leichtathletik), Salome Keller (Pferdesport) und Vera Schmid (Mountainbike)". 18 December 2018. Retrieved 23 Jan 2026.
  4. ↑ "Better late than never: The Gesa Cup in Altstätten will take place for the first time in August". Tagblatt.ch. August 20, 2021. Retrieved 23 Jan 2026.
  5. ↑ "Larissa Bertényi botches the start". Tagblatt.ch. 14 July 2018. Retrieved 23 Jan 2026.
  6. ↑ "Francophonie Games – Athletics: Sidonie Fiadanantsoa wins gold in the 100m hurdles". Midi-madagasikara.mg. August 2, 2023. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  7. ↑ "FISU World University Games". World Athletics. 27 July 2025. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
  8. ↑ "Swiss Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 1 March 2026. Retrieved 3 March 2026.
  9. ↑ "CS Indoor in St. Gallen (Day 2 Women): a world champion's performance and several comebacks". Swiss Athletics. 1 March 2026. Retrieved 15 March 2026.
  10. ↑ "World Athletics Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 22 March 2026. Retrieved 23 March 2026.
  11. ↑ "European Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 10 August 2026. Retrieved 19 August 2026.
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