Sofia Lavreshina

Sofia Lavreshina
Lavreshina at the 2026 European Championships
Personal information
Born (2003-06-14) 14 June 2003
Pombal, Portugal
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
Sprint
Achievements and titles
Personal bests400m: 51.87 (2026)
400mH: 54.31 (2026)

Sofia Lavreshina (born 14 June 2003) is a Portuguese sprinter and hurdler. She is the national record holder over 400 metres indoors, and won the 400 metres titles at the Portuguese Championships in 2025 and the Portuguese Indoor Championships in 2026.[1]

Biography

From Pombal in the Leiria District of Portugal, she competes as a member of Sporting CP.[2][3] Competing in California for Long Beach State University in the United States, Lavreshina broke a 36-year-old school record competing indoors in the 400 metres in January 2024, as she ran a time of 54.71 seconds.[4] Lavreshina competed for Portugal in the women's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2024 World Relays, in Nassau, The Bahamas,[5] and at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome.[6]

In April 2025, she broke the Sun Beach State school record for the 400 metres hurdles, running 56.64 seconds in Long Beach.[7] In August 2025, she won the 400 meters title at the Portuguese Championships, also placing third in the 400 metres hurdles behind Fatoumata Diallo at the championships.[8][9]

She ran an indoors personal best and Portuguese indoor national record for 400 metres of 52.19 seconds in Glasgow in January 2026.[10][3] The following month, she lowered that mark to 52.07 seconds on the World Athletics Indoor Tour in Madrid.[11][12] The following month, Lavreshina set a championship record at the Portuguese Indoor Championships winning the 400 metres race in 52.33 seconds in Braga, breaking the record of Vera Barbosa which had stood since 2020.[2][3]

In March 2026, she was selected for the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Poland.[13][14] She was a semi-finalist in the 400 m at the championships. During the qualifying rounds, Lavreshina improved the national record with a time of 51.87 seconds.[15][16] On 4 June 2026, at the Liese Prokop Memorial in St. Pölten, she won the 400 metres hurdles in a personal best 54.48 seconds.[17] In July, she equalled the Portuguese national record for the 400 m hurdles in 54.31 seconds in Braga.[18] She placed second at the Portuguese Championships over 400m hurdles in 54.69 seconds, behind joint national record-holder Fatoumata Binta Diallo.[19] Competing at the 2026 European Athletics Championships in Birmingham, England, she was a semi-finalist in the 400 metres hurdles.[20] She also competed in the women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the championships.[21]

References

  1. ↑ "Sofia Lavreshina". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 Feb 2026.
  2. 1 2 "Sofia Lavreshina breaks record in the 400m short track". rr.pt. 28 Feb 2026. Retrieved 14 March 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 "LAVRESHINA BREAKS PORTUGUESE CHAMPIONSHIPS RECORD IN THE 400 METERS". diarioleiria.pt. Retrieved 15 March 2026.
  4. ↑ "Lavreshina named MPSF Female Athlete of the Week". sunnews. January 23, 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2026.
  5. ↑ "Women 4x400m Results - World Athletics Relays Championships 2024". Watch Athletics. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  6. ↑ "European Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 9 June 2024. Retrieved 31 Jan 2026.
  7. ↑ "Lavreshina Resets School Record In 400m Hurdles At Beach Invitational". Longbeachstate. 19 April 2025. Retrieved 15 March 2026.
  8. ↑ "Portuguese Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 4 August 2025. Retrieved 15 March 2026.
  9. ↑ "Algarve record-breaking triumphs mark Portuguese Athletics Championships". Sulinforkacao.pt. 4 August 2025. Retrieved 15 March 2026.
  10. ↑ Broadbent, Chris (31 Jan 2026). "Minshull defeats Doom in Glasgow". European Athletics. Retrieved 31 Jan 2026.
  11. ↑ "World Indoor Tour Gold Madrid 2026". World Athletics. 6 Feb 2026. Retrieved 7 Feb 2026.
  12. ↑ "Madrid Indoor thrills: Attaoui attacks world record, breaks European mark as world leads fall". Watch Athletics. 6 Feb 2026. Retrieved 8 Feb 2026.
  13. ↑ "Entry lists published for World Athletics Indoor Championships Kujawy Pomorze 26". World Athletics. 14 March 2026. Retrieved 15 March 2026.
  14. ↑ "WIC Kujawy Pomorze 26 preview: women's 4x400m". World Athletics. 16 March 2026. Retrieved 17 March 2026.
  15. ↑ "Terugblik WK Indoor Atletiek – Dag 1". Hardloopnetwerk. 21 March 2026. Retrieved 21 March 2026.
  16. ↑ World Athletics (20 Mar 2026). "Results | 400 Metres Women - Round 1" (PDF). Retrieved 20 Mar 2026.
  17. ↑ Mills, Steven (4 Jun 2026). "A 45-year-old record falls! Manasova breaks Kratochvilova's Czech 100m record with 11.01 in St. Polten". European Athletics. Retrieved 4 June 2026.
  18. ↑ "SOFIA LAVRESHINA EQUALS PORTUGAL'S RECORD IN THE 400M HURDLES". fpatletismo.pt. 11 July 2026. Retrieved 25 July 2026.
  19. ↑ Mills, Steven (25 Jul 2026). "National Championships roundup - Guttormsen clears 6.00m at Norwegian Championships". European Athletics. Retrieved 26 July 2026.
  20. ↑ "European Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 10 August 2026. Retrieved 19 August 2026.
  21. ↑ "European Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 10 August 2026. Retrieved 19 August 2026.
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