Xenia Buri

Xenia Buri
Personal information
Born (2009-11-20) 20 November 2009
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
Sprinting
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing   Switzerland
World U20 Championships
Silver medal – second place2026 Eugene4×100 m relay
European Youth Olympic Festival
Silver medal – second place2025 Skopje100 m
Silver medal – second place2025 SkopjeMedley relay

Xenia Buri (born 9 January 2008) is a Swiss sprinter.[1]

Biography

From Bern, and a member of LC Kirchberg,[2] Buri is a member of the Swiss World Class Potentials (WCP) programme.[3]

A month after turning 17 years-old, Buri finished fifth in a Swiss U18 and U20 record of 7.21 seconds in the 60 metres final at the senior Swiss Indoor Athletics Championships in St. Gallen in February 2025, breaking the record three times in as many races. The following week at the Swiss Indoor Youth Championships in Magglingen, Buri set a new national U18 record in the 60m hurdles with 8.16 seconds. She also won the 60m in 7.23 seconds.[4][5] Buri broke the Swiss U20 record for the 100 metres in consecutive weeks in June 2025, with her time of 11.24 seconds in Meilen equalling the European U18 best set by Great Britain's Jodie Williams in 2009.[2] The record was then broken by Italy's Kelly Doualla the following month at the 2025 European Youth Olympic Festival, where Buri won the silver medal in the 100 metres behind Doualla, running 11.30 seconds.[6][7][8]

In May 2026, she was part of a Swiss relay team which set a new national under-20 record in the 4 x 100 metres relay of 43.74 seconds.[9] The following month, she set a new Swiss U20 record in the 200 metres with a time of 23.34 seconds at the Bernese Youth Championships in Thun.[10] In June, she lowered her personal best for the 100 metres to 11.13 seconds.[11] Competing in the 4 x 100 m relay at the international meeting in Freiburg alongside Mara Schwitter, Milla Tonazzi and Joy Umegbolu she was part of the team which improved the Swiss records in the U23 and U20 categories, with a time of 43.32 seconds.[12] On 16 July, she ran 11.38 seconds for the 100 metres at Spitzen Leichtathletik Luzern.[13] On 5 August, Buri set a new national U20 record of 11.23 seconds to reach the final of the 100 metres race at the 2026 World Athletics U20 Championships in Eugene, United States, prior to placing fourth in the final into a headwind with 11.33 seconds.[14][15]

References

  1. ↑ "Xenia Buri". World Athletics. Retrieved 16 June 2026.
  2. 1 2 "Xenia Buri equals the best European U18 performance of all time". Swiss Athletics. 14 June 2025. Retrieved 17 July 2026.
  3. ↑ "Three new athletes in the WCP development program". Swiss Athletics. 30 January 2026. Retrieved 16 June 2026.
  4. ↑ "Xenia Buri gewinnt Hürdenfinal mit Schweizer U18-Rekord". Swiss Athletics. 2 March 2025. Retrieved 17 July 2026.
  5. ↑ Mills, Steven (22 February 2025). "Kambundji storms to 7.03 60m at the Swiss Indoor Championships". European Athletics. Retrieved 16 June 2026.
  6. ↑ Mills, Steven (27 July 2025). "World U18 best and two European U18 bests highlight European Youth Olympic Festival". European Athletics. Retrieved 16 June 2026.
  7. ↑ "EYOF 2025: 15-year-old Kelly Doualla wins 100m gold with fastest U18 time in Europe". Olympics. 21 July 2025. Retrieved 16 June 2026.
  8. ↑ "Silver and bronze on the first day of the EYOF in Skopje". Swiss Athletics. 21 July 2025. Retrieved 17 July 2026.
  9. ↑ "The U20 women sprint towards a Swiss record in 43.74 seconds". Swiss Athletics. 23 May 2026. Retrieved 16 June 2026.
  10. ↑ "Xenia Buri breaks the Swiss U20 record in the 200m". Swiss Athletics. 6 June 2026. Retrieved 16 June 2026.
  11. ↑ "32. Bauhaus Juniorengala". World Athletics. 13 June 2026. Retrieved 16 June 2026.
  12. ↑ "Women's relay team shines in Freiburg with Swiss U23 and U20 records". Swiss Athletics. 1 July 2026. Retrieved 17 July 2026.
  13. ↑ "Javelin thrower Hügli sets Swiss record". Srf.ch. 16 July 2026. Retrieved 17 July 2026.
  14. ↑ "Taylor and Maxwell win US world U20 100m double in Oregon". World Athletics. 7 August 2026. Retrieved 7 August 2026.
  15. ↑ "THEA BROWN ENJOYS FINE START AT WORLD U20 CHAMPS". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 6 August 2026.
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