Larissa Bertényi
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| Born | 3 June 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Hurdles | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 60m hurdles: 8.21 s (2026) 100m hurdles: 13.19 s (2025) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Larissa Bertényi (born 3 June 2000) is a Swiss hurdler. She was a silver medalist in the 4 x 100 metres relay and competed in the 100 metres hurdles at the 2025 Summer World University Games.[1]
Career
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 100m 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 at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Poland.[10]
References
- ^ "Larissa Bertényi". World Athletics. Retrieved 23 Jan 2026.
- ^ Bellino, Michele (February 25, 2015). "Two gold medals, five bronze medals". Tagblatt.ch. Retrieved 23 Jan 2026.
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Larissa Bertényi botches the start". Tagblatt.ch. 14 July 2018. Retrieved 23 Jan 2026.
- ^ "Francophonie Games – Athletics: Sidonie Fiadanantsoa wins gold in the 100m hurdles". Midi-madagasikara.mg. August 2, 2023. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
- ^ "FISU World University Games". World Athletics. 27 July 2025. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
- ^ "Swiss Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 1 March 2026. Retrieved 3 March 2026.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Entry lists published for World Athletics Indoor Championships Kujawy Pomorze 26". World Athletics. 14 March 2026. Retrieved 15 March 2026.