Larissa Bertényi

Larissa Bertényi
Personal information
Born (2000-06-03) 3 June 2000
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
Hurdles
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)60m hurdles: 8.21 s (2026)
100m hurdles: 13.19 s (2025)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Switzerland
Summer World University Games
2025 Bochum 4x100m relay
Francophone Games
2023 Kinsasha 100 m hurdles

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

  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. ^ 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.
  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. ^ "Entry lists published for World Athletics Indoor Championships Kujawy Pomorze 26". World Athletics. 14 March 2026. Retrieved 15 March 2026.