Victoria Rausch
Rausch at the 2022 European Championships | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 26 June 1996 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | Hurdles |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal bests | 60mH: 8.08 (2026) NR 100mH: 13.09 (2025) NR |
Victoria Rausch (born 26 June 1996) is a Luxembourgish hurdler. A multiple-time national champion, she is the national record holder in the 60 metres hurdles and 100m hurdles.[1]
Career
A multiple-time Luxembourgish national champion, Rausch set new a new national record in the 60 metres hurdles in January 2022, breaking the record which had been set by Veronique Linster, and had stood for 26 years. The following month, she improved her own record whilst competing in Metz, France. Later that year, she also set a new national record in the 100m hurdles that year, with a time of 13.24 seconds.[2][3][4] She made her senior international debut at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich, reaching the semi-finals of the 100 metres hurdles.[5][6]
Having won the national indoor title over 60 metre hurdles in 2023, she competed at the 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Istanbul, without advancing to the final.[7][8] That summer, she was a semi-finalist over 100 metres hurdles at the delayed at the 2021 Summer World University Games held in August 2023 in Chengdu, China.[9][10]
Rausch won the 100 metres hurdles at the 2025 European Athletics Team Championships Third Division in Maribor, Slovenia, in June 2025, helping Luxembourg gain promotion to the Second Division.[11] In July, Rausch set a new national record in the 100 metres hurdles of 13.09 seconds at the International Meeting in Schifflange.[12] In August, Rausch won the women’s 100m hurdles final at the Luxembourg Athletics Championships, running 13.28 seconds into a strong headwind.[13]
Rausch ran a Luxembourg national record in the 60m hurdles with a time of 8.08 seconds on 18 January 2026, at the CMCM Indoor Meeting in Luxembourg, a silver meeting on the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Tour.[14][15]
References
- ^ "Victoria Rausch". World Athletics. Retrieved 18 Jan 2026.
- ^ Stone, Charlie (22 May 2025). "A look at some of Luxembourg's top athletes at the Games of the Smaller States". rtl.lu. Retrieved 18 Jan 2026.
- ^ "Victoria Rausch and Charel Grethen set new national records at indoor meeting in Metz". RTL Today. 13 Feb 2022. Retrieved 18 Jan 2026.
- ^ "Victoria Rausch sets new national record for 60m hurdles". RTL Today. 17 Jan 2022. Retrieved 18 Jan 2026.
- ^ "Rausch, without pressure, not without ambition". Le Quotidien. 21 August 2022. Retrieved 18 Jan 2026.
- ^ "European Championships". World Athletics. 21 August 2022. Retrieved 18 Jan 2026.
- ^ "Victoria Rausch, the ACD athlete, is likely to have qualified for the European Championships in Istanbul". Lavenir.net. 20 Feb 2023. Retrieved 18 January 2026.
- ^ "European Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 2 March 2023. Retrieved 18 Jan 2026.
- ^ "FISU World University Games". World Athletics. 1 August 2023. Retrieved 18 Jan 2026.
- ^ "Victoria Rausch in the 100m hurdles semifinals". RTL. Retrieved 18 Jan 2026.
- ^ "Nos athlètes promus en deuxième division européenne - Mental.lu". 26 Jun 2025. Retrieved 18 Jan 2026.
- ^ "Rausch set a new national record in the 100-metre hurdles on Saturday evening during the B-final at the International Meeting in Schifflange". rtl.lu. 27 July 2025. Retrieved 18 Jan 2026.
- ^ "Vera Bertemes sets national record as championships wrap up". rrl.lu. 4 August 2025. Retrieved 18 Jan 2026.
- ^ Mills, Steven (18 Jan 2026). "English sets Irish indoor 800m record of 1:44.65 in Luxembourg". European Athletics. Retrieved 18 Jan 2026.
- ^ Hoffmann, Tom (18 Jan 2026). "Victoria Rausch, Fanny Arendt a Ruben Querinjean mat neien nationale Rekorder". rtu.lu. Retrieved 18 Jan 2026.