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Yasmin Giger
Personal information
Born (1999-11-06) 6 November 1999 (age 24)
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb)[1]
Sport
SportAthletics
Event400 m hurdles
ClubAmriswil-Athletics

Yasmin Giger (born 6 November 1999) is a Swiss athlete specialising in the 400 metres hurdles.[2] She represented her country at the 2017 World Championships Without advancing from the first round. In addition, she won a gold medal at the 2017 European U20 Championships.

Her personal best in the event is 55.90 seconds set in Grosseto in 2017.[3] Earlier in her career she competed in the heptathlon.

International competitions

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Switzerland
2015 European Youth Olympic Festival Tbilisi, Georgia 2nd 400 m 55.02
2016 European Youth Championships Tbilisi, Georgia 2nd 400 m hurdles 58.39
Medley relay DNF
2017 European Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia 25th (h) 400 m 54.76
European U20 Championships Grosseto, Italy 1st 400 m hurdles 55.90
World Championships London, United Kingdom 36th (h) 400 m hurdles 57.72

References

  1. ^ "Yasmin Giger – ein Talent mit vielen Stärken" (in German). SRF. 15 January 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  2. ^ Yasmin Giger at World Athletics
  3. ^ All-Athletics profile