Mujinga Kambundji
 Kambundji in 2012 | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 17 June 1992 Uetendorf, Switzerland | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 59 kg (130 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Country |  Switzerland | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 100 metres, 200 metres | ||||||||||||||
| Club | ST Bern | ||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
| Personal best(s) | 60 m: 7.11 (Prague, 2015) 100 m: 11.07 (Beijing, 2015) 200 m: 22.64 (Beijing, 2015) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Updated on 26 August 2015 | |||||||||||||||
Mujinga Kambundji (born 17 June 1992) is a Swiss sprinter.
Early life and family
Born in Liebefeld to a Congolese-Swiss father, Safuka, and a Bernese mother, Ruth, Mujinga is one of four children.[1]
Career
In 2009, Kambundji won the silver medal in the 100 metres at the European Youth Olympic Festival, and the gold medals in the 100 and 200 metres at the Swiss championships. For this, she was elected Swiss Athlete of the Year by the Swiss Athletics Association. In 2010, she won the 200 metres in the Second League of the European Team Championship, and broke the Swiss U20 record in 200 metres in the U20 World Championships.[2]
Mujinga Kambundji trained with the ST Bern athletics club and was trained by Jacques Cordey. In the autumn of 2013 she moved to Mannheim to train under coach Valerij Bauer alongside former European champion Verena Sailer.[3][4]
At the 2014 European Athletics Championships in Zürich Kambundji broke her own national record in the heats and semi finals of the 100 metres competition before finishing fourth in the final.[3] She subsequently finished fifth and broke Regula Aebi's 26-year-old national record in the 200 metres final.[5]
Kambundji qualified for the Swiss team at the 2016 Summer Olympics, reaching the semi-finals of both the 100m and the 200m.[6]
External links
- Competition records of Mujinga Kambundji, European Athletics Association
- Competition records of Mujinga Kambundji, ST Bern
References
- ^ "Pour les parents de Mujinga Kambundji, «l'équilibre familial passe avant le sport»". La Liberté. 15 May 2014. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
- ^ "Junge Bernerin bricht Leichtathletikrekorde". Der Bund. 23 July 2010. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
- ^ a b "Mega-happy Mujinga Kambundji". European Athletics Association. 14 August 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
- ^ Schönenberger, Carl (2 August 2009). "Meitschi Kambundji ist ein Juwel!". Blick. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
- ^ "Athlétisme: Mujinga Kambundji 5e du 200m européen" [Athletics: Mujinga Kambundji 5th in European 200m]. Radio Télévision Suisse (in French). 15 August 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
- ^ https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/mujinga-kambundji
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