Larissa Bertényi
Swiss hurdler (born 2000)
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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]
100m hurdles: 13.19 s (2025)
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| Born | 3 June 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Hurdles | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal bests | 60m hurdles: 8.21 s (2026) 100m hurdles: 13.19 s (2025) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
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 in the 60 metres hurdles at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Toruń, Poland.[10]