Lena Pressler
Austrian athlete (born 2001)
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Lena Pressler (born 15 January 2001) is an Austrian hurdler. She is a multiple-time national champion and Balkan champion in the 400 metres hurdles.[1]
Biography
A member of Union St. Pölten,[2] Pressler won a bronze medal representing Austria in Győr at the 2018 European Athletics U18 Championships, in the women's 400 metres hurdles.[3]
In 2022, Pressler broke the long-standing Austrian national record in the 400m hurdles with a time of 56.73 seconds. In June 2023, she sat another new Austrian record. with a time of 56.15 seconds.[4] Pressler won a bronze medal representing Austria at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships in Espoo, Finland, in the women's 400 metres hurdles.[5][6] Pressler won the Balkan Championships over 400 metres hurdles in 2024.[7]
In May 2026, she was part of the Austrian women's 4 x 400 metres relay team which ran 3:32.71 to break the oldest existing Austrian national record previously from 1976.[8] The following month, Pressler won the 2026 Balkan Championships over 400 metres hurdles in a time of 55.36 seconds.[9] Pressler represented Austria at the 2026 European Athletics Championships in Birmingham in the 400 metres hurdles, reaching the semi-finals with the fastest time from the preliminary heats of 54.97 seconds.[10]