Sacha Alessandrini
French hurdler (born 1999)
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Sacha Alessandrini (born 7 June 1999) is a French hurdler who has won French national titles over 100 metres hurdles and indoors over 60 metres hurdles.[1]
Biography
She is from Nice, France and is a member of Nice Côte d'Azur Athlétisme. She won the French Indoor Athletics Championships over 60 metres hurdles in Miramas in 2019.[2][3] That year, she placed fourth at the 2019 European Athletics U23 Championships in Gävle, Sweden.[4][5]
She won a bronze medal in the 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2021 European Athletics U23 Championships in Tallinn, Estonia.[6][7]
She set a new personal best for the 60 metres hurdles in Miramas in January 2025, running 7.99 seconds.[8] In March 2025, she reached the semi-finals of the 60m hurdles at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, where she ran a time of 8.08 seconds having run 8.05 seconds in her preliminary heat.[9]
She finished eighth at the 2025 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat, part of the 2025 Diamond League, in a season's best 12.96 seconds.[10] She won the French Athletics Championships over 100 metres hurdles in Talence in August 2025.[11] In September, she was a semi-finalist at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan.[12][13]
In January 2026, she won the 60 metres hurdles in 8.00 seconds at the CMCM Indoor Meeting in Luxembourg, a silver meeting on the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Tour.[14] The following month she set a new personal best of 7.95 seconds in Karlsruhe, Germany.[15] She was runner-up in the 60 metres hurdles to Laëticia Bapté at the 2026 French Indoor Athletics Championships in Aubiere running a personal best 7.93 seconds.[16][17] In March 2026, she was a semi-finalist in the 60 metres hurdles at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Toruń, Poland.[18][19] In May, she equalled her personal best in the 100 metres hurdles at the 2026 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat.[20] On 25 July 2026, she won the 100 metres hurdles at the 2026 French Championships.[21] In August 2026, she competed at the 2026 European Athletics Championships in Birmingham, England, in the women's 100 metres hurdles, reaching the finals and placing sixth overall.[22]
