Lea Sprunger

Career Born in Nyon, Vaud, Sprunger competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's 200 m event and the 4 × 100 m relay. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she competed in the 400 m hurdles event and at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the 400 m hurdles event and the 4 × 400 m relay.

At the 2016 European Championships she finished third in the 400 m hurdles race. She won this event two years later at the 2018 European Championships.

Her personal best in the 400 m hurdles is 54.06 s set in Doha on 4 October 2019, also representing a new national record. She also holds the national record in the 400 metres with 50.52 s (set in La-Chaux-de-Fonds on 1 July 2018). In addition, she held the national record in the 200 metres for three years with 22.18 s (set in Geneva on 17 July 2016 and improved by Mujinga Kambundji on 24 August 2019).

Léa Sprunger retired from competitive athletics in September 2021.

International championships 1Disqualified in the final

2Did not finish in the final

3Disqualified in the semifinals