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Alexandra Burghardt
	Burghardt in Munich 2022
Personal information
Born	28 April 1994 (age 30); Mühldorf am Inn, Germany
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
Country	Germany
Sport	Athletics, bobsleigh
Event	100 metres
Medal record
Representing Germany
Women's athletics
Olympic Games
World Championships
European Championships
Women's bobsleigh
Olympic Games

Alexandra Burghardt (born 28 April 1994) is a German sprinter and bobsledder.^[1]

Career

She competed in the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing, finishing fifth in the final.

At the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Burghardt finished fifth as a member of the 4 × 100 m relay on 6 August 2021. She returned to the bobsleigh track of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing half a year later, winning the silver medal on 19 February 2022.^[2] After winning the bronze medal in athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, she became the seventh athlete and fourth woman in history to win Olympic medals in both a summer sport and a winter sport.^[3]

Burghardt was awarded the Bavarian Order of Merit in 2024.^[4]

Athletics international competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Germany
2011	World Youth Championships	Lille, France	4th	100 m hurdles	13.42
2011	European Junior Championships	Tallinn, Estonia	1st	4 × 100 m relay	43.42
2012	World Junior Championships	Barcelona, Spain	19th (sf)	100 m hurdles	14.07
2012	World Junior Championships	Barcelona, Spain	2nd	4 × 100 m relay	44.24
2013	European Junior Championships	Rieti, Italy	8th (sf)	100 m	12.07
2013	European Junior Championships	Rieti, Italy	1st (h)	4 × 100 m relay	44.61¹
2015	European Indoor Championships	Prague, Czech Republic	9th (sf)	60 m	7.24
	European U23 Championships	Tallinn, Estonia	2nd	100 m	11.54
	European U23 Championships	Tallinn, Estonia	1st	4 × 100 m relay	43.47
	World Championships	Beijing, China	5th	4 × 100 m relay	42.64
2017	European Indoor Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	6th	60 m	7.19
2017	World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	1st	4 × 100 m relay	42.84
2019	World Relays	Yokohama, Japan	3rd	4 × 100 m relay	43.68
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	11th (sf)	100 m	11.07
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	5th	4 × 100 m relay	42.12
2022	World Championships	Eugene, United States	31st (h)	100 m	11.29
	World Championships	Eugene, United States	3rd	4 × 100 m relay	42.03
	European Championships	Munich, Germany	8th	200 m	23.24
	European Championships	Munich, Germany	1st	4 × 100 m relay	42.34
2023	European Indoor Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	7th	60 m	7.24
2024	Olympic Games	Paris, France	3rd	4 × 100 m relay	41.97

¹Did not finish

Bobsleigh international competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Germany
2022	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	2nd	Two-woman	4:04.73

Personal bests

Outdoor

100 metres – 11.01 (+1.8 m/s, Bulle 2021)

Indoor

60 metres – 7.19 (Belgrade 2017)

References

^ "Alexandra Burghardt". IAAF. 29 August 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
^ Minsberg, Talya (19 February 2022). "Two Olympics in Six Months: How Alexandra Burghardt Sprinted to the Winter Games". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
^ https://www.msn.com/en-ca/sports/curling/germany-s-burghardt-7th-olympic-athlete-to-medal-in-summer-and-winter/ar-AA1ozxfL {{citation}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ "Aufregung, Freude und auch Frust bei den Ausgezeichneten" [Excitement, joy and also frustration among the award winners]. Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). 11 July 2024.

External links

Alexandra Burghardt at World Athletics
Alexandra Burghardt at Diamond League
Alexandra Burghardt at the International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation
Alexandra Burghardt at Olympics.com
Alexandra Burghardt at Olympedia (archive)
Alexandra Burghardt at Team Deutschland (in German)
Alexandra Burghardt at the Deutscher Leichtathletik-Verband (in German)
Alexandra Burghardt Archived 14 November 2020 at the Wayback Machine at the Bob und Schlittenverband Deutschland (in German)

[1] "Alexandra Burghardt". IAAF. 29 August 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2015.

[2] Minsberg, Talya (19 February 2022). "Two Olympics in Six Months: How Alexandra Burghardt Sprinted to the Winter Games". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 February 2022.

[3] ttps://www.msn.com/en-ca/sports/curling/germany-s-burghardt-7th-olympic-athlete-to-medal-in-summer-and-winter/ar-AA1ozxfL {{citation}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

[4] "Aufregung, Freude und auch Frust bei den Ausgezeichneten" [Excitement, joy and also frustration among the award winners]. Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). 11 July 2024.

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