Last Updated on April 22, 2023 by Andrew Pirie
Alexandra Burghardt
The German Sprinter is our first feature for the week’s track beauty; besides, a new section of our site is dedicated to Female Track and Field athletes from around the world.
Burghardt qualifies for the Olympics.
Interview
So the 23-year-old is a sprinter/hurdler with best times of 11.32 in the 100 and 13.41 in the 100 Hurdles.
And the tall, muscular German girl stands at 1.81m, almost 6 feet tall, and weighs 70kg.
Besides, in 2018, Burghardt decided to focus on the 100 and 200. She set a new 200 PB of 23.57 at Claremont on 23 April.
One of her highest achievements was competing in the 4×100 at the World Championships in Beijing, finishing a credible 5th place.
While Focusing on the Hurdles as a junior. At 17, Burghardt won gold at the European Championships in the 4×100.
The following year (2012), she took silver in the World Juniors in Barcelona’s 4×100. While at the European U20 Champs in 2015 Estonia, she took silver in the 100m in 11.54 and Gold in the 4×100.
Also, more recently, in 2017; Burghardt was part of the Gold-winning German squad in the 4×100 at the World Relay Championships in Nassau, Bahamas.
Burghardt runs for the German Club MTG Manheim; Valerij Bauer and Angela Salzinger coach her.
References:
- https://en.wikipedia.org
- https://www.leichtathletik.de
- http://athletics.addu.edu.ph
- http://athletics.addu.edu.ph
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He has worked as a PSC Consultant and Research Assistant from 2013-2015, Consultant, and Sprint Coach at Zamboanga Sports Academy from 2015-2017. And Currently is Consultant Coach with VMUF 2021-
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