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Swiss athlete (born 2002)
Timothé MumenthalerOLY
Personal information
NationalitySwiss
Born (2002-12-12) 12 December 2002 (age 22)
EducationEPFL
Sport
SportAthletics
EventSprint
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)200m: 20.28 (Rome, 2024)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing the  Switzerland
European Athletics Championships
Gold medal – first place 2024 Rome 200 m
European U23 Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Espoo 200 m

Timothé Sembéry Mumenthaler OLY (born 12 December 2002) is a Swiss sprinter. He won the 2024 European Championships in Rome over 200 metres.

Career

He is a member of Stade Genève. In February 2018, he won the 60m and 200m at the Swiss Youth Indoor Championships in St. Gallen. He competed at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires. However, after running 100m in 10.61 seconds aged 16 years-old, his progress was slowed by injury. In 2022, he was runner up in the Swiss national championships in the 100 metres.

He finished fifth in the 200 metres at the 2023 European Athletics Team Championships First Division in Silesia in June 2023. He was a bronze medalist in the 200m at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships in Espoo.

He ran as part of the Swiss 4x100m relay team at the 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas.

He competed at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome and won the final of the Men's 200 metres, running 20.28 seconds. He competed in the 200m at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Personal life

Mumenthaler grew up in Geneva, Switzerland. He is currently pursuing a BSc in microengineering at Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in parallel with his athletic career. He was born to a Swiss father and Senegalese mother.

References

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  5. "Happy who, like Timothé Mumenthaler, has had a wonderful journey". tdg. 24 October 2018. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  6. "Timothé Mumenthaler chomped at the bit and bit the gold". tdg. 9 September 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  7. "After a big brake, Timothé Mumenthaler puts the turbo back on". tdg.ch. 28 June 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  8. Smythe, Steve (June 27, 2023). "Gudaf Tsegay goes No.4 all-time at 10,000m – overseas round-up". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  9. "Mumenthaler en BRONZE, le 4×4 féminin en ARGENT !". athle.ch. 16 July 2023. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  10. "Men 4x100m Results - World Athletics Relays Championships 2024". Watch Athletics. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  11. "Mixed relay and 4×100 m men impress with top times in Nassau". swiss-athletics. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  12. "European Athletics Championships". World Athletics. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  13. "Record-Breaking Performances Shine on Day 4 of European Athletics Championships in Rome". Watch Athletics. 11 June 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  14. "Men's 200m Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  15. Rom, Rainer Sommerhalder (June 11, 2024). "Timothé Mumenthaler ist Europameister! Wer ist dieser 21-jährige neue Sprintstar aus Genf?". Aargauer Zeitung.
European Athletics Championships champions in men's 200 metres
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