Yasmin Giger

Yasmin Giger (born 6 November 1999) is a Swiss athlete specialising in the 400 metres hurdles.^[2] She won a gold medal at the 2017 European U20 Championships. Currently, she is the national champion in both the 400 metres and the 400 metres hurdles.

Yasmin Giger

Giger at the 2022 European Championships
Personal information
Born	(1999-11-06) 6 November 1999 (age 25)
Home town	Romanshorn, Thurgau, Switzerland
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	60 kg (132 lb)[1]
Sport
Country	Switzerland
Sport	Athletics
Event	400 m hurdles
Club	LC Zürich
Coached by	Flavio Zberg
Achievements and titles
Personal best	400 m hurdles: 55.25 (Tallinn 2021) NU23R
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Switzerland World U20 Championships 2018 Tampere 400 m hurdles European U23 Championships 2019 Gävle 400 m hurdles 2021 Tallinn 400 m hurdles European U20 Championships 2017 Grosseto 400 m hurdles European U18 Championships 2016 Tbilisi 400 m hurdles European Youth Olympic Festival 2015 Tbilisi 400 m

Her personal best in the event is 55.25 seconds set in Tallinn in 2021, which is a national U23 record.^[3] Earlier in her career, she competed in the heptathlon.

Career

2015

Giger made her international debut at the 2015 European Youth Olympic Festival in Tbilisi and finished in second place in the 400 metres. Also, she earned a national title in the indoor 800 metres.

2016

The following year, Giger would return to Tbilisi for the 2016 European Youth Championships. She ran in the 400 metres hurdles and finished in second place. Additionally, she earned another national title in the indoor 800 metres.

Personal life

Giger is of Dominican descent through her mother.^[4]

She credits her older brother Zaafir, who plays football, for sparking her interest in sports ever since she was 7 years old. She would attend his football matches with their mother and found herself fascinated by her brother's speed. She wanted to be as fast as him, so she tried out athletics and fell in love with it. Giger worked diligently on developing her skills and trained at different clubs: TV St. Peterzell, TV Herisau, Amriswil Athletics.^[5]

Achievements

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Time	Notes
Representing  Switzerland
2015	European Youth Olympic Festival	Tbilisi, Georgia	2nd	400 m	55.02
2016	European Youth Championships	Tbilisi, Georgia	2nd	400 m hurdles	58.39
			–	Medley relay	DNF
2017	European Indoor Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	25th (h)	400 m	54.76
	European U20 Championships	Grosseto, Italy	1st	400 m hurdles	55.90
	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	36th (h)	400 m hurdles	57.72
2018	World U20 Championships	Tampere, Finland	3rd	400 m hurdles	56.98	SB
	European Championships	Berlin, Germany	17th (sf)	400 m hurdles	56.81	EU20L
			10th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:32.86
2019	European Indoor Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	29th (h)	400 m	53.84
			6th	4 × 400 m relay	3:33.72	NR
	World Relays	Yokohama, Japan	7th	4 × 400 m relay	3:32.32
	European U23 Championships	Gävle, Sweden	3rd	400 m hurdles	56.37	SB
	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	14th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:30.63
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	33rd (h)	400 m hurdles	57.03
			12th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:25.90	NR
	European U23 Championships	Tallinn, Estonia	3rd	400 m hurdles	55.25	NU23R
2022	World Championships	Eugene, OR, United States	24th (sf)	400 m hurdles	56.31
			8th	4 × 400 m relay	3:27.81	SB
	European Championships	Munich, Germany	20th (sf)	400 m hurdles	57.13
2023	European Indoor Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	20th (h)	400 m	53.89
	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	27th (h)	400 m hurdles	56.16
2024	European Championships	Rome, Italy	14th (sf)	400 m hurdles	55.05
			11th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:27.48
	Olympic Games	Paris, France	11th (rep)	400 m hurdles	55.18
			14th (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:29.75

National titles

• Swiss Championships (3)
  • 400 metres hurdles: 2019, 2020, 2023
• Swiss Indoor Championships (6)
  • 400 metres: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2023
  • 800 metres: 2015, 2016

See also

• List of Swiss records in athletics
• Switzerland at the Olympics