Géraldine Frey

Géraldine Frey
Frey in 2017
Personal information
NationalitySwiss
Born (1997-06-19) 19 June 1997 (age 27)
Zug, Switzerland
Sport
CountrySwitzerland
SportTrack and Field
Event(s)100m, 200m
ClubLC Zürich
Coached byRita Schönenberger
Achievements and titles
Personal best100 m: 11.18 (Langenthal 2023) 200 m: 23.12 (Zürich 2022)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Switzerland
European Athletics Team Championships
Silver medal – second place 2021 Cluj-Napoca 4 x 100 m relay
European U23 Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Bydgoszcz 4 x 100 m relay

Géraldine Frey (born 19 June 1997) is a Swiss track and field athlete. In 2022, she became the Swiss national champion over 200 metres.

Early life

From Oberägeri in the Swiss canton of Zug, she moved to Zürich to study pharmacy at ETH Zurich and joined and Rita Schönenberger's training group at LC Zürich. Frey was part of the Swiss team that won bronze at the 2017 European Athletics U23 Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland in the 4x100m relay, and also competed in 2015 and 2019.[1]

Career

In January 2022, Frey ran 7.60 seconds for the 60 metres in St Gallen to qualify for the 2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Belgrade.[2] She ran a personal best time of 7.11 seconds for the 60 metres to qualify for the semi-final.[3]

Frey won the 2022 Swiss National Championships over 200 metres, at the Letzigrund in Zürich. In doing so, Frey ran a new personal best time of 23.12 seconds.[4] Frey was part of the Swiss relay team that finished seventh at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in the 4 × 100 m relay final.[5]

She was selected for the 100 metres at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich.[6] She ran 11.45 seconds in her heat to qualify for the semi-finals.[7]

Selected for the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, she qualified for the semi-final of the 100 metres.[8]

She reached the semi-finals of the women's 60 metres at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow.[9]

She ran as part of the Swiss 4x100m relay team which qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics at the 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas.[10] She was selected for the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome in June 2024.[11] She competed in the 100 metres at the 2024 Paris Olympics.[12]

Achievements

Information from her World Athletics profile unless otherwise noted.

International competitions

Year Competition Venue Position Event Time Notes
Representing  Switzerland
2015 European U20 Championships Eskilstuna, Sweden 5th (h) 4 x 100 m relay 45.89
2017 European U23 Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 25th (h) 100 m 12.12
3rd 4 x 100 m relay 44.07
2019 European U23 Championships Gävle, Sweden 8th (sf) 100 m 11.79
8th 4 x 100 m relay 45.64
2021 European Team Championships First League Cluj-Napoca, Romania 2nd 4 x 100 m relay 43.73
2022 World Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia 9th (sf) 60 m 7.15
World Championships Eugene, OR, United States 34th (h) 100 m 11.30
7th 4 x 100 m relay 42.81
European Championships Munich, Germany 10th (sf) 100 m 11.38
9th (h) 4 x 100 m relay 43.93
2023 European Team Championships First Division Chorzów, Poland 5th 100 m 11.26
13th 200 m 23.57
11th 4 x 100 m relay 43.39
World Championships Budapest, Hungary 24th (sf) 100 m 11.28
— (f) 4 x 100 m relay DQ
2024 World Indoor Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom 12th (sf) 60 m 7.16
European Championships Rome, Italy 16th (sf) 100 m 11.29
5th (h) 4 × 100 m relay 42.761
Olympic Games Paris, France 38th (h) 100 m 11.34

1Disqualified in the final

Circuit wins and titles

(4 x 100 metres relay wins, other events specified in parentheses)

National titles

See also

References

  1. ^ "Géraldine Frey is this winter's most promising sprinter". Zug4you.ch. 18 March 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Géraldine Frey fulfills World Indoor Championship limits in St. Gallen". Swiss-Athletics. 23 January 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  3. ^ "Géraldine Frey und Bossard, eine starke Verbindung". Bossard. 20 October 2022. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  4. ^ "Swiss champion over 200 metres". Zug4you.ch.
  5. ^ "Géraldine FREY". european-athletics.com.
  6. ^ "The wild week of sprint hope Géraldine Frey". blick.ch. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  7. ^ "Athletics: Ditaji Kambundji in bronze in 100m hurdles". tdg.ch. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  8. ^ "Women's 100m Results: World Athletics Championships 2023". Watch Athletics. 21 August 2023. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  9. ^ "Women's 60m Results - World Athletics Indoor Championships 2024". Watch Athletics. 2 March 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  10. ^ "Women 4x100m Results - World Athletics Relays Championships 2024". World Athletics. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  11. ^ "60-köpfige Rekorddelegation an der EM in Rom". Swiss Athletics. 29 May 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  12. ^ "Women's 100 Metres - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 3 August 2024. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
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