Audrey Werro

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Audrey Werro
Personal information
Born (2004-03-27) 27 March 2004 (age 20)
Home townFribourg, Switzerland
EducationCollège de Gambach
Sport
CountrySwitzerland
SportAthletics
Event(s)400 metres, 800 metres
ClubCA Belfaux
Coached byChristiane Berset Nuoffer
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Switzerland
European Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Chorzów 800 m
World U20 Championships
Silver medal – second place 2022 Cali 800 m
European U20 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Tallinn 800 m
Gold medal – first place 2023 Jerusalem 800 m

Audrey Werro (born 27 March 2004)[1] is a Swiss track and field athlete. She won the silver medal in the 800 metres at the 2022 World Under-20 Championships and gold medals at the 2021 European U20 Championships as well as the 2023 European U20 Championships.

Werro won four Swiss titles and holds national records at the U18 and U20 levels.

Early life[edit]

Audrey Werro was born on 27 March 2004 to a Swiss father, Claude Werro, and an Ivorian mother, Philomène Werro. Audrey is one of four children. She has a sister and two brothers.[2] She is from Fribourg, in west Switzerland, and studies nearby at Gambach College (or Collège de Gambach as it is known in French).[3][4][5][6][7]

Werro began athletics at the age of nine. She joined Club Athlétique Belfaux, and began to be coached by Christiane Berset Nuoffer, who continued as her coach into her professional career.[8]

Career[edit]

2021[edit]

In June 2021, at age 17, Audrey Werro was runner-up in the 800 metres at the Swiss Championships, running 2:02.88 to finish behind champion Lore Hoffmann.[9] She set new national U18 records over the 400 and 800 metres that year.[10] In July, she went to the European Under-20 Championships held in Tallinn, Estonia, where competing against athletes up to two years her senior she won the gold medal for the 800 m.[11]

2022[edit]

In February 2022, Werro broke the Swiss U23 indoor 400 m record by 0.84 s with a time of 53.03 seconds in Magglingen.[12] She next became the national indoor champion over the 800 m, running 2:04.95 also in Magglingen.[1] In June, she broke the Swiss U20 and U23 records in the outdoor event, previously held by Delia Sclabas (2:01.29), with a time of 2:00:28 in Geneva.[13] The same month, Werro also won the Swiss 800 m outdoor title, clocking 2:02.72 in Zürich.[14]

In August, she won the silver medal in the event at the World U20 Championships held in Cali, Colombia with an U23 national record of 1:59.53, behind Roisin Willis for whom it was also the first time she ran sub-two minutes in an 800 m race.[15][16] The same month, Werro made her debut in the senior championships at the European Championships in Munich, where she was eliminated in the heats in 2:06.34.[1] In December, she was nominated for Radio SRF Best Talent Sport award.[17]

2023[edit]

Werro (in green) at 2022 Athletissima

In early February 2023, the 18-year-old ran a Swiss U23 indoor 800 m record of 2:00.57 in Val-de-Reuil, just 0.19 s off Selina Rutz-Büchel's national senior record.[18] This came six days after Werro had lowered Rutz-Büchel's Swiss indoor 600 m record to 1:26.14.[19] In March, at the European Indoor Championships, held in Istanbul, she came through two qualifying rounds to reach the final. Werro finished fifth in a time of 2:00.91, 0.06 s away from bronze and beating sixth-placed Lore Hoffmann.[20]

In July, Werro won her second national title in the outdoor 800 m with a time of 2:01.70 at the 2023 Swiss Championships in Bellinzona. She was also the indoor champion over the 800 m for the second year in a row.[21] The following month, she attended the European U20 Championships, held in Jerusalem, and won the gold medal in the 800 m for the second time since 2021.[22][23][24]

In August, Werro set a new 800 metres personal best at the Diamond League meeting in Zürich, running 1:59.50.[25] She competed at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August 2023 finishing 6th in her heat.[26] Shortly after the World Athletics Championships, Werro broke her own national U20 record by running 1:58.13 at the Galà dei Castelli in Bellinzona.

2024[edit]

She competed in the 800 metres at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships. She won her qualifying heat in a time of 2:01.83. In the semi-final she ran a new indoor personal best time of 2:00.16.[27]

Achievements[edit]

Information from her World Athletics profile unless otherwise noted.

Personal bests[edit]

International competitions[edit]

Representing  Switzerland
Year Competition Venue Position Event Time Notes
2021 European U20 Championships Tallinn, Estonia 1st 800 m 2:03.12 PB
2022 World U20 Championships Cali, Colombia 2nd 800 m 1:59.53 NU20R
European Championships Munich, Germany 28th (h) 800 m 2:06.34
2023 European Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey 5th 800 m i 2:00.91
European Team Championships First Division Chorzów, Poland 1st 800 m 1:59:95
European U20 Championships Jerusalem, Israel 1st 800 m 2:03.38
World Championships Budapest, Hungary 34th (h) 800 m 2:01.03
2024 World Indoor Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom 10th (sf) 800 m 2:00.16

National championships[edit]

Year Competition Venue Position Event Time Notes
2018 Swiss U16 Championships Frauenfeld 1st 600 m 1:35.07
20179 Swiss U16 Championships Düdingen 1st 600 m 1:31.59
2020 Swiss U18 Championships Lausanne 1st 800 m 2:09.06
2021 Swiss Indoor Championships Magglingen 5th 800 m 2:07.95
Swiss Championships Langenthal 2nd 800 m 2:02.88
Swiss U18 Championships Winterthur 3rd 200 m 24.42
2022 Swiss Indoor Championships Magglingen 1st 800 m 2:04.95
Swiss Championships Zürich 1st 800 m 2:02.88
Swiss U20 Championships Geneva 6th 200 m 24.20
2023 Swiss Indoor Championships St. Gallen 1st 800 m 2:02.87
Swiss Championships Bellinzona 1st 800 m 2:01.70
Swiss U20 Championships Lausanne 1st 400 m 52.69

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Audrey WERRO – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  2. ^ Audrey Werro x Gruyère AOP
  3. ^ "Audrey Werro: Record du monde du 1000m U20 · Collège de Gambach". gambach.ch (in French). 2023-06-20. Retrieved 2023-09-29.
  4. ^ Schouwey, Pierre (26 January 2023). "Audrey Werro: Place au travail de maturité". La Liberté (in French). Retrieved 2023-09-29.
  5. ^ "Audrey Werro | Realdeals Communication". news.realdeals.ch. Retrieved 2023-09-29.
  6. ^ Sports, Fribourg. "Athlète Werro Audrey | Fribourg Sports". fribourgsports.ch (in French). Retrieved 2023-09-29.
  7. ^ Marchand, Victoria (19 August 2022). "Sponsoring : quand le e-commerce mise sur les sportifs locaux". Cominmag.ch (in French). Retrieved 2023-09-29.
  8. ^ "Growing in speed and confidence, Werro plots a successful sign-off to her junior career in Jerusalem". European-Athletics. 2 August 2023. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  9. ^ "SM Langenthal (2. Tag) Frauen: Lea Sprunger siegt souverän". Swiss Athletics. 26 June 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  10. ^ "Die Freiburgerin Audrey Werro ist U20-Europameisterin". freiburger-nachrichten.ch. 17 July 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  11. ^ "Audrey Werro championne d'Europe junior!". La Liberté. 17 July 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  12. ^ "Auch Angelica Moser mit neuer Bestmarke". Die Südostschweiz (in German). 12 February 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  13. ^ "Audrey Werro pulvérise son record du 800 m et réussit les limites européennes!". La Liberté. 12 June 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  14. ^ "Audrey Werro est championne de Suisse du 800m". La Liberté. 25 June 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  15. ^ "Audrey Werro, la médaille ou rien". Le Matin. August 4, 2022. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
  16. ^ "Super Roisin Willis wins World U20 Championships 800m gold medal with 1:59.13CR". World-track.org.
  17. ^ "Audrey Werro nominiert als SRF 3 Best Talent Sport". Swiss Athletics. 5 December 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  18. ^ "British stars and host nation hopes for middle distance races in Istanbul". European Athletics. 27 February 2023. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  19. ^ "Audrey Werro is in second place in the all-time Swiss list of the best". Swiss Athletics. 4 February 2023. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  20. ^ "Audrey Werro 5e du 800 m, à 006 du podium". RFJ. 5 March 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  21. ^ "Cycling ace Christen, athlete Werro and fencers win". Blick. 31 March 2023. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  22. ^ "La Suisse rafle deux médailles d'or aux Championnats d'Europe M20". Le Matin. 10 August 2023. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  23. ^ Zbinden, Marco (10 August 2023). "Audrey Werro läuft zum nächsten U20-EM-Titel". Freiburger-Nachrichten. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  24. ^ "Athletics: Switzerland win two gold medals at the European U20 Championships". DayFR Euro. 10 August 2023. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  25. ^ "Women's 800m Results: Weltklasse Zurich Diamond League 2023". Watch Athletics. 31 August 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  26. ^ "Women's 800m Results: World Athletics Championships 2023". World Athletics. 23 August 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  27. ^ "Women's 800m Results - World Athletics Indoor Championships 2024". Watch Athletics. Retrieved 1 March 2024.

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