Léa Sprunger (born 5 March 1990) is a former Swiss track and field athlete.[4] Originally a
heptathlete like her older sister
Ellen, she began concentrating on the
200 metres and
400 metres in 2011, and then on the
400 metres hurdles from 2015. Her best times in the 400m and 400m hurdles of 50.52 s (2018) and 54.06 s (2019) are the
Swiss records. She finished fifth in the 400m hurdles final at the
2017 World Championships, and went on to win the gold medal in the 400m hurdles at the
2018 European Championships.
Her personal best in the 400 m hurdles is 54.06 s set in
Doha on 4 October 2019, also representing a new national record.[5] She also holds the national record in the 400 metres with 50.52 s (set in La-Chaux-de-Fonds on 1 July 2018).[6] In addition, she held the national record in the 200 metres for three years with 22.18 s (set in Geneva on 17 July 2016 and improved by
Mujinga Kambundji on 24 August 2019).[6]
Léa Sprunger retired from competitive athletics in September 2021.