Alexandra Burghardt
{{Short description|German sprinter (born 1994)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Alexandra Burghardt
| image = 2022-08-21 European Championships 2022 – Women's 4 x 100 Metres by Sandro Halank–004.jpg
| caption = Burghardt in Munich 2022
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|4|28|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Mühldorf am Inn, Germany
| death_date =
| death_place =
| height = 1.82 m
| weight = 70 kg
| country = Germany
| sport = Athletics, bobsleigh
| event = 100 metres
| medaltemplates =
{{Medal|Country|{{GER}}}}
{{Medal|Sport|Women's bobsleigh}}
{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}
{{MedalSilver|2022 Beijing|Two-woman}}
{{Medal|Sport|Women's athletics}}
{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}
{{MedalBronze|2024 Paris|4x100 m relay}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalBronze|2022 Eugene|4×100 m relay}}
{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2022 Munich|4×100 m relay}}
}}
Alexandra Burghardt (born 28 April 1994) is a German sprinter and bobsledder.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympics.com/en/athletes/alexandra-burghardt |title=Alexandra Burghardt |publisher=IOC |date=27 February 2025| accessdate=27 February 2025}}
Career
She competed in the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing, finishing fifth in the final.
At the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Burghardt finished fifth as a member of the 4 × 100 m relay on 6 August 2021. She returned to the bobsleigh track of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing half a year later, winning the silver medal on 19 February 2022.{{cite web |last1=Minsberg |first1=Talya |title=Two Olympics in Six Months: How Alexandra Burghardt Sprinted to the Winter Games |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/19/sports/alexandra-burghardt-winter-games.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=21 February 2022 |date=19 February 2022}} After winning the bronze medal in athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, she became the seventh athlete and fourth woman in history to win Olympic medals in both a summer sport and a winter sport.{{ citation |url=https://www.msn.com/en-ca/sports/curling/germany-s-burghardt-7th-olympic-athlete-to-medal-in-summer-and-winter/ar-AA1ozxfL}}
Burghardt was awarded the Bavarian Order of Merit in 2024.{{Cite web |url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/bayern/bayern-verdienstorden-markus-soeder-ausgezeichnete-lux.xzP8jbS3ZVLLEUL8EZgzJ |title=Aufregung, Freude und auch Frust bei den Ausgezeichneten |trans-title=Excitement, joy and also frustration among the award winners |date=11 July 2024 |work=Süddeutsche Zeitung |language=de}}
Athletics international competitions
| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |
| colspan="6"|Representing {{GER}} |
|---|
| rowspan=2|2011
|4th |100 m hurdles |
| European Junior Championships
|bgcolor=gold|1st |4 × 100 m relay |43.42 |
| rowspan=2|2012
|rowspan=2|World Junior Championships |rowspan=2|Barcelona, Spain |19th (sf) |100 m hurdles |
| bgcolor=silver|2nd
|4 × 100 m relay |
| rowspan=2|2013
|rowspan=2|European Junior Championships |rowspan=2|Rieti, Italy |8th (sf) |100 m |12.07 |
| 1st (h)
|4 × 100 m relay |44.611 |
| rowspan=4|2015
|European Indoor Championships |9th (sf) |60 m |7.24 |
| rowspan=2|European U23 Championships
|rowspan=2|Tallinn, Estonia |bgcolor=silver|2nd |100 m |
| bgcolor=gold|1st
|4 × 100 m relay |
| World Championships
|5th |4 × 100 m relay |
| rowspan=2|2017
|European Indoor Championships |6th |60 m |7.19 |
| World Relays
|bgcolor=gold|1st |4 × 100 m relay |
| 2019
|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |4 × 100 m relay |
| rowspan=2|2021
|rowspan=2|Olympic Games |rowspan=2|Tokyo, Japan |11th (sf) |100 m |
| 5th
|4 × 100 m relay |
| rowspan=4|2022
|rowspan=2|World Championships |rowspan=2|Eugene, United States |31st (h) |100 m |
| bgcolor=cc9966|3rd
|4 × 100 m relay |
| rowspan=2|European Championships
|rowspan=2|Munich, Germany |8th |200 m |
| bgcolor=gold|1st
|4 × 100 m relay |
| 2023
|European Indoor Championships |7th |60 m |7.24 |
| 2024
|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |4 × 100 m relay |
| 2025
|European Indoor Championships |30th (h) |60 m |7.31 |
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Bobsleigh international competitions
| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |
| colspan="6"|Representing {{GER}} |
|---|
| 2022
|bgcolor=silver|2nd |Two-woman |
Personal bests
Team bests
References
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External links
- {{World Athletics}}
- {{Diamond League}}
- {{IBSF}}
- {{Olympics.com profile|alexandra-burghardt}}
- {{Olympedia}}
- {{DOSB profile}}
- {{DLV profile}}
- [https://www.bsd-portal.de/sport/bob/athleten/#32915 Alexandra Burghardt] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201114135223/https://www.bsd-portal.de/sport/bob/athleten/#32915 |date=14 November 2020 }} at the Bob und Schlittenverband Deutschland {{in lang|de}}
{{Footer European Champions 4x100 m Women}}
{{Footer U23 European Champions 4x100m Women}}
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Category:German female sprinters
Category:German female bobsledders
Category:Olympic athletes for Germany
Category:Olympic female sprinters
Category:Sportspeople from Mühldorf
Category:Athletes from Upper Bavaria
Category:Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Category:Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Germany
Category:Olympic medalists in bobsleigh
Category:Bobsledders at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Category:Olympic bobsledders for Germany
Category:Olympic silver medalists for Germany
Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Germany
Category:Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Category:21st-century German sportswomen
Category:European Athletics Championships winners
Category:European Games competitors for Germany
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 European Games
Category:World Athletics Championships medalists
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