Lucia Acklin
{{Short description|Swiss athlete (born 2006)}}
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| fullname = Lucia Ursina Acklin
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2006|8|25|df=y}}
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| sport = Athletics
| event = Heptathlon, Pentathlon
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{{Medal|Competition|World U20 Championships}}
{{Medal|Silver|2024 Lima|Heptathlon}}
{{Medal|Competition|European Youth Olympic Festival}}
{{Medal|Gold|2022 Banská Bystrica|Heptathlon}}
{{Medal|Silver|2023 Maribor |Heptathlon}}
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Lucia Ursina Acklin (born 25 August 2006) is a Swiss multi-event athlete. She was silver medalist at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in the heptathlon.{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/athletes/switzerland/lucia-acklin-14934102
|title= Lucia Acklin|website=World Athletics|accessdate=2 September 2024}}
Career
She won the gold medal in the heptathlon at the 2022 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia.{{cite web|url=https://www.eurolympic.org/home-favourite-jamrichova-shines-bright-on-day-five-at-eyof-banska-bystrica-2022/|website=eurolympic.org|access-date=2 September 2024|date= 30 Jul 2022|title=HOME FAVOURITE JAMRICHOVA SHINES BRIGHT ON DAY FIVE AT EYOF BANSKÁ BYSTRICA 2022}} In 2023, she competed in the heptathlon at the 2023 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival in Maribor, Slovenia, winning the silver medal in the heptathlon.{{cite web|url= https://swiss-athletics.ch/fr/blog/2023/07/29/or-et-argent-pour-clore-un-foje-tres-reussi-pour-la-suisse/ |website=Swiss-athletics|accessdate=3 April 2025|language=German|title= Or et argent pour clore un FOJE très réussi pour la Suisse |date=29 July 2023}}
Competing at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru in August 2024, she won a silver medal in the heptathlon in August 2024.{{cite web|url=https://www.european-athletics.com/news/koscak-is-crowned-world-u20-heptathlon-champion-in-lima-|website=European Athletics|accessdate=2 September 2024|title= Koscak is crowned world U20 heptathlon champion in Lima|date=29 August 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-u20-championships/lima24/news/report/day-two-morning-lima-24-koscak-acklin-smith-sainio|website=World Athletics|accessdate=2 September 2024|title= Koscak and Acklin set for heptathlon title battle, with one event to go in Lima|date=28 August 2024}} In November 2024, she was named Swiss young athlete of the year.{{cite web|url= https://swiss-athletics.ch/fr/blog/2024/11/16/angelica-moser-simon-ehammer-lucia-acklin-et-le-relais-feminin-u20-remportent-lelection-des-athletes-2024/|website=Swiss-Athletics|accessdate=24 November 2024|title= Angelica Moser, Simon Ehammer, Lucia Acklin and U20 Women's Relay Win 2024 Athlete Election|date=November 16, 2024}}
Personal life
She is from Herznach in the region of Fricktal, in the canton of Aargau. Her father Guido Acklin was a silver medalist at the 1994 Winter Olympics in the two-man bobsleigh. Her mother Doris competed in athletics in multi-event competition. Her older brother, Curdin, plays volleyball and also competed in athletics, joining LV Fricktal in 2015.{{cite web|url= https://pomona.ch/en/story/507307/swiss-athletics-hopeful-lucia-acklin-says-i-want-to-be-among-the-worlds-best-in-the-long-term|website=pomona.ch|accessdate=24 November 2024|title= Swiss athletics hopeful Lucia Acklin says: "I want to be among the world's best in the long term"|date=22 November 2024}}{{cite web|url= https://www.nfz.ch/2022/08/«die-disziplinen-wechseln-das-gefällt-mir».html?ref=1|website=nfz.ch|accessdate=24 November 2024|title= The disciplines change, I like that.|date=8 December 2022}}