Ramon Wipfli
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Swiss |
| Born | 30 June 2004 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | 800m |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal bests | 800m: 1:44.71 (Nice, 2026) |
Medal record | |
Ramon Wipfli (born 30 June 2004) is a Swiss middle-distance runner. He has won Swiss national championship titles, and the 2023 European Athletics Team Championships, over 800 metres.[1]
Biography
[edit]Wipfli is from Bern. He won a silver medal in Jerusalem over 800 metres at the 2023 European Athletics U20 Championships behind the Czech Jakub Dudycha, who was initially disqualified and then reinstated following a protest by the Czech officials.[2][3] He won the 800 metres at the 2023 European Athletics Team Championships in Poland, in a personal best 1:46.73.[4][5] He became Swiss national champion over 800 metres for the first time in 2023 in Bellinzona.[6][7]
In May 2024, at the Whitsun meeting in Rehlingen, Germany, Wipfli, competing for ST Bern, ran a 1:45.38 personal best to move to third on the Swiss all-time best list behind only former world champion André Bucher, and Markus Trinkler.[8] In June 2024, he competed at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome.[9] Later that month, he retained his Swiss national 800 metres title.[10]
Wipfli reached the semi-finals of the 800 metres at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships with a personal best time of 1:44.92, under the championship record set in 1999 by Nils Schumann.[11]
Wipfli won the Swiss Indoor Championships over 1500 metres on 1 March 2026, running 3:49.11 in the final.[12] He ran a personal best to finish third behind Louey Ouerrat and Alex Botterill in a time of 1:44.71 for the 800 metres at the Meeting Nikaia on 13 June 2026.[13]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Ramon Wipfli". World Athletics. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
- ↑ "U20 athletes win four European Championship medals in two hours". Nau.ch. 11 August 2023. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
- ↑ "Historic evening with 4 medals for Switzerland in Jerusalem". Swiss Athletics. August 10, 2023. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
- ↑ "Ramon Wipfli and Aarno Liebl outstanding again!". Gymneufeld.ch. 27 June 2023. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
- ↑ "Swiss team starts successfully in the European Team Championship". Swiss Athletics. June 23, 2023. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
- ↑ "Swiss Championships". World Athletics. 30 July 2023. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
- ↑ "The Swiss records have not fallen". PlatformJ. 31 July 2023. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
- ↑ "800-m-Läufer Wipfli gelingt Exploit". srf.ch. 19 May 2024. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
- ↑ "Dies sind die Schweizer Einsätze an der EM in Rom". Swiss-Athletics. 6 June 2024. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
- ↑ "Swiss Championships". World Athletics. 29 June 2024. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
- ↑ Mills, Steven (18 Jul 2025). "Pernici blazes to 1:44.06 championship record in 800m heats at Bergen 2025". European Athletics. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
- ↑ "Swiss Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 1 March 2026. Retrieved 3 March 2026.
- ↑ Trapnell, Jasmine (13 Jun 2026). "8.54m! Tentoglou takes wind assisted world lead as javelin greats defeated by Briton". European Athletics. Retrieved 14 June 2026.
