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Timothé Mumenthaler

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Timothé Mumenthaler
OLY
Personal information
NationalitySwiss
Born (2002-12-12) 12 December 2002 (age 23)
EducationEPFL[1]
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
Sprint
Achievements and titles
Personal bests200 m: 20.27 (Oslo, 2025)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Switzerland
European Athletics Championships
Gold medal – first place2024 Rome200 m
European U23 Championships
Bronze medal – third place2023 Espoo200 m

Timothé Sembéry Mumenthaler OLY (born 12 December 2002) is a Swiss sprinter. He won the 2024 European Championships in Rome over 200 metres.[2]

Biography

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He is a member of Stade Genève.[3] In February 2018, he won the 60 metres and 200 metres at the Swiss Youth Indoor Championships in St. Gallen.[4] He competed at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires.[5] He recorded a time for the 100 metres of 10.61 seconds aged 16 years-old. However, his progress was later slowed by injury.[6]

In 2022, he was runner up in the Swiss Athletics Championships in the 100 metres.[7] He finished fifth in the 200 metres at the 2023 European Athletics Team Championships First Division in Silesia, Poland in June 2023.[8] He was a bronze medalist in the 200 m at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships in Espoo.[9]

He ran as part of the Swiss 4 × 100 m relay team at the 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas.[10][11] He won the 200 metres gold medal at the European Athletics Championships in Rome, Italy, running 20.28 seconds.[12][13] He reported muscular problems after the race in Rome, which affected his performance as he competed in the 200 m at the 2024 Olympics Games. He had a best time of 20.63 seconds in Paris, but did not progress to the semi-finals.[14][15] He recovered to compete at the 2024 Athletissima in Lausanne, part of the 2024 Diamond League, later in August 2024, placing seventh in the 200 metres race.[16]

He competed at the 2025 World Athletics Relays in China in the Men's 4 × 100 metres relay in May 2025.[17] He ran a time of 20.27 seconds to set a new Swiss national record for the 200 metres at the 2025 Bislett Games, part of the 2025 Diamond League, on 12 June 2025.[18]

In September 2025, he was a semi-finalist in the 200 metres at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan.[19][20]

He won the Swiss Indoor Championships over 60 metres on 1 March 2026, running 6.62 seconds in the final.[21] In June, he had a fifth place finish over 200 metres at the 2026 Bislett Games.[22]

Personal life

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Mumenthaler was born to a Swiss father and Senegalese mother.[23] He grew up in Geneva, Switzerland. In 2023, he began pursuing a BSc in microengineering at Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), which he is completing on a part-time basis in parallel with his athletic career.[1][24]

References

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  1. 1 2 Davet, Matthias (11 June 2024). "Timothé Mumenthaler, un "corps fragile" devenu champion d'Europe" [Timothé Mumenthaler, a «brittle body» who became European champion]. Blick (in French). Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  2. ↑ "Timothé Mumenthaler". World Athletics. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  3. ↑ "To begin with, Timothé Mumenthaler rides on bronze". tdg.ch. 17 July 2023. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  4. ↑ "Mumenthaler impressionnant, plutôt deux fois qu'une". athle.ch. 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  5. ↑ "Happy who, like Timothé Mumenthaler, has had a wonderful journey". tdg. 24 October 2018. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  6. ↑ "Timothé Mumenthaler chomped at the bit and bit the gold". tdg. 9 September 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  7. ↑ "After a big brake, Timothé Mumenthaler puts the turbo back on". tdg.ch. 28 June 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  8. ↑ Smythe, Steve (June 27, 2023). "Gudaf Tsegay goes No.4 all-time at 10,000m – overseas round-up". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  9. ↑ "Mumenthaler en BRONZE, le 4×4 féminin en ARGENT !". athle.ch. 16 July 2023. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  10. ↑ "Men 4x100m Results - World Athletics Relays Championships 2024". Watch Athletics. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  11. ↑ "Mixed relay and 4×100 m men impress with top times in Nassau". swiss-athletics. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  12. ↑ "European Athletics Championships". World Athletics. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  13. ↑ "Record-Breaking Performances Shine on Day 4 of European Athletics Championships in Rome". Watch Athletics. 11 June 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  14. ↑ "Men's 200m Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  15. ↑ "A touch of the Olympics at the Junior Swiss Championships in Langenthal". Swiss-athletics.ch (in German). 15 August 2024. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
  16. ↑ "Results - Lausanne Diamond League Athletissima 2024". Watch Athletics. 22 August 2024. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
  17. ↑ "Men's 4x100 Metres Relay - World Athletics Relays Championships 2025". Watch Athletics. 11 May 2025. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
  18. ↑ Crumley, Euan (12 June 2025). "RECORD-BREAKING WARHOLM BACK TO HIS BEST". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
  19. ↑ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 18 Sep 2025. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
  20. ↑ "Swiss World Championship team comprises 31 athletes". Bluewin.ch. 29 August 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
  21. ↑ "Swiss Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 1 March 2026. Retrieved 3 March 2026.
  22. ↑ "Results - Oslo Diamond League (Bislett Games) 2026". Watch Athletics. 10 June 2026. Retrieved 16 June 2026.
  23. ↑ Rom, Rainer Sommerhalder (June 11, 2024). "Timothé Mumenthaler ist Europameister! Wer ist dieser 21-jährige neue Sprintstar aus Genf?". Aargauer Zeitung.
  24. ↑ Evangelista, Sandy (11 September 2024). ""My goal is to build up my experience so I perform better later on"". actu.epfl.ch. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
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