| Dany Brand | |
| Full Name: | Daniel Brand |
| Birth Date: | 23 February 1996 |
| Birth Place: | Hinwil, Switzerland |
| Country: | Switzerland |
| Sport: | Athletics |
| Event: | 400 metres hurdles |
| Education: | Swiss Federal Institute of Sport EHSM |
| Club: | Leichtathletik Club Zürich |
| Coach: | Volker Beck (2022—) Flavio Zberg (2012—2022) |
| Pb: | 400 m hurdles: 46.83 (Zürich 2022) |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
Dany Brand (born 23 February 1996, in Hinwil) is a Swiss athlete specialising in the 400 metres hurdles. He won a silver medal at the 2017 European U23 Championships in a new national U23 record.
His personal best in the event is 49.14 seconds set in Bydgoszcz in 2017. Brand improved his time to 46.83 in September 2023 during Weltklasse Zürich.
Dany Brand attributes his enthusiasm for athletics to his father, Juerg Brand, who used to be an athlete and now coaches him. Dany’s other coach is the German Olympic champion Volker Beck, who he began training with in November 2022. Brand changed from his previous coach of 10 years, Flavio Zberg.[1] [2]
Brand earned his first national title as a junior in the 400 metres hurdles at the Swiss Junior Championships in September 2014. He would claim the title again in August 2015.
Days before he was supposed to compete in the 2022 World Championships in Eugene, he tested positive for COVID-19 and missed the event.[3] He did not return until August for the 2022 European Championships, which were held in Munich. He came in sixth place during the preliminary trials, however, he did not advance to the semi-finals.
The following year, he was selected to go to the 2023 World Championships in Budapest. He came in fifth place during the preliminary trials, however, he did not advance to the semi-finals.[4]
Information from his World Athletics profile unless otherwise noted.
| Representing | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | World Junior Championships | Eugene, OR, United States | 29th (h) | 400 m hurdles | 53.32 | ||
| 2015 | European Junior Championships | Eskilstuna, Sweden | 5th | 400 m hurdles | 52.16 | ||
| 2016 | European Championships | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 19th (h) | 400 m hurdles | 51.60 | ||
| 2017 | European U23 Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 400 m hurdles | 49.14 | |
| Universiade | Taipei, Taiwan | 7th | 400 m hurdles | 49.92 | |||
| 5th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:09.94 | |||||
| 2018 | European Championships | Berlin, Germany | 14th (h) | 400 m hurdles | 50.82 | ||
| 2019 | Universiade | Naples, Italy | 6th | 400 m hurdles | 49.83 | ||
| European Team Championships Super League | Bydgoszcz Poland | 8th | 400 m hurdles | 50.95 | |||
| 2022 | World Championships | Eugene, OR, United States | – | 400 m hurdles | DNS | ||
| European Championships | Munich, Germany | 13th (h) | 400 m hurdles | 50.30 | |||
| 2023 | European Team Championships First Division | Chorzów, Poland | 6th | 400 m hurdles | 49.97 | ||
| World Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 30th (h) | 400 m hurdles | 49.69 | |||
| 2024 | European Championships | Rome, Italy | 13th (h) | 400 m hurdles | 49.99 | ||