Lucia Acklin Explained
Lucia 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.[1]
Career
She won the gold medal in the heptathlon at the European Youth Summer Olympic Festival in Slovakia.[2]
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.[3] [4] In November 2024, she was named Swiss young athlete of the year.[5]
Personal life
She is from Fricktal in the canton of Aargau. Her father Guido Acklin was a silver medalist at the 1994 Winter Olympics in the two-man bobsleigh.[6] [7]
Notes and References
- Web site: Lucia Acklin. World Athletics. 2 September 2024.
- Web site: HOME FAVOURITE JAMRICHOVA SHINES BRIGHT ON DAY FIVE AT EYOF BANSKÁ BYSTRICA 2022. eurolympic.org. 2 September 2024. 30 Jul 2022.
- Web site: Koscak is crowned world U20 heptathlon champion in Lima. European Athletics. 2 September 2024. 29 August 2024.
- Web site: Koscak and Acklin set for heptathlon title battle, with one event to go in Lima. World Athletics. 2 September 2024. 28 August 2024.
- Web site: Angelica Moser, Simon Ehammer, Lucia Acklin and U20 Women's Relay Win 2024 Athlete Election. Swiss-Athletics. 24 November 2024. November 16, 2024.
- Web site: Swiss athletics hopeful Lucia Acklin says: «I want to be among the world's best in the long term». pomona.ch. 24 November 2024. 22 November 2024.
- Web site: The disciplines change, I like that.". nfz.ch. 24 November 2024. 8 December 2022.
