Petra Fontanive Explained

Petra Fontanive
Birth Date:10 October 1988
Height:1.70 m[1]
Weight:60 kg
Sport:Track and field
Event:400 metres hurdles
Club:LAC TV Unterstrass Zürich
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Petra Fontanive (born 10 October 1988) is a Swiss athlete specialising in the 400 metres hurdles.[2] She represented her country at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing and 2017 World Championships in London reaching the semifinals on both occasions. Fontanive also participated in 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, where she finished sixth in her heat and did not advance to the semifinal. Her personal best in the event is 54.56 seconds set in Geneva in 2017.

International competitions

Representing
2007European Junior ChampionshipsHengelo, Netherlands22nd (h)400 m hurdles61.08
2009European U23 ChampionshipsKaunas, Lithuania29th (h)100 m hurdles14.16
25th (h)400 m hurdles61.03
2014European ChampionshipsZürich, Switzerland16th (sf)400 m hurdles57.53
2015World ChampionshipsBeijing, China18th (sf)400 m hurdles56.35
2016European ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands19th (sf)400 m hurdles57.42
Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil30th (h)400 m hurdles56.80
2017World ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom12th (sf)400 m hurdles55.79

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.european-athletics.org/athletes/group=f/athlete=130532-fontanive-petra/index.html EAA
  2. Web site: Petra Fontanive. IAAF . 25 August 2015. 25 August 2015.