Irène Pusterla

Irene Pusterla ( born June 21, 1988 in Mendrisio ) is a Swiss athlete. She holds the Swiss Records in the long jump and the triple jump.

The Ticino in 2008 was Swiss champion in the long jump and scored with a width of 6.32 m, the Swiss season best of this year. 2009 she won the Indoor Athletics Championships in Turin twelfth grade, at the U23 European Athletics Championships in Kaunas in seventh place, respectively in the long jump. The end of 2009 was recorded Pusterla World Class potential of Swiss Athletics in the support program.

17 July 2010 Pusterla presented at the Swiss Championships of 6.76 m a new national record in long jump on. The old record of Meta Antenen until then had held for 39 years. At the European Championships in Barcelona in late July she missed 13 out nearly the final. End of the year she was elected to the Swiss track and field athlete of the year.

At the Indoor Athletics Championships 2011 Pusterla reached the final of the long jump. On 23 June 2011 it improved to a meeting in Chiasso their own national record in long jump at 6.81m. This Pusterla also met the limits for the World Championships in Daegu. After Pusterla had first apart from participating in early August but she decided to participate in the World Championships. On 20 August 2011 she improved a meeting in Chiasso again her own national record in long jump at 6.84 meters. At the World Athletics Championships, she could not qualify for the final itself. End of the season they took on their only triple-jump competition of the year the national record with a distance of 13.42 m.

2012 Pusterla reached at the European Championships in Helsinki 6th place, but missed the Olympic Games in London the final.

Pusterla starts for VIGOR Ligornetto, trains them is by Andrea Salvadè. She studied psychology at the University of Lausanne.

Achievements

  • 2006: Swiss U20 champion long jump and triple jump
  • 2007: 6th place Junior European Championships Long Jump; Swiss U20 champion long jump and triple jump
  • 2008: Swiss Champion Long Jump; Swiss U23 champion long jump and triple jump; Swiss Indoor Triple Jump Champion
  • 2009: Swiss Indoor Champion long jump; 2nd place Swiss Championships Long Jump; 3rd place Swiss Championships triple jump; 12th place European Indoor Championships Long Jump; 7th place U23 European Championships Long Jump; Swiss U23 champion long jump, triple jump and 100 -meter run
  • 2010: Swiss Champion and Swiss Indoor Champion long jump; 13th place European Championships Long Jump; Swiss U23 champion long jump, triple jump and 100 -meter run; 3rd place World Class Zurich long jump; 6th place IAAF Diamond League Long Jump
  • 2011: Swiss Champion and Swiss Indoor Champion long jump and 60 -meter run; 8th place European Indoor Championships Long Jump; 4th place Herculis long jump
  • 2012: 6th place European Championships, Olympic Games participation

Personal best

  • Long Jump: 6.84 m, August 20, 2011 Chiasso, Swiss record
  • Long Jump (Hall ): 6.71 m, March 5, 2011 Paris, Swiss indoor record
  • Triple Jump: 13,42 m 24 September, 2010, Bellinzona Triple Jump: 12,80 m, 20 June 2007 Gallarate, Swiss junior record

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  • Irene Pusterla to EAA
  • Athlete ( Switzerland )
  • Long jumper
  • Born in 1988
  • Woman
Athletics (sport) 2010 European Athletics Championships 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships 60 metres
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