Alexandra Burghardt (born 28 April 1994) is a German sprinter and bobsledder. She is the seventh athlete and fourth woman in history to win Olympic medals in both a summer sport and a winter sport.

Career

She competed in the

4 × 100 metres relay The 4 × 100 metres relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 metres each. The first runners must begin in the same stagger as for the indiv ...

at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing, finishing fifth in the final. At the

2020 Summer Olympics The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...

in Tokyo, Burghardt finished fifth as a member of the 4 × 100 m relay on 6 August 2021. She returned to the bobsleigh track of the

2022 Winter Olympics The 2022 Winter Olympics, officially called the XXIV Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Beijing 2022 (2022), were an international winter multi-sport event held from 4 to 20 February 2022 in Beijing, China, and surrounding areas wit ...

in Beijing half a year later, winning the silver medal on 19 February 2022. After winning the bronze medal in athletics at the

2024 Summer Olympics The 2024 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad () and branded as Paris 2024, were an international multi-sport event held in France from 26 July to 11 August 2024, with several events started from 24 July. P ...

in Paris, she became the seventh athlete and fourth woman in history to win Olympic medals in both a summer sport and a winter sport. Burghardt was awarded the

Bavarian Order of Merit The Bavarian Order of Merit () is the Order of Merit of the Free State of Bavaria. It is awarded by the Minister-President of Bavaria as a "recognition of outstanding contributions to the Free State of Bavaria and the Bavarian people". The or ...

in 2024.

Athletics international competitions

¹Did not finish

Bobsleigh international competitions

Personal bests

Outdoor *

100 metres The 100 metres, or 100-meter dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, the dash is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at ...

– 11.01 (+1.8 m/s, Bulle 2021) Indoor *

60 metres 60 metres, or 60-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field. It is a championship event for indoor championships, normally dominated by the best outdoor 100 metres runners. At indoor events, the 60 metres is run on lanes set out in the mi ...

– 7.19 (Belgrade 2017)

Team bests

Athletics *4 × 100 metres - 41.97 Bobsleigh *Two-woman - 4:04.73

References

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Alexandra Burghardt
at the ''Bob und Schlittenverband Deutschland'' 1994 births Living people German female sprinters German female bobsledders Olympic athletes for Germany Olympic female sprinters Sportspeople from Mühldorf Athletes from Upper Bavaria Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Germany Olympic medalists in bobsleigh Bobsledders at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic bobsledders for Germany Olympic silver medalists for Germany Olympic bronze medalists for Germany Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics 21st-century German sportswomen European Athletics Championships winners European Games competitors for Germany Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 European Games World Athletics Championships medalists {{Germany-sprint-bio-stub