Alexandra Burghardt (born 28 April 1994) is a German sprinter and

bobsledder Bobsleigh or bobsled is a team winter sport that involves making timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sleigh. International bobsleigh competitions are governed by the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Feder ...

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 individu ...

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

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...

in Tokyo, Burghardt finished fifth as a member of the

4 × 100 m relay 4 (four) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures. In mathematics Four is the smallest c ...

on 6 August 2021. She returned to the bobsleigh track of the

2022 Winter Olympics The 2022 Winter Olympics (2022年冬季奥林匹克运动会), officially called the XXIV Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Beijing 2022 (2022), was an international winter multi-sport event held from 4 to 20 February 2022 in Beij ...

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

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 conteste ...

– 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 outdoor venues it is a rare distance, at least for senior at ...

– 7.19 (Belgrade 2017)

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Alexandra Burghardt
at the ''Bob und Schlittenverband Deutschland'' 1994 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics German female sprinters Olympic athletes for Germany Olympic female sprinters People from Mühldorf Sportspeople from Upper Bavaria World Athletics Championships athletes for Germany Bobsledders at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic bobsledders for Germany Olympic silver medalists for Germany Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in bobsleigh 20th-century German women 21st-century German women European Athletics Championships winners {{Germany-sprint-bio-stub