Anita Protti (born 4 August 1964) is a

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former athlete who competed mainly in the

400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. The event has been on the Olympic athletics programme since 1900 for men and since 1984 for women. On a standard outdoor track, 400 metres is the length of the inside lane, once a ...

. She won the silver medal in the 400m hurdles at the 1990 European Championships, and bronze medals in the

400 metres The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics (sport), athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor runn ...

at the 1989 European Indoor Championships and 1991 World Indoor Championships. Her 400m hurdles best of 54.25 secs has stood as the Swiss record since 1991.

Career

Born in

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, Protti specialised in the

. Her greatest career achievement was when she won the silver medal at the

1990 European Championships in Athletics The 15th European Athletics Championships were held from 26 August to 2 September 1990 in Split, Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia. The host stadium was Stadion Poljud. It was the last participation of East Germany (which was already scheduled to be merged ...

. Protti missed most of the 1992 and 1993 seasons because of an

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injury.

International competitions

Personal bests

: 54.25 s (1991), Swiss recordSwiss athletics records
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: 51.32 s (1990), Swiss record (1990–2017) *

800 metres The 800 metres, or meters ( US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of an outdoor (400-metre) track and has been an Olympic event since the ...

: 1.59.98 min (1990)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Protti, Anita 1964 births Living people Swiss female hurdlers Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Switzerland European Athletics Championships medalists Sportspeople from Lausanne World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists