Petra Fontanive (born 10 October 1988) is a Swiss athlete specialising 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 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
The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...
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
References
External links
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Official site(in German)
1988 births
Living people
Swiss female hurdlers
World Athletics Championships athletes for Switzerland
Place of birth missing (living people)
Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes for Switzerland
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