Audrey Werro

Audrey Werro (born 27 March 2004)[1] is a Swiss track and field athlete. She won the silver medal in the 800 metres at the 2022 World Under-20 Championships and a gold at the 2021 European U20 Championships.

Audrey Werro
Personal information
NationalitySwiss
Born (2004-03-27) 27 March 2004
Home townFribourg
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)400 metres, 800 m
ClubCA Belfaux
Coached byChristiane Berset Nuoffer
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Switzerland
World U20 Championships
Silver medal – second place2022 Cali800 m
European U20 Championships
Gold medal – first place2021 Tallinn800 m

Werro won three Swiss titles and holds national records at U18 and U20 level.

Career

In June 2021, at age 17, Audrey Werro was runner-up in the 800 metres at the Swiss Championships, running 2:02.88 to finish behind champion Lore Hoffmann.[2] She set new national U18 records over the 400 and 800 metres that year.[3] In July, she went to the European Under-20 Championships held in Tallinn, Estonia, where competing against athletes up to two years her senior she won the gold medal for the 800 m.[4]

In February 2022, Werro broke the Swiss U23 indoor 400 m record by 0.84 s with a time of 53.03 seconds in Magglingen.[5] She next became the national indoor champion over the 800 m, running 2:04.95 also in Magglingen.[1] In June, she broke the Swiss U20 and U23 records in the outdoor event, previously held by Delia Sclabas (2:01.29), with a time of 2:00:28 in Geneva.[6] The same month, Werro also won the Swiss 800 m outdoor title, clocking 2:02.72 in Zürich.[7] In August, she won the silver medal in the event at the World U20 Championships held in Cali, Colombia with an U23 national record of 1:59.53, behind Roisin Willis for whom it was also the first time she ran sub-two minutes in an 800 m race.[8][9] The same month, Werro made her debut in the senior championships at the European Championships in Munich, where she was eliminated in the heats in 2:06.34.[1] In December, she was nominated for Radio SRF Best Talent Sport award.[10]

In early February 2023, the 18-year-old ran a Swiss U23 indoor 800 m record of 2:00.57 in Val-de-Reuil, just 0.19 s off Selina Rutz-Büchel's national senior record.[11] This came six days after Werro had lowered Rutz-Büchel's Swiss indoor 600 m record to 1:26.14.[12] In March, at the European Indoor Championships, held in Istanbul, she came through two qualifying rounds to reach the final. Werro finished fifth in a time of 2:00.91, 0.06 s away from bronze and beating sixth-placed Lore Hoffmann.[13]

Achievements

Personal bests

International competitions
Representing  Switzerland
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventTimeNotes
2021 European U20 Championships Tallinn, Estonia 1st 800 m 2:03.12
2022 World U20 Championships Cali, Colombia 2nd 800 m 1:59.53 NU20R
European Championships Munich, Germany 28th (h) 800 m 2:06.34
2023 European Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey 5th 800 m i 2:00.91

National titles

References
  1. "Audrey WERRO – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  2. "SM Langenthal (2. Tag) Frauen: Lea Sprunger siegt souverän". Swiss Athletics. 26 June 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  3. "Die Freiburgerin Audrey Werro ist U20-Europameisterin". freiburger-nachrichten.ch. 17 July 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  4. "Audrey Werro championne d'Europe junior!". La Liberté. 17 July 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  5. "Auch Angelica Moser mit neuer Bestmarke". Die Südostschweiz (in German). 12 February 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  6. "Audrey Werro pulvérise son record du 800 m et réussit les limites européennes!". La Liberté. 12 June 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  7. "Audrey Werro est championne de Suisse du 800m". La Liberté. 25 June 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  8. "Audrey Werro, la médaille ou rien". Le Matin. August 4, 2022. Retrieved March 1, 2023.
  9. "Super Roisin Willis wins World U20 Championships 800m gold medal with 1:59.13CR". World-track.org.
  10. "Audrey Werro nominiert als SRF 3 Best Talent Sport". Swiss Athletics. 5 December 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  11. "British stars and host nation hopes for middle distance races in Istanbul". European Athletics. 27 February 2023. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  12. "Audrey Werro is in second place in the all-time Swiss list of the best". Swiss Athletics. 4 February 2023. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  13. "Audrey Werro 5e du 800 m, à 006 du podium". RFJ. 5 March 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
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