Fabienne Schlumpf
Fabienne Schlumpf is a Swiss athlete specialising in the 3000 metres steeplechase, and later, marathon running. She won the silver medal at the 2018 European Championships. In 2020, she competed in the women's half marathon at the 2020 World Athletics Half Marathon Championships held in Gdynia, Poland.
Her personal best of 9:37.81 is the former [List of Switzerland|Swiss records in athletics|national record], since beaten by Chiara Scherrer in 2022.
She used the competition-free time during the COVID-19 pandemic to re-orient towards marathon running. In her first marathon race ever she not only fulfilled the time cutoff to participate at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, but with 2:26:14 hours she improved the Swiss record for female marathon runners.
Schlumpf ran her second marathon race at the Olympic Games in Tokyo and was placed 12th with 2:31:36 hours.
Personal bests
Outdoor- 800 metres – 2:12.80
- 1500 metres – 4:22.89
- 3000 metres – 9:14.89
- 5000 metres – 15:51.06
- 3000 metres steeplechase – 9:21.65
- 10 kilometres – 33:00
- 15 kilometres – 54:57
- Half marathon – 1:13:56
- Marathon 2:24:30 NR
- 3000 metres – 9:34.44