Timothé Mumenthaler

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Timothé Mumenthaler
OLY
File:Timothée Mumenthaler Pose.jpg
Personal information
NationalitySwiss
Born (2002-12-12) 12 December 2002 (age 23)
EducationEPFL[1]
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
Sprint
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)200 m: 20.27 (Oslo, 2025)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland
European Athletics Championships
Gold medal – first place 2024 Rome 200 m
European U23 Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Espoo 200 m

Timothé Sembéry Mumenthaler OLY (born 12 December 2002) is a Swiss sprinter. He won the 2024 European Championships in Rome over 200 metres.[2]

Career

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He is a member of Stade Genève.[3] In February 2018, he won the 60 metres and 200 metres at the Swiss Youth Indoor Championships in St. Gallen.[4] He competed at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires.[5] He recorded a time for the 100 metres of 10.61 seconds aged 16 years-old. However, his progress was later slowed by injury.[6]

In 2022, he was runner up in the Swiss Athletics Championships in the 100 metres.[7] He finished fifth in the 200 metres at the 2023 European Athletics Team Championships First Division in Silesia, Poland in June 2023.[8] He was a bronze medalist in the 200 m at the 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships in Espoo.[9]

He ran as part of the Swiss 4 × 100 m relay team at the 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas.[10][11] He won the 200 metres gold medal at the European Athletics Championships in Rome, Italy, running 20.28 seconds.[12][13] He reported muscular problems after the race in Rome, which affected his performance as he competed in the 200 m at the 2024 Olympics Games. He had a best time of 20.63 seconds in Paris, but did not progress to the semi-finals.[14][15] He recovered to compete at the 2024 Athletissima in Lausanne, part of the 2024 Diamond League, later in August 2024, placing seventh in the 200 metres race.[16]

He competed at the 2025 World Athletics Relays in China in the Men's 4 × 100 metres relay in May 2025.[17] He ran a time of 20.27 seconds to set a new Swiss national record for the 200 metres at the 2025 Bislett Games, part of the 2025 Diamond League, on 12 June 2025.[18]

In September 2025, he was a semi-finalist in the 200 metres at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan.[19][20]

Personal life

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Mumenthaler was born to a Swiss father and Senegalese mother.[21] He grew up in Geneva, Switzerland. In 2023, he began pursuing a BSc in microengineering at Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), which he is completing on a part-time basis in parallel with his athletic career.[1][22]

References

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