Alexandra Burghardt

Alexandra Burghardt is a German sprinter and bobsledder, born on 28 April 1994 in Mühldorf am Inn, who is the seventh athlete and fourth woman in history to win Olympic medals in both a summer sport and a winter sport. She competed in the 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing, finishing fifth in the final, and finished fifth in the relay at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo on 6 August 2021. Half a year later she won the silver medal in bobsleigh at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing on 19 February 2022, and after winning bronze in athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris she completed the summer and winter pair. Her personal best over 100 metres is 11.01 seconds, and she was awarded the Bavarian Order of Merit in 2024.