Audrey Werro Wins Inaugural Ultimate 800m Title
Audrey Werro of Switzerland won the inaugural World Athletics Ultimate Championship women's 800m in Budapest, clocking 1:55.88 to beat Keely Hodgkinson and Femke Broeders-Bol as she claimed $150,000 from the event’s $10 million prize pot, capping a breakout season dominated by sub-1:54 wins. Her victory continues a narrative of Werro’s dominance and keeps alive discussions about the aging 1:53.28 world record as Hodgkinson and Broeders-Bol also challenged throughout the year.
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About Audrey Werro
Audrey Werro is a Swiss track and field athlete. She is the reigning European champion for the 800 metres, having won the gold medal at the 2026 European Championships in Birmingham. That year, Werro won the World Ultimate Championship during an unbeaten outdoor season and ran the third fastest 800 m time in history with 1:53.70 in Zurich, and also ran the fifth fastest time for the distance on a short track when winning the silver medal in the 800 m at the 2026 World Indoor Championships in Toruń.
Everything about Audrey Werro →- Occupation
- athletics competitor
- Citizenship
- Switzerland
- Born
- March 27, 2004