Mujinga Kambundji

About

Swiss sprinter, who won the bronze medal in the 200 meters at the 2019 World Championships. She is known as the fastest women in Switzerland's athletics history and the first to break the 11" barrier in the 100m. She has over 190,000 followers on Instagram, where she posts under the handle mujingakambundji.

Before Fame

In 2009, she won the silver medal in the 100 meters and the gold medal in the 4×100 m relay at the European Youth Olympic Festival. Because of this, she was elected Swiss Athlete of the Year by the Swiss Athletics Association.

Trivia

She is the 60 meters 2022 World indoor champion, becoming the joint fourth-fastest woman of all time in the event, after earning a bronze in 2018. She is a three-time European Championships medallist, with gold for the 200 m and silver for the 100 m in 2022, and bronze for the 100 m in 2016. At the European Indoor Championships, she earned gold in the 60 m in 2023 and bronze in 2017. She is the Swiss record holder for the 100 m and 200 m, and the Swiss indoor record holder for the 60 m. She has won almost 30 national titles.

Family Life

She was born to to a Congolese father, Safuka, and a Bernese mother, Ruth. She is the second of four children; her younger sister Ditaji is also an international athlete, who represented Switzerland in the sprint hurdles at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics

Associated With

She often posts Instagram reels of her sprint training to popular songs, like "Monaco" by Bad Bunny.