{{Short description|Swiss athlete (born 2002)}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Timothé Mumenthaler | honorific_suffix = [[OLY]] | birth_name = | image = Timothée Mumenthaler Pose.jpg | education = [[EPFL]]<ref name="Blick_2024_06_11">{{cite news |last=Davet |first=Matthias |date=11 June 2024 |title=Timothé Mumenthaler, un "corps fragile" devenu champion d'Europe |trans-title=Timothé Mumenthaler, a «brittle body» who became European champion |url=https://www.blick.ch/fr/sport/autres-sports/vainqueur-sur-200-m-timothe-mumenthaler-un-corps-fragile-devenu-champion-deurope-id19832609.html |language=French |work=[[Blick]] |location= |access-date=12 June 2024}}</ref> | caption = | nationality = Swiss | sport = [[Track and Field|Athletics]] | event = [[Sprinting|Sprint]] | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2002|12|12|df=yes}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = | pb = '''200 m:''' 20.27 (Oslo, 2025) | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport| Men's athletics }} {{Medal|Country| {{SWI}} }} {{Medal|Comp|[[European Athletics Championships]]}} {{Medal|Gold|[[2024 European Athletics Championships|2024 Rome]]|[[2024 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres|200 m]]}} {{Medal|Competition| [[European Athletics U23 Championships|European U23 Championships]] }} {{Medal|B| [[2023 European Athletics U23 Championships|2023 Espoo]] | [[2023 European Athletics U23 Championships – Men's 200 metres|200 m]] }} }} '''Timothé Sembéry Mumenthaler''' {{post-nominals|list=[[OLY]]}} (born 12 December 2002) is a Swiss sprinter. He won the [[2024 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres|2024 European Championships]] in [[Rome]] over [[200 metres]].<ref>{{cite web|title= Timothé Mumenthaler|website=World Athletics|accessdate=9 June 2024|url= https://worldathletics.org/athletes/switzerland/timothe-mumenthaler-14778502}}</ref>
==Biography== He is a member of Stade Genève.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.tdg.ch/pour-commencer-timothe-mumenthaler-roule-sur-le-bronze-616660321683 |website=tdg.ch|accessdate=9 June 2024|title= To begin with, Timothé Mumenthaler rides on bronze|date=17 July 2023}}</ref> In February 2018, he won the [[60 metres]] and [[200 metres]] at the Swiss Youth Indoor Championships in [[St. Gallen]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.athle.ch/2018/02/12/cs-jeunesse-j2-mumenthaler-impressionnant-plutot-deux-quune/|accessdate=9 June 2024|title= Mumenthaler impressionnant, plutôt deux fois qu'une |website=athle.ch|date=11 February 2018 }}</ref> He competed at the [[2018 Summer Youth Olympics]] in [[Buenos Aires]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.tdg.ch/heureux-qui-comme-timothe-mumenthaler-a-fait-un-beau-voyage-908058956549|website=tdg|accessdate=9 June 2024|title= Happy who, like Timothé Mumenthaler, has had a wonderful journey|date=24 October 2018}}</ref> He recorded a time for the [[100 metres]] of 10.61 seconds aged 16 years-old. However, his progress was later slowed by injury.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.tdg.ch/timothe-mumenthaler-a-ronge-son-frein-et-croque-lor-756435546039|website=tdg|accessdate=9 June 2024|date=9 September 2019|title= Timothé Mumenthaler chomped at the bit and bit the gold}}</ref>
In 2022, he was runner up in the [[Swiss Athletics Championships]] in the 100 metres.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.tdg.ch/apres-un-gros-coup-de-frein-timothe-mumenthaler-remet-le-turbo-871403974473| website=tdg.ch|accessdate=9 June 2024|title= After a big brake, Timothé Mumenthaler puts the turbo back on|date=28 June 2022}}</ref> He finished fifth in the 200 metres at the [[2023 European Athletics Team Championships First Division]] in [[Silesia]], Poland in June 2023.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://athleticsweekly.com/event-reports/gudaf-tsegay-goes-no-4-all-time-at-10000m-overseas-round-up-1039968969/|website=Athletics Weekly|accessdate=9 June 2024|title= Gudaf Tsegay goes No.4 all-time at 10,000m – overseas round-up|first=Steve|last= Smythe |date=June 27, 2023}}</ref> He was a bronze medalist in the 200 m at the [[2023 European Athletics U23 Championships]] in [[Espoo]].<ref>{{cite web|date=16 July 2023|title= Mumenthaler en BRONZE, le 4×4 féminin en ARGENT !|accessdate=8 June 2024|url=https://www.athle.ch/2023/07/16/euro-u23-jour-4-mumenthaler-en-bronze-le-4x4-feminin-en-argent/|website=athle.ch}}</ref>
He ran as part of the Swiss 4 × 100 m relay team at the 2024 [[2024 World Athletics Relays – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|World Relays Championships]] in [[Nassau, Bahamas]].<ref>{{cite web|website=Watch Athletics|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/5397/men-4x100m-results-world-athletics-relays-championships-2024|accessdate=12 May 2024|title= Men 4x100m Results - World Athletics Relays Championships 2024|date=5 May 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://swiss-athletics.ch/de/blog/2024/05/05/mixed-staffel-und-4x100-m-maenner-ueberzeugen-in-nassau-mit-topzeiten/|website=swiss-athletics|accessdate=9 June 2024|title= Mixed relay and 4×100 m men impress with top times in Nassau|date=5 May 2024}}</ref> He won the 200 metres gold medal at the [[2024 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres|European Athletics Championships]] in [[Rome]], Italy, running 20.28 seconds.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7158244?eventId=10229605|website=World Athletics|accessdate=9 June 2024|title=European Athletics Championships}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.watchathletics.com/article/13026/record-breaking-performances-shine-on-day-4-of-european-athletics-championships-in-rome|website= Watch Athletics |accessdate=11 June 2024|title= Record-Breaking Performances Shine on Day 4 of European Athletics Championships in Rome|date=11 June 2024}}</ref> He reported muscular problems after the race in Rome, which affected his performance as he competed in the 200 m at the [[Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres|2024 Olympics Games]]. He had a best time of 20.63 seconds in Paris, but did not progress to the semi-finals.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/5847/men-s-200m-results-paris-olympic-games-2024-athletics |website=Watch Athletics|accessdate=28 December 2024|title= Men's 200m Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics|date=8 August 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://swiss-athletics.ch/de/blog/2024/08/15/ein-hauch-von-olympia-an-der-nachwuchs-sm-in-langenthal/|website=Swiss-athletics.ch|language=German|accessdate=4 April 2025|title= A touch of the Olympics at the Junior Swiss Championships in Langenthal|date=15 August 2024}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/5881/results-lausanne-diamond-league-athletissima-2024|website=Watch Athletics|accessdate=4 April 2025|title= Results - Lausanne Diamond League Athletissima 2024|date=22 August 2024}}</ref>
He competed at the [[2025 World Athletics Relays]] in China in the [[2025 World Athletics Relays – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay| Men's 4 × 100 metres relay]] in May 2025.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/6609/men-s-4x100-metres-relay-world-athletics-relays-championships-2025 | website=Watch Athletics|accessdate=13 May 2025|date=11 May 2025|title= Men's 4x100 Metres Relay - World Athletics Relays Championships 2025}}</ref> 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.<ref> {{cite web|first=Euan|last=Crumley|url=https://athleticsweekly.com/news/record-breaking-warholm-back-to-his-best-1040002162/|website=Athletics Weekly|title= RECORD-BREAKING WARHOLM BACK TO HIS BEST|date=12 June 2025|accessdate=13 June 2025}}</ref>
In September 2025, he was a semi-finalist in the 200 metres at the [[2025 World Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres|2025 World Championships]] in [[Tokyo]], Japan.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7190593?eventId=10229605&gender=M |website=World Athletics|accessdate=29 September 2025|title= World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025|date=18 Sep 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.bluewin.ch/en/sport/swiss-world-championship-team-comprises-31-athletes-2848591.html |title= Swiss World Championship team comprises 31 athletes|website=Bluewin.ch|accessdate=30 August 2025|date=29 August 2025}}</ref>
He won the Swiss Indoor Championships over 60 metres on 1 March 2026, running 6.62 seconds in the final.<ref>{{Cite web | url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7234501?eventId=10229683&gender=M |title= Swiss Indoor Championships |date=1 March 2026 |access-date=3 March 2026| website=World Athletics}}</ref>
== Personal life == Mumenthaler was born to a Swiss father and Senegalese mother.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aargauerzeitung.ch/sport/leichtathletik-em-das-sensible-raubtier-macht-seinen-job-und-wird-europameister-wer-ist-dieser-21-jaehrige-neue-sprintstar-aus-genf-ld.2631691|title=Timothé Mumenthaler ist Europameister! Wer ist dieser 21-jährige neue Sprintstar aus Genf?|first=Rainer Sommerhalder|last=Rom|date=June 11, 2024|website=[[Aargauer Zeitung]]}}</ref> He grew up in [[Geneva, Switzerland]]. In 2023, he began pursuing a [[Bachelor of Science|BSc]] in microengineering at [[EPFL|Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)]], which he is completing on a part-time basis in parallel with his athletic career.<ref name="Blick_2024_06_11"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://actu.epfl.ch/news/my-goal-is-to-build-up-my-experience-so-i-perform-/|website=actu.epfl.ch|accessdate=4 April 2025|title= “My goal is to build up my experience so I perform better later on”|date=11 September 2024|first=Sandy |last=Evangelista}}</ref>
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