{{Short description|Luxembourgish hurdler}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Victoria Rausch | fullname = | image = 2022-08-21 European Championships 2022 – Women's 100 Metres Hurdles by Sandro Halank–025.jpg | image_size = | caption = Rausch at the 2022 European Championships | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|6|26|df=y}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | residence = | nationality = | spouse = | sport = Athletics | event = Hurdles | club = | worlds = | nationals = | headercolor = | pb = '''60mH:''' 8.08 (2026) '''NR''' <br>'''100mH:''' 13.09 (2025) '''NR''' | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = }} '''Victoria Rausch''' (born 26 June 1996) is a Luxembourgish hurdler. A multiple-time national champion, she is the national record holder in the 60 metres hurdles and 100m hurdles.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/athletes/luxembourg/victoria-rausch-14507915|title= Victoria Rausch|accessdate=18 Jan 2026|website=World Athletics}}</ref>
==Biography== A multiple-time Luxembourgish national champion, Rausch set new a new national record in the 60 metres hurdles in January 2022, breaking the record which had been set by Veronique Linster, and had stood for 26 years. The following month, she improved her own record whilst competing in Metz, France. Later that year, she also set a new national record in the 100m hurdles that year, with a time of 13.24 seconds.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://today.rtl.lu/sport/local/a-look-at-some-of-luxembourgs-top-athletes-at-the-games-of-the-smaller-states-2306080|website=rtl.lu|accessdate=18 Jan 2026|title= A look at some of Luxembourg's top athletes at the Games of the Smaller States|first=Charlie|last=Stone|date=22 May 2025}}</ref><ref> {{cite web|date=13 Feb 2022|url=https://today.rtl.lu/sport/local/victoria-rausch-and-charel-grethen-set-new-national-records-at-indoor-meeting-in-metz-1862086|title= Victoria Rausch and Charel Grethen set new national records at indoor meeting in Metz|accessdate=18 Jan 2026|website=RTL Today}}</ref><ref> {{cite web|date=17 Jan 2022|url= https://today.rtl.lu/sport/local/victoria-rausch-sets-new-national-record-for-60m-hurdles-1848601 |title= Victoria Rausch sets new national record for 60m hurdles |accessdate=18 Jan 2026|website=RTL Today}}</ref> She made her senior international debut at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich, reaching the semi-finals of the 100 metres hurdles.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://lequotidien.lu/a-la-une/athletisme-rausch-sans-pression-pas-sans-ambition/ |title= Rausch, without pressure, not without ambition|accessdate=18 Jan 2026|website=Le Quotidien|date=21 August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=European Championships|date=21 August 2022 |url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7147634?eventId=10229522 |access-date=18 Jan 2026|website=World Athletics}}</ref>
Having won the national indoor title over 60 metre hurdles in 2023, she competed at the 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Istanbul, without advancing to the final.<ref>{{cite web|website=Lavenir.net|accessdate=18 January 2026|url= https://www.lavenir.net/regions/luxembourg/sports/2023/02/20/victoria-rausch-lathlete-de-lacd-sans-doute-qualifiee-pour-leuro-distanbul-JXQ6GFEPHRGURK45XBXBQVKL6Y/|title= Victoria Rausch, the ACD athlete, is likely to have qualified for the European Championships in Istanbul|date=20 Feb 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=European Indoor Championships|date=2 March 2023 |url=https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7147641?eventId=10230177 |access-date=18 Jan 2026|website=World Athletics}}</ref> That summer, she was a semi-finalist over 100 metres hurdles at the delayed at the 2021 Summer World University Games held in August 2023 in Chengdu, China.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7174333?eventId=10229522 |date=1 August 2023|website=World Athletics|accessdate=18 Jan 2026|title= FISU World University Games }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|website=RTL|url= https://www.rtl.lu/sport/news/victoria-rausch-iwwer-100m-hecken-an-den-halleffinallen-2100209|accessdate=18 Jan 2026|title= Victoria Rausch in the 100m hurdles semifinals}}</ref>
Rausch won the 100 metres hurdles at the 2025 European Athletics Team Championships Third Division in Maribor, Slovenia, in June 2025, helping Luxembourg gain promotion to the Second Division.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mental.lu/nos-athletes-promus-en-deuxieme-division-europeenne/ |title= Nos athlètes promus en deuxième division européenne - Mental.lu|accessdate=18 Jan 2026|date=26 Jun 2025 }}</ref> In July, Rausch set a new national record in the 100 metres hurdles of 13.09 seconds at the International Meeting in Schifflange.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://today.rtl.lu/sport/local/victoria-rausch-sets-new-national-record-in-100-metre-hurdles-2324323 |title= Rausch set a new national record in the 100-metre hurdles on Saturday evening during the B-final at the International Meeting in Schifflange|date=27 July 2025|website=rtl.lu |accessdate=18 Jan 2026}}</ref> In August, Rausch won the women’s 100m hurdles final at the Luxembourg Athletics Championships, running 13.28 seconds into a strong headwind.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://today.rtl.lu/sport/local/vera-bertemes-sets-national-record-as-championships-wrap-up-2326223|website=rrl.lu|accessdate=18 Jan 2026|title= Vera Bertemes sets national record as championships wrap up|date=4 August 2025}}</ref>
Rausch ran a Luxembourg national record in the 60m hurdles with a time of 8.08 seconds on 18 January 2026, at the CMCM Indoor Meeting in Luxembourg, a silver meeting on the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Tour.<ref>{{Cite web |title= English sets Irish indoor 800m record of 1:44.65 in Luxembourg|first=Steven|last=Mills|date=18 Jan 2026|url= https://www.european-athletics.com/home/news/english-sets-irish-indoor-800m-record-of-1-44-65-in-luxembourg |access-date=18 Jan 2026|website=European Athletics}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.rtl.lu/sport/weider-sportaarten/victoria-rausch-fanny-arendt-a-ruben-querinjean-mat-neien-nationale-rekorder-1976774163|website=rtu.lu|accessdate=18 Jan 2026|title=Victoria Rausch, Fanny Arendt a Ruben Querinjean mat neien nationale Rekorder|date=18 Jan 2026|first= Tom|last=Hoffmann}}</ref> In March 2026, she ran in the 60 metres hurdles at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Toruń, Poland.<ref>{{Cite web | url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7199326?eventId=10230177&gender=W |date=22 March 2026|title= World Athletics Indoor Championships |access-date=23 March 2026| website=World Athletics}}</ref>
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