Audrey Werro: Switzerland's 22-year-old rewriting the 800m record books
The Swiss middle-distance runner has claimed the world number one ranking after a dominant 2026 season that included a Diamond League record and victory at the World Athletics Ultimate Championship.
19 September 2026
Audrey Werro has established herself as the dominant force in women's 800m running, capping a breakthrough 2026 season with victory at the World Athletics Ultimate Championship in Budapest.
The 22-year-old Swiss athlete defeated Keely Hodgkinson and Femke Broeders-Bol to claim the Ultimate Championship title, maintaining her season-long superiority over her two main rivals . The three-way rivalry was one of the dominant talking points of the 2026 season, with Werro consistently coming out on top.
Werro's standout performance came in June at the Bauhaus-Galan in Stockholm, where she clocked 1:53.98 to move third on the world all-time 800m list at the time, also setting a Wanda Diamond League record. She has since gone faster, with her personal best now standing at 1:53.70, a national record set in August .
Currently ranked world number one in the women's 800m, Werro has compiled an impressive honours list that includes her World Athletics Ultimate championship, two Diamond League Final victories, a European championship title and a World Indoor Championships silver medal.