We are history, no one should be offended, sang Francesco De Gregori. A song, perhaps better a hymn – we are still in time for Games Olympics – which today fits perfectly with the extraordinary Alexandra BurghardtGerman athlete, born in 1994 (April 28) from Mühldorf, 1 meter and 82 of muscles and fibers. Profession: bobsleigher and sprinter.
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A feat worthy of ‘Eddie’
There is no mistake, we did not make a mistake in writing, because Alexandra has rightfully entered the elite – seven in all with her – of those in able to win medals in both Olympic Games: the Winter and the Summer ones.
For the record, only Edward Patrick Francis Eaganknown as Eddie, American boxer and bobsledder, managed to win double gold in the Summer Games (light heavyweight) in Antwerp 1920 and the Winter Gamescategoria bob a quattro, a Lake Placid 1932.
Third with Lisa, Rebekka and Gina
Returning to Alexandra, the other evening the thirty-year-old won bronze in the women’s 4×100 together with her compatriots Lisa Mayer, Rebekka Hasse and Gina Luckenkemper with a time of 41.97 seconds – the German champion faced the first leg –, while in Beijing 2022, managed to take home a silver in the two-man bobsleighas a brakewoman paired with Mariama Jamanka.
Around here, in Paris, they would simply say: chapeau. “A nice round number – his first words after having ‘tasted’ the bronze at the finish line of the Stade de France – but I haven’t digested it yet. It’s really special.” Then, shortly after, raising a glass of champagne under the Eiffel Tower: “This is all fantastic.”
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Alexandra Burghardt (right) on the podium at the 2022 Olympics
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In the future there is athletics
Alexandra dedicated herself to bobsleigh, competing as a brakewoman for the German national team. Her debut in World Cup dates back to November 28, 2021 in Innsbruck, in the second stage of the 2021/22 season, finishing in fourth place in the two-man bobsleigh race, before his first podium on 12 December.
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Then there’s athletics, which Alexandra today assures she wants to continue to focus on in the future. Oh, we forgot: her Instagram profile the other day it was updated from “winter olympic medal” to “winter and summer olympic medal”. Truly, chapeau.