Sandra Gasser

Sandra Gasser (born 27 July 1962 in Bern) is a retired Swiss track and field athlete who specialised in middle distance running.

After the 1987 World Championships, where she achieved third place in the 1500 metres, she failed a doping test and was disqualified. After her two-year ban she rejoined the world elite and picked up the bronze medal at both the 1990 European Championships and 1993 World Indoor Championships, although in the final of the latter she fell before the finish line.

Sandra Gasser won seven Swiss championship titles, and still holds the Swiss national record at 800 metres. She is 1.71 m tall (5'7") and her competition weight was 52 kg (114 lb).

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing   Switzerland
1984	European Indoor Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	3rd	1500 m	4:11.70
1986	European Championships	Stuttgart, West Germany	heats	3000 m	9:04.78
1987	European Indoor Championships	Lievin, France	1st	1500 m	4:06.76
	World Indoor Championships	Indianapolis, United States	6th	1500 m	4:09.89
	World Championships	Rome, Italy	DISQ	1500 m
1990	European Indoor Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	2nd	1500 m	4:10.13
	European Championships	Split, Yugoslavia	3rd	1500 m	4:08.89
1993	World Indoor Championships	Toronto, Canada	3rd	1500 m	4:10.99
	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	heats	1500 m	4:11.75

Personal bests

• 800 m: 1:58.90 min, 21 June 1987 in Berlin, Swiss record (ran 1:58.65 in 1990, unofficial because it was in a men's race)
• 1500 m: 4:01.10 min, 4 July 1987 in Oslo
• 3000 m: 8:54.13 min, 12 July 1990 in Lausanne

See also

• List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences

References

• AP (5 September 1989). "Gasser Returns". New York Times. Retrieved 2007-01-19.
• Sandra Gasser profile at IAAF