Veronica Vancardo

Veronica Vancardo (born 26 September 2000) is a Swiss middle-distance runner.^[1]

She is from Fribourg in the Sarine District of Switzerland.^[2][3] She was educated at Collège Saint-Michel in Fribourg. After college she spent time training in Lyon, France. She later studied law at a Swiss distance university.^[4][5]

She runs as a member of CA Fribourg having previously been a member of TSV Düdingen. She competed over 400 metres before later transitioning to 800 metres.^[5][6] She represented Switzerland at the 2018 World Athletics U20 Championships in Tampere, Finland, where she was a semi-finalist over 400 metres.^[7]

She won the bronze medal at the delayed 2021 Summer University Games in Chengdu, China, in August 2023 in the women's 4 × 400 metres relay.^[8] At the games, she also placed sixth in 2:07.13 minutes in the 800 metres in her first international individual final.^[9] However, her performance also included by a gesture of compassion after she crossed the line when, with South African bronze medalist Charne Swart, she raced back to help the final finisher, Soudi-Thasmy Moussa of Comoros, who had collapsed on the track and helped her to her feet, both earning a special Fair Play award for their actions.^[10][11][12]

In June 2025, competing in Kladno, Czechia, Vancardo went below two minutes for the first time in the 800 m, running 1:59.81 to take 1.55 seconds from her previous personal best set just a month prior.^[13] She won the silver medal over 800 metres of at the 2025 Summer World University Games in Bochum, Germany in 2:00.08.^[14][15]

She finished third over 800 metres at the Swiss Athletics Championships in August 2025, behind Audrey Werro and Lore Hoffmann, in a new personal best time of 1:59.10.^[16][17] She competed in the women's 800 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan.^[18][19]