Patrizia Van der Weken (born 12 November 1999) is a Luxembourgish sprinter who is a national record holder in the 100 metres and 200 metres events. In 2025, in the 60 metres event, she won bronze medals at both the World and European Championships.
Career Van der Weken participated in the 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships, where she won her heat but was ultimately eliminated in the semifinals. Later that year, Van der Weken competed in the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, placing 33rd.
In 2024, she reached a World Indoor Championship final for the first time, placing seventh in the 60 metres in Glasgow - the best ever performance by a Luxembourgish athlete in the history of the championships at that point. She subsequently became the first Luxembourgish woman to reach a final at the European Athletics Championships, when she finished fourth in the 100 metres in that year's championships in Rome, missing out on a medal by 0.01 seconds and setting a new national record of 11 seconds flat in the semi-finals. A month later she won on her Diamond League debut, finishing first in the 100 metres at the Meeting de Paris.
Van der Weken made her Olympic debut at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in the 100 metres event, where she progressed past her the heats and qualified for the semi-finals, becoming the first Luxembourgish women to do so. Her performance led to her being named Luxembourg's flagbearer for the closing ceremonies. She was also voted Luxembourg's Sportswoman of the Year for 2024, with her coach Arnaud Starck also being named the country's Coach of the Year.
Entering 2025, she showed strong form during the indoor athletics season, setting new national records in the 60 and 200 metres at the CMCM Luxembourg Indoor Meeting, her second competition of the year, and going on to take three wins in the World Athletics Indoor Tour in Ostrava, Karlsruhe and the final in Madrid and being crowned as Tour champion in the 60 metres.
On 9 March 2025, she won the bronze medal in the 60 metres event at the 2025 European Indoor Championships, becoming the first Luxembourgish to win a medal at an international indoor competition, and the third to win a medal in an international athletics event
On 22 March 2025, she won the bronze medal in the 60 metres event at the 2025 World Indoor Championships, becoming the first Luxembourgish to win a medal in that competition. In September 2025, she competed in the 100 metres at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan.
In February 2026, at the Copernicus Cup in Toruń, she ran a personal best of 7.01 seconds for the 60 metres.
Competition record Representing 2015Games of the Small States of EuropeReykjavík, Iceland6th100 m12.233rd4 × 100 m relay48.732016European Youth ChampionshipsTbilisi, Georgia7th100 m11.9632nd (h)200 m25.682017Games of the Small States of EuropeSerravalle, San Marino2nd100 m11.863rd200 m24.323rd4 × 100 m relay46.68European U20 ChampionshipsGrosseto, Italy14th (sf)100 m11.9128th (h)200 m24.822018Championships of the Small States of EuropeSchaan, Liechtenstein3rd100 m11.67World U20 ChampionshipsTampere, Finland15th (sf)100 m11.7018th (sf)200 m24.582019European U23 ChampionshipsGävle, Sweden9th (sf)100 m11.8223rd (h)200 m24.732021Championships of the Small States of EuropeSerravalle, San Marino1st100 m11.581st200 m24.36European U23 ChampionshipsTallinn, Estonia8th100 m11.732022World Indoor ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia21st (sf)60 m7.28World ChampionshipsEugene, United States36th (h)100 m11.34European ChampionshipsMunich, Germany17th (sf)100 m11.512023European Indoor ChampionshipsIstanbul, Turkey10th (sf)60 m7.27Games of the Small States of EuropeMarsa, Malta1st100 m11.11 (w)World University GamesChengdu, China1st100 m11.22World ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary33rd (h)100 m11.382024World Indoor ChampionshipsGlasgow, United Kingdom7th60 m7.15European ChampionshipsRome, Italy4th100 m11.04Olympic GamesParis, France15th (sf)100 m 11.132025European Indoor ChampionshipsApeldoorn, Netherlands3rd60 m7.06World Indoor ChampionshipsNanjing, China3rd60 m7.07World ChampionshipsTokyo, Japan29th (h)100 m11.292026World Indoor ChampionshipsToruń, Poland8th60 m7.10European ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom6th100 m11.10World Ultimate ChampionshipBudapest, Hungary6th100 m11.06
Personal bests
Outdoor 100 metres – 11.00 NR (+2.0 m/s, Rome, 2024) 200 metres – 23.19 NR (+1.0 m/s, Chorzów, 2023)
Indoor 60 metres – 7.01 NR (Torún, 22 February 2026) 200 metres – 23.17 NR (Kirchberg, 19 January 2025)
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