Angelica Moser is a Swiss athlete whose specialty is pole vaulting. She won the 2021 European Championships in Torun and reached the final of the World Championships in Doha in 2019. Her personal bests in the event are 4.66m outdoors (Basel 2020) and 4.75m indoors (Torun 2021).
Angelica Moser was born on October 9, 1997, in Plano, Texas, USA. Due to her Swiss origin, she competes for Switzerland. She holds the Swiss junior records indoor and outdoor, as well as the all-time best performances in the U23, U20, U18, U16 and U14 categories.
Angelica Moser made her first international success in 2013. At the European Youth Olympic Festival, she won gold with 4.07m. In 2014, she won the gold at the Olympic Youth Games in Nanjing with 4.36m.
In 2015, Angelica Moser was eliminated in qualifications at the European Indoor Championships in Prague. During the season, she won the title at the European Junior Championships in Eskilstuna, Sweden, and competed at the World Championships in Beijing, China. During the season she debuted in the Diamond League, finishing 11th at the Zurich Weltklasse.
Angelica Moser competed at the Rio 2016 Olympics, but finished only 23rd after missing to overcome the qualifications. She won the gold at the 2016 World U20 Championships and finished 7th at the 2016 European Championships in Amsterdam, Netherlands
In 2017 she finished eleventh in the final at the European Indoor Championships in Belgrade with a jump of 4.40 m. At the European U23 Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland, she won the gold medal with a 4.55 m. At the 2017 World Championships in London, she failed to overcome qualifications with 4.50m.
In 2018, Angelica Moser had to pause for several months due to a foot injury. After that, she became the Swiss champion and competed at the European Championships in Berlin, Germany.
In 2019 she narrowly missed out on the bronze medal at the European Indoor Championships – due to one more failed attempt. Like two years before, she was the European U23 champion and was then able to qualify for the final at the World Championships in Doha for the first time. There she jumped the entry height of 4.50m but then failed at the height of 4.70m, which was above her personal best. In the end, she finished 13th.
Angelica Moser won the Swiss Indoor Championships in 2020. She then only competed again in August and September, also because of a six-week injury break. She took part in several meetings in Switzerland and at the Swiss Outdoor Championships and showed herself to be in good form: she twice managed to improve on her personal bests, at 4.64m and 4.66m, respectively.
In 2021, Angelica Moser won the European Indoor Championships in Torun, Poland, with a new personal best of 4.75m. It was her first major elite title. At the beginning of the competition she still had some trouble, she only jumped the 4.60m and 4.65m on the third attempt. She then got 4.70m on the first attempt and 4.75m on the second attempt. However, during the season she competed at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics but again failed to win a medal.
In March 2022, Angelica Moser finished fourth at the World Indoor Championships in Belgrade. She jumped 4.60m in the first attempt and could hope for a medal for a long time, but failed three times because of the height of 4.70m. At the end of April, she was thrown back into training by a torn muscle fiber and had to postpone the start of the outdoor season. At the end of June, Angelica Moser finally won her sixth Swiss Champion title and was nominated for the World Athletics Championships in Eugene. There she barely survived the qualification, but improved in the final and reached her best result so far at the world championships with 8th place. At the European Championships in Munich, she finished fourth with 4.55m.
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