Ajla Del Ponte
Ajla Del Ponte (born 15 July 1996) is a Swiss sprinter. She competed in the women's 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 2016 Summer Olympics[1] and at the 2017 World Championships in London.[2] She won the women's 60 metres at the 2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships, doing so in a world leading time and equaling the Swiss record of 7.03 seconds.[3] At the 2020 Summer Olympics she set a new national record for the 100 metres running 10.91 in the heats.[4] On 14 August, she shaved a hundredth of a second off of her record, achieving a time of 10.90 at the 2021 Resisprint International.[5][6]
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Nationality | Swiss | ||||||||||||||
Born | Locarno, Switzerland | 15 July 1996||||||||||||||
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Country | Switzerland | ||||||||||||||
Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||
Event | Sprints | ||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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International competitions
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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2014 | World Junior Championships | Eugene, United States | 37th (h) | 100 m | 11.99 |
5th | 4 × 100 m relay | 45.02 | |||
2015 | European Junior Championships | Eskilstuna, Sweden | 19th (h) | 200 m | 24.64 |
2016 | European Championships | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 5th | 4 × 100 m relay | 43.00 |
Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 11th (h) | 4 × 100 m relay | 43.02 | |
2017 | European Indoor Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | 13th (sf) | 60 m | 7.39 |
European U23 Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 5th | 100 m | 11.66 | |
3rd | 4 × 100 m relay | 44.07 | |||
World Championships | London, United Kingdom | 5th | 4 × 100 m relay | 42.51 | |
2018 | World Indoor Championships | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 23rd (sf) | 60 m | 7.40 |
European Championships | Berlin, Germany | 17th (sf) | 100 m | 11.38 | |
4th | 4 × 100 m relay | 42.30 | |||
2019 | European Indoor Championships | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 8th | 60 m | 7.30 |
Universiade | Naples, Italy | 2nd | 100 m | 11.33 | |
1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 43.72 | |||
World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 29th (h) | 100 m | 11.36 | |
4th | 4 × 100 m relay | 42.18 | |||
2021 | European Indoor Championships | Toruń, Poland | 1st | 60 m | 7.03 |
Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 5th | 100 m | 10.97 | |
4th | 4 × 100 m relay | 42.08 | |||
2022 | World Championships | Eugene, United States | 37th (h) | 100 m | 11.41 |
7th | 4 × 100 m relay | 42.81 | |||
European Championships | Munich, Germany | 9th (h) | 4 × 100 m relay | 43.93 |
Personal life
Her mother, Senada Položanin, was born in Jajce, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia, where she worked as a doctor until the Bosnian War broke out.[7] Her father, Claudio Del Ponte, is a cousin of war crimes prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, Carla Del Ponte.
See also
- 2020/21 in 60 metres
References
- "Ajla Del Ponte". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 21 August 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
- "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original on 13 August 2017. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - "European Athletics Indoor Championships 60m Women Final" (PDF). European Athletics. 7 March 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
- "Athletics - Round 1 - Heat 5 Results". Archived from the original on 30 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
- "Jessica Mayho moves to second in all-time UK hammer rankings - weekly round-up". AW. 16 August 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
- Smith, Gary (2021). "Del Ponte improves Swiss record with 10.90s at Resisprint International". World-Track and Field Website. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
- "Swiss sprinters: the women's dream team". houseofswitzerland.org.
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