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]

Ajla Del Ponte
Ajla Del Ponte in 2020
Personal information
NationalitySwiss
Born (1996-07-15) 15 July 1996
Locarno, Switzerland
Sport
CountrySwitzerland
SportTrack and field
EventSprints
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • 100 m: 10.90 (2021)
  • 60 m: 7.03 (2021)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Switzerland Switzerland
European Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place2021 Toruń60 m

International competitions
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Switzerland
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
  1. "Ajla Del Ponte". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 21 August 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  2. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original on 13 August 2017. Retrieved 18 September 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. "European Athletics Indoor Championships 60m Women Final" (PDF). European Athletics. 7 March 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  4. "Athletics - Round 1 - Heat 5 Results". Archived from the original on 30 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  5. "Jessica Mayho moves to second in all-time UK hammer rankings - weekly round-up". AW. 16 August 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  6. Smith, Gary (2021). "Del Ponte improves Swiss record with 10.90s at Resisprint International". World-Track and Field Website. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  7. "Swiss sprinters: the women's dream team". houseofswitzerland.org.
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