Léonie Pointet (born 17 February 2001) is a Swiss sprinter. She is a multiple-time national champion over 200 metres.[1]
 Pointet in 2022 | |||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Swiss | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 February 2001 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Sprint | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 200m : 22.96s (St Gallen, 2024) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editIn February 2022, she won her first Swiss indoor 200 metres title in Magglingen, running 23.74 seconds.[2] She represented Switzerland at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich.[3]
In July 2023, she won her first outdoors Swiss Championship title in Bellinzona, running 23.27 seconds.[4][5] Later that month, she was a European Athletics U23 Championships bronze medallist in the 4x100m relay in Espoo in 2023.[6] In August 2023, she set a personal best of 23.16 seconds competing in the 200 metres at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, however she did not progress to the semi finals.[7][8]
In February 2024, she won her second Swiss indoor 200 metres title in St Gallen, running 23.35 seconds.[9]
She was selected for the Swiss team for the 2024 World Athletics Relays in Nassau, Bahamas.[10][11] As part of the 4x100m team she helped secure a place at the 2024 Paris Olympics.[12] In May 2024, she set a new personal best running 22.96 seconds for the 200m in St Gallen.[13]
She competed in the individual 200m and was a member of the Swiss 4x100m relay team that ran at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome in June 2024.[14][15]
Personal life
editReferences
edit- ^ "Léonie Pointet". World Athletics. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ "Swiss Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 26 February 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ Schlosser, Pierre-Alain (22 February 2023). "Léonie Pointet, explosive on the track as in life". 24heures.ch. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ "Athlétisme: Léonie Pointet sacrée championne de Suisse du 200 mètres". Radiochablais. 30 July 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ "Swiss Championships". World Athletics. 29 July 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ "European U23 Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 12 July 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ "200 m: PB for Léonie Pointet, but no semi-finals". rtn.ch. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ "Athletics: Léonie Pointet misses qualification for the semi-finals". Radiochablais. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ "Swiss Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 26 February 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ "Super chronos pour le relais mixte et le 4×100 m masculin à Nassau". Swiss-athletics. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ Nicolet, Thierry (14 April 2024). "Athletics: Léonie Pointet's Olympic goal will pass through the Bahamas box". Radiochablais. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ "Drei von vier Schweizer Staffeln holen Olympiaticket". srf.ch. 6 May 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ "Hodgkinson powers to 1:55.78 world 800m lead on the road to Roma 2024". European Athletics. 27 May 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ "Rome (ITA), 200m, 1/2 ladies: the European adventure ends for Léonie Pointet (SUI)". rts.ch. 10 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ "European Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 12 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ "ATHLETISSIMA: Leonie Pointet explains her workouts". lematin. June 29, 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2024.