Ajla Del Ponte Explained
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[2] and at the 2017 World Championships in London.[3] 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.[4] At the 2020 Summer Olympics she set a new national record for the 100 metres running 10.91 in the heats.[5] 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.[6] [7]
International competitions
| Representing |
|---|
| 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 | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 100 m | 11.33 |
| bgcolor=gold | 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 | bgcolor=gold | 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.[8] 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
Notes and References
- "Meuwly receives Coaching Achievement Award" (press release), World Athletics, 4 December 2023. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
- Web site: Ajla Del Ponte . 21 August 2016 . Rio 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160821004416/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/ajla-del-ponte . 21 August 2016 .
- Web site: Archived copy . 18 September 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170813055820/https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/5151/AT-4X1-W-f----.RS6.pdf . 13 August 2017 . bot: unknown .
- Web site: European Athletics Indoor Championships 60m Women Final . . 7 March 2021 . 7 March 2021 .
- Web site: Athletics - Round 1 - Heat 5 Results. 30 July 2021. 30 July 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210730065227/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/result-women-s-100m-rnd1-000500-.htm. dead.
- Web site: 16 August 2021. Jessica Mayho moves to second in all-time UK hammer rankings - weekly round-up. 26 August 2021. AW. en-GB.
- Web site: Smith. Gary. 2021. Del Ponte improves Swiss record with 10.90s at Resisprint International. 26 August 2021. World-Track and Field Website. en-US.
- Web site: Swiss sprinters: the women's dream team. houseofswitzerland.org.
