Helena Ponette Explained

Helena Ponette
Image Size:125px
Nationality:Belgian
Birth Date:3 February 2000
Country:Belgium
Sport:Athletics
Event:400 metres
Club:Hermes Club Oostende
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Helena Ponette (born 3 February 2000) is a Belgian sprinter specialising in the 400 metres.

Ponette competed in the 4 x 400 m event at the 2021 European U23 Championships in Tallinn, Estonia.[1] At the same event, she was selected for the 2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Belgrade, Serbia.[2]

In 2022, Ponette finished second at the 2022 Belgian Athletics Championships behind Naomi Van Den Broeck in the 400 m with a time of 51.93 s. She was the fifth Belgian to run faster than 52 s. She thus secured a place in the Belgian 4 x 400 m relay team for the World Championships later that year in Eugene, Oregon, U.S.A.[3]

In 2024, at the World Athletics Relays in The Bahamas, she was on the team that qualified Belgium for the women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris, France.[4] And later that same year, she was on the Belgian 4 x 400 metres women's relay team that won a bronze medal at the European Athletics Championships having anchored the team in the final.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gunther. Dekie. Helena Ponette neemt met 4x400m estafetteteam deel aan EK U23: "Finale is realistische doelstelling". Het Laatste Nieuws. 7 July 2021. nl.
  2. Web site: België stuurt 12 atleten en 2 aflossingsteams naar het WK indoor in Servië. Sporza. 9 March 2022. nl.
  3. Web site: België trekt met 29 atleten naar het WK in Eugene (VS). Sporza. 4 July 2022. nl.
  4. Web site: World Relays - Les Belgian Cheetahs décrochent leur entrée aux JO lors des repêchages du 4x400 m dames . . 6 May 2024 . 13 June 2024 . French.
  5. Web site: Gold and bronze for Belgian men and women in 4x400m relay . . 12 June 2024 . 13 June 2024 . French.