Ajla Del Ponte
- 100 m: 10.90 (2021)
- 60 m: 7.03 (2021)
Women's athletics | ||
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European Indoor Championships | ||
![]() | 2021 Toruń | 60 m |
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
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
References
- ^ "Meuwly receives Coaching Achievement Award" (press release), World Athletics, 4 December 2023. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
- ^ "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.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "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.
External links
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- Ajla Del Ponte at World Athletics
- Ajla Del Ponte at Diamond League
- Ajla Del Ponte at Olympics.com
- Ajla Del Ponte at Olympedia
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- 1966:
†: Margit Nemesházi (HUN)
- 1967:
†: Margit Nemesházi (HUN)
- 1968:
†: Sylviane Telliez (FRA)
- 1969:
†: Irena Szewińska (POL)
- 1970:
†: Renate Stecher (GDR)
- 1971:
†: Renate Stecher (GDR)
- 1972:
†: Renate Stecher (GDR)
- 1973:
Annegret Richter (FRG)
- 1974:
Renate Stecher (GDR)
- 1975:
Andrea Lynch (GBR)
- 1976:
Linda Haglund (SWE)
- 1977:
Marlies Göhr (GDR)
- 1978:
Marlies Göhr (GDR)
- 1979:
Marlies Göhr (GDR)
- 1980:
Sofka Popova (BUL)
- 1981:
†: Sofka Popova (BUL)
- 1982:
Marlies Göhr (GDR)
- 1983:
Marlies Göhr (GDR)
- 1984:
Beverly Kinch (GBR)
- 1985:
Nelli Cooman (NED)
- 1986:
Nelli Cooman (NED)
- 1987:
Nelli Cooman (NED)
- 1988:
Nelli Cooman (NED)
- 1989:
Nelli Cooman (NED)
- 1990:
Ulrike Sarvari (GER)
- 1992:
Zhanna Tarnopolskaya (RUS)
- 1994:
Nelli Cooman (NED)
- 1996:
Ekaterini Thanou (GRE)
- 1998:
Melanie Paschke (GER)
- 2000:
Ekaterini Thanou (GRE)
- 2002:
Kim Gevaert (BEL)
- 2005:
Kim Gevaert (BEL)
- 2007:
Kim Gevaert (BEL)
- 2009:
Yevgeniya Polyakova (RUS)
- 2011:
Olesya Povh (UKR)
- 2013:
Mariya Ryemyen (UKR)
- 2015:
Dafne Schippers (NED)
- 2017:
Asha Philip (GBR)
- 2019:
Ewa Swoboda (POL)
- 2021:
Ajla Del Ponte (SUI)
- 2023:
Mujinga Kambundji (SUI)