Ajla Del Ponte

Ajla Del Ponte
Ajla Del Ponte in 2020
Personal information
NationalitySwiss
Born (1996-07-15) 15 July 1996 (age 29)
Locarno, Switzerland
Sport
CountrySwitzerland
SportTrack and field
Event
Sprints
Coached byLaurent Meuwly[1]
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

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

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Switzerland
2014World Junior ChampionshipsEugene, United States37th (h)100 m11.99
5th4 × 100 m relay45.02
2015European Junior ChampionshipsEskilstuna, Sweden19th (h)200 m24.64
2016European ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands5th4 × 100 m relay43.00
Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil11th (h)4 × 100 m relay43.02
2017European Indoor ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia13th (sf)60 m7.39
European U23 ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland5th100 m11.66
3rd4 × 100 m relay44.07
World ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom5th4 × 100 m relay42.51
2018World Indoor ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom23rd (sf)60 m7.40
European ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany17th (sf)100 m11.38
4th4 × 100 m relay42.30
2019European Indoor ChampionshipsGlasgow, United Kingdom8th60 m7.30
UniversiadeNaples, Italy2nd100 m11.33
1st4 × 100 m relay43.72
World ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar29th (h)100 m11.36
4th4 × 100 m relay42.18
2021European Indoor ChampionshipsToruń, Poland1st60 m7.03
Olympic GamesTokyo, Japan5th100 m10.97
4th4 × 100 m relay42.08
2022World ChampionshipsEugene, United States37th (h)100 m11.41
7th4 × 100 m relay42.81
European ChampionshipsMunich, Germany9th (h)4 × 100 m relay43.93
2025World ChampionshipsTokyo, Japan–4 × 100 m relayDNF

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

  1. ^ "Meuwly receives Coaching Achievement Award" (press release), World Athletics, 4 December 2023. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Ajla Del Ponte". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 21 August 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  3. ^ "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)
  4. ^ "European Athletics Indoor Championships 60m Women Final" (PDF). European Athletics. 7 March 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2021.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "Athletics - Round 1 - Heat 5 Results". Archived from the original on 30 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Jessica Mayho moves to second in all-time UK hammer rankings - weekly round-up". AW. 16 August 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  7. ^ Smith, Gary (2021). "Del Ponte improves Swiss record with 10.90s at Resisprint International". World-Track and Field Website. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  8. ^ "Swiss sprinters: the women's dream team". houseofswitzerland.org.
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