Swiss athlete (born 2001)
Léonie Pointet
Pointet in 2022 |
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Nationality | Swiss |
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Born | (2001-02-17) 17 February 2001 (age 23) |
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Sport | Athletics |
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Event | Sprint |
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Personal best(s) | 200m : 22.96s (St Gallen, 2024) |
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Léonie Pointet (born 17 February 2001) is a Swiss sprinter. She is a multiple-time national champion over 200 metres.[1]
Career
In 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] She competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris over 200 metres.[16]
Personal life
She is from Jongny in the canton of Vaud.[17]
References