Ajla Del Ponte

Ajla Del Ponte
	Ajla Del Ponte in 2020
Personal information
Nationality	Swiss
Born	15 July 1996; Locarno, Switzerland
Sport
Country	Switzerland
Sport	Track and field
Event	Sprints
Coached by	Laurent Meuwly
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	100 m: 10.90 (2021); 60 m: 7.03 (2021);
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Switzerland
European Championships
European Indoor Championships

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

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Switzerland
2014	World Junior Championships	Eugene, United States	37th (h)	100 m	11.99
2014	World Junior Championships	Eugene, United States	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
2016	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
	European U23 Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	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
	European Championships	Berlin, Germany	4th	4 × 100 m relay	42.30
2019	European Indoor Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	8th	60 m	7.30
	Universiade	Naples, Italy	2nd	100 m	11.33
	Universiade	Naples, Italy	1st	4 × 100 m relay	43.72
	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	29th (h)	100 m	11.36
	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	4th	4 × 100 m relay	42.18
2021	European Indoor Championships	Toruń, Poland	1st	60 m	7.03
	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	5th	100 m	10.97
	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	4th	4 × 100 m relay	42.08
2022	World Championships	Eugene, United States	37th (h)	100 m	11.41
	World Championships	Eugene, United States	7th	4 × 100 m relay	42.81
	European Championships	Munich, Germany	9th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	43.93
2025	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	–	4 × 100 m relay	DNF
2026	World Indoor Championships	Toruń, Poland	24th (h)	60 m	7.25
2026	European Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	3rd (h)	4 × 100 m relay	42.38

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.

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.{{cite web}}: 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.
↑ "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

Ajla Del Ponte at World Athletics

Ajla Del Ponte at Diamond League

Ajla Del Ponte at Tilastopaja (registration required)

Ajla Del Ponte at Olympics.com

Ajla Del Ponte at Olympedia

Ajla Del Ponte at InterSportStats

[1] "Meuwly receives Coaching Achievement Award" (press release), World Athletics, 4 December 2023. Retrieved 9 May 2024.

[Bio-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.

[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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