Delphine Nkansa

Delphine Nkansa
Nkansa in 2022
Personal information
NationalityBelgian
Born (2001-09-21) 21 September 2001
Sport
SportTrack and Field
Events
100m, 200m
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Belgium
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place2026 Birmingham100 m
European U23 Championships
Gold medal – first place2023 Espoo200 m

Delphine Nkansa (born 21 September 2001) is a Belgian sprinter. She won the bronze medal at the 2026 European Championships in the 100 metres. She was the Belgian national champion over 200 metres in 2022 and the European Under-23 champion over that same distance in 2023.[1]

Personal life

Nkansa was born in Belgium to a Congolese father and Belgian mother.[2] She grew up in Lisbon, Portugal after her family moved for her father's work. After achieving her baccalaureate in Lisbon, Nkansa moved to Paris to study law.[3][4]

Career

2022

Nkansa set a new personal best time of 23.03 seconds for the 200 metres in July 2022 in Albi, France. At the same event she improved her 100m personal best to 11.26 seconds to make her second fastest Belgian woman of all time in the event behind only Kim Gevaert. Nkansa qualified from her 200m heat at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in a time of 23.08 and was eleventh fastest in the semi-finals running 23.28. This matched her result in the 100m as she qualified from the heat to the semi-finals and also finished eleventh fastest in a time of 11.39 seconds.[5][6][7] Nkansa was part of the Belgian 4 x 100 metres relay team that qualified for the final with a seasons best time of 43.58 in the semi-final, before finishing sixth in the final.[8]

2023

Nkansa ran a new personal best over 60m of 7.24 seconds in January 2023. Soon afterwards she finished runner-up to Rani Rosius in the 60m at the Belgian national indoors championships in February 2023.[9] She was subsequently selected for the 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships in March 2023, in which she qualified through the rounds for the final.[10] She finished sixth in the final in a new personal best time of 7.19 seconds.[11]

At the 2023 European Athletics U20 Championships in Espoo, Finland, Nkansa won the gold medal in the 200 metres.[12] Selected for the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, she did not qualify for the semi-final of the 100 metres.[13]

2024

She reached the semi-finals of the women's 60 metres at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow.[14] She ran as part of the Belgian 4 × 100 m relay team at the 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas.[15] She was selected for the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome in June 2024.[16] She placed 4th in the European Championships semi-final in Rome in June 2024, not advancing to the final. She did post a personal record, covering 100 meters in 11.21s.[17] She was also part of the Belgian 4 × 100 m relay team which qualified for the final.[18] In June, she again broke her personal record at the 2024 Belgian Athletics Championships setting a time of 11.20s.[19] Having qualified for the women's 100 metres at the 2024 Summer Olympic Games via the World Athletics Rankings,[20] she qualified for the semi-finals by matching her PB and finishing 3rd in her round 1 heat.[21] She finished 7th in her semi-final.[22] She also ran in the women's 4 × 100 metres relay, the Belgian team also having qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympic Games via the World Athletics Rankings.[23] The team was however disqualified in round 1 when Elise Mehuys passed the baton to her outside the takeover zone.[24][25]

2025

She was selected for the 60 metres at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Appeldoorn where she did not qualify for the semi-finals.[26] She ran the anchor leg for the Belgian 4 × 100 m relay team at the 2025 World Athletics Relays as Belgium won their heat and qualified a team for the World Championships.[27] She won the 100 metres for Belgium at the 2025 European Athletics Team Championships Second Division in Maribor on 28 June.[28]

In September 2025, she competed in the women's 4 x 100 metres at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan.[29][30]

2026

Nkansa placed third over 60 metres in 7.29 seconds at the Belgian Indoor Championships.[31] At the end of July, she crowned herself queen of Belgian sprint by winning both 100 and 200 metres Belgian national outdoor titles.[32] Competing at the 2026 European Championships in Birmingham, England, Nkansa ran a personal best 11.06 seconds to place third in the final of the 100 metres, winning her first senior individual medal at a major championships.[33] She also competed in the women's 4 × 100 metres relay at the championships, with Belguim placing fifth in the final.[34]

Athletic Achievements

Personal bests

Type Distance Time (s) Wind (m/s) Venue Date Notes
Individual events
Indoor 60 metres 7.17 N/a Val-de-Reuil, France 2 February 2025
200 metres sh 23.36 N/a Metz, France 8 February 2026
Outdoor 100 metres 11.06 +1.0 Birmingham, United Kingdom 10 August 2026
200 metres 22.88 +1.1 Brussels, Belgium 3 August 2025
Team events
Outdoor 4x100 metres relay 42.80 N/a Guangzhou, China 10 May 2025

International competitions

Representing  Belgium
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventTimeNotes
2022 European Championships Munich, Germany 11th (sf) 100 m 11.39
11th (sf) 200 m 23.28
6th 4 × 400 m relay 43.98
2023 European Indoor Championships Istanbul, Türkiye 6th 60 m 7.19 PB
European U23 Championships Espoo, Finland 4th 100 m 11.36
1st 200 m 23.31
5th 4 × 400 m relay 43.66 NU23R
World Championships Budapest, Hungary 35th (h) 100 m 11.40
2024 World Indoor Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom 15th (sf) 60 m 7.21
World Relays Nassau, Bahamas — 4 × 100 m relay DQ (Re) TR 24.7
8th 43.17
European Championships Rome, Italy 12th (sf) 100 m 11.21 PB
6th 4 × 100 m relay 43.48
Olympic Games Paris, France 19th (sf) 100 m 11.28
— 4 × 100 m relay DQ TR 24.7
2025 European Indoor Championships Apeldoorn, Netherlands 26th (h) 60 m 7.28
World Relays Guangzhou, China 6th 4 × 100 m relay 42.85
European Team Championships Second Division Maribor, Slovenia 1st 100 m 11.42
1st 4 × 100 m relay 43.46 SB
World Championships Tokyo, Japan — 4 × 100 m relay DQ TR24.7[L]
2026 European Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 3rd 100 m 11.06 PB
16th (h) 200 m 23.41
5th 4 × 100 m relay 43.31

National championships and competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventTimeNotes
2017 Portuguese U18 Indoor Championships Pombal 4th 60 m 8.00
Portuguese U18 Championships Abrantes 1st 100 m 11.92
1st 200 m 24.91
Portuguese U20 Championships Marinha Grande 2nd 100 m 12.08
3rd 200 m 24.96
2018 Portuguese U18 Indoor Championships Pombal 1st 60 m 7.50
Portuguese U20 Indoor Championships Pombal 1st 60 m 7.60
1st 200 m sh 24.60
2019 Portuguese Indoor Championships Pombal — 60 m 7.48 OC
Portuguese U23 Championships Vagos 2nd 100 m 11.90
Portuguese U20 Championships Vagos 1st 100 m 11.69
3rd 200 m 24.47
Portuguese Championship Lisbon — 100 m 11.71 OC
— 200 m 24.41 OC
2020 French U20 Indoor Championships Miramas 2nd 60 m 7.52
French Indoor Championships Liévin — 60 m 7.57 OC
2021 French U23 Championships Caen 1st 100 m 11.73
2022 French U23 Indoor Championships Lyon 7th 60 m 7.49
French Indoor Championships Miramas — 60 m 7.46 OC
Belgian Championships Gentbrugge 2nd 100 m 11.42
1st 200 m 23.34
French U23 Championships Albi 2nd 100 m 11.23
1st 200 m 23.03
2023 Belgian Indoor Championships Ghent 2nd 60 m 7.28
French U23 Championships Fontainebleau 2nd 200 m 23.42
Belgian Championships Bruges 1st 100 m 11.03
— 200 m DNS
2024 Belgian Championships Brussels 1st 100 m 11.20
2025 Belgian Championships Brussels 3rd 100 m 11.32
2nd 200 m 22.88
2026 Belgian Indoor Championships Louvain-la-Neuve 3rd 60 m 7.29
Belgian Championships Kessel-Lo 1st 100 m 11.13
2nd 200 m 23.58

References

  1. ↑ "Delphine Nkansa championne d'Europe espoirs sur 200 m". www.rtl.be (in French).
  2. ↑ Vandormael, Laura (17 April 2023). "Athlétisme : rencontre avec Delphine Nkansa, la nouvelle perle du sprint belge".
  3. ↑ "Delphine Nkansa, the new smile of Belgian sprinting". rybf.be.
  4. ↑ "After Portuguese game of hide-and-seek, Nkansa is a newcomer to the European Championship: "Good feeling at Belgian Rockets"". Sporza.bel.
  5. ↑ "Nkansa and Vervaet, who equals his personal best, are in the semifinals of the 200 meters". rtbf.be.
  6. ↑ "Athletics Euro: Delphine Nkansa and Imke Vervaet eliminated in the 200m semi-finals". Lesoir.be.
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  9. ↑ "Belgian Indoor Athletics Championships: Rosius beats Nkansa on 60m". rtl.be. 19 February 2023. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  10. ↑ "Indoor Athletics Euro: Doom, Watrin and Ponette qualified in 400m, Laus eliminated, Rosius and Nkansa pass in 60m". rtbf.be. 3 March 2023. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  11. ↑ "Rani Rosius and Delphine Nkansa fourth and sixth in European Championship finals 60 meters". Standaard.be. 3 March 2023. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
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  13. ↑ "Women's 100m Results: World Athletics Championships 2023". Watch Athletics. 21 August 2023. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  14. ↑ "Women's 60m Results - World Athletics Indoor Championships 2024". Watch Athletics. 2 March 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  15. ↑ "Women 4x100m Results - World Athletics Relays Championships 2024". World Athletics. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
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