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Léonie Pointet

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Léonie Pointet
Pointet in 2022
Personal information
NationalitySwiss
Born (2001-02-17) 17 February 2001 (age 23)
Sport
SportAthletics
EventSprint
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)200m : 22.96s (St Gallen, 2024)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Switzerland
European U23 Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Espoo 4x100m relay

Léonie Pointet (born 17 February 2001) is a Swiss sprinter. She is a multiple-time national champion over 200 metres.[1]

Career

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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

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She is from Jongny in the canton of Vaud.[17]

References

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  1. ^ "Léonie Pointet". World Athletics. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Swiss Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 26 February 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  3. ^ Schlosser, Pierre-Alain (22 February 2023). "Léonie Pointet, explosive on the track as in life". 24heures.ch. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Athlétisme: Léonie Pointet sacrée championne de Suisse du 200 mètres". Radiochablais. 30 July 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  5. ^ "Swiss Championships". World Athletics. 29 July 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  6. ^ "European U23 Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 12 July 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  7. ^ "200 m: PB for Léonie Pointet, but no semi-finals". rtn.ch. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  8. ^ "Athletics: Léonie Pointet misses qualification for the semi-finals". Radiochablais. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  9. ^ "Swiss Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 26 February 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  10. ^ "Super chronos pour le relais mixte et le 4×100 m masculin à Nassau". Swiss-athletics. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  11. ^ Nicolet, Thierry (14 April 2024). "Athletics: Léonie Pointet's Olympic goal will pass through the Bahamas box". Radiochablais. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  12. ^ "Drei von vier Schweizer Staffeln holen Olympiaticket". srf.ch. 6 May 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  13. ^ "Hodgkinson powers to 1:55.78 world 800m lead on the road to Roma 2024". European Athletics. 27 May 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  14. ^ "Rome (ITA), 200m, 1/2 ladies: the European adventure ends for Léonie Pointet (SUI)". rts.ch. 10 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  15. ^ "European Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 12 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  16. ^ "Women's 200m Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 6 August 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  17. ^ "ATHLETISSIMA: Leonie Pointet explains her workouts". lematin. June 29, 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2024.