Léonie Pointet
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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
In July 2023, she won her first outdoors 200 metres 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, Finland in July 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
She was selected for the Swiss team for the
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] She also competed in the 4x100m relay at the Games.[17]
In February 2025, she won her third national indoor 200 metres title at the Swiss Indoor Athletics Championships in St. Gallen, running a time of 23.29 seconds.[18]
Personal life
She is from Jongny in the canton of Vaud.[19] She combines athletics with studying physiotherapy at University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Western Switzerland (HESAV) with her athletics commitments extending the completion of her Bachelor's degree in Physiotherapy to six years instead of three.[20]
References
- ^ "Léonie Pointet". World Athletics. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ "Swiss Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 26 February 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ Schlosser, Pierre-Alain (22 February 2023). "Léonie Pointet, explosive on the track as in life". 24 heures. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ "Athlétisme: Léonie Pointet sacrée championne de Suisse du 200 mètres". Radiochablais. 30 July 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ "Swiss Championships". World Athletics. 29 July 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ "European U23 Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 12 July 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ "200 m: PB for Léonie Pointet, but no semi-finals". rtn.ch. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ "Athletics: Léonie Pointet misses qualification for the semi-finals". Radiochablais. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ "Swiss Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 26 February 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ "Super chronos pour le relais mixte et le 4×100 m masculin à Nassau". Swiss-athletics. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ Nicolet, Thierry (14 April 2024). "Athletics: Léonie Pointet's Olympic goal will pass through the Bahamas box". Radiochablais. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ "Drei von vier Schweizer Staffeln holen Olympiaticket". srf.ch. 6 May 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ "Hodgkinson powers to 1:55.78 world 800m lead on the road to Roma 2024". European Athletics. 27 May 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ "Rome (ITA), 200m, 1/2 ladies: the European adventure ends for Léonie Pointet (SUI)". rts.ch. 10 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ "European Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 12 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ "Women's 200m Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 6 August 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
- ^ "Women's 4 x 100 Metres Relay - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 9 August 2024. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ "Swiss Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 22 February 2025. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
- ^ "ATHLETISSIMA: Leonie Pointet explains her workouts". lematin. June 29, 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ "LÉONIE POINTET AND KENNY GUEX ARE GOING TO THE PARIS OLYMPICS". hesav.ch (in French). 23 July 2024. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
