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 and at the 2017 World Championships in London. 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. At the 2020 Summer Olympics she set a new national record for the 100 metres running 10.91 in the heats. 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.
International competitions Representing 2014World Junior ChampionshipsEugene, United States37th (h)100 m11.995th4 × 100 m relay45.022015European Junior ChampionshipsEskilstuna, Sweden19th (h)200 m24.642016European ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands5th4 × 100 m relay43.00Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil11th (h)4 × 100 m relay43.022017European Indoor ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia13th (sf)60 m7.39European U23 ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland5th100 m11.663rd4 × 100 m relay44.07World ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom5th4 × 100 m relay42.512018World Indoor ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom23rd (sf)60 m7.40European ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany17th (sf)100 m11.384th4 × 100 m relay42.302019European Indoor ChampionshipsGlasgow, United Kingdom8th60 m7.30UniversiadeNaples, Italy2nd100 m11.331st4 × 100 m relay43.72World ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar29th (h)100 m11.364th4 × 100 m relay42.182021European Indoor ChampionshipsToruń, Poland1st60 m7.03Olympic GamesTokyo, Japan5th100 m10.974th4 × 100 m relay42.082022World ChampionshipsEugene, United States37th (h)100 m11.417th4 × 100 m relay42.81European ChampionshipsMunich, Germany9th (h)4 × 100 m relay43.932025World ChampionshipsTokyo, Japan –4 × 100 m relayDNF2026World Indoor ChampionshipsToruń, Poland24th (h)60 m7.25European ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom3rd (h)4 × 100 m relay42.38
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. Her father, Claudio Del Ponte, is a cousin of war crimes prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, Carla Del Ponte.
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