Cynthia Bolingo
 Bolingo at the 2018 European Championships in Berlin | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Cynthia Maduengele Bolingo Mbongo |
| Born | 12 January 1993 Uccle, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium |
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) |
| Weight | 54 kg (119 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event(s) | 100 m, 200 m, 400m |
| Club | CABW |
| Coached by | Jean Pecher (–2012) Carole Bam (2012– |
Medal record | |
Cynthia Maduengele Bolingo Mbongo (born 12 January 1993),[1] known as Cynthia Bolingo, is a Belgian sprinter. She won the silver medal in the 400 metres at the 2019 European Athletics Indoor Championships and the bronze medal in the 4 x 400 metres at the 2024 European Athletics Championships.
Bolingo competed in the 200 metres at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing without advancing from the first round.
On 1 June 2021, she broke the Belgian record on the 400 metres at a meeting in Montreuil, France; with a time of 50 seconds and 75 hundreds, she improved upon the 16-year-old time of 51 seconds 45 hundreds by Kim Gevaert, and qualified to compete at the 2020 Olympics.[2] A month later, she broke it again, lowering it to 50.29 seconds.[3] On August 22, 2023, she qualified for the 400m final of the world championships by setting a time of 49 s 96 in the semi-final, improving her Belgian record and becoming the first Belgian to reach the final of a 400 metres at the 2023 World Championships in Budapest.
International competitions[edit]
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Records[edit]
| Épreuves | Temps | Lieu | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60 m | indoor | 7 s 40 |  Belgium Ghent
|
28 |
| 100 m | outdoor | 11 s 28 | Belgium Nivelles
|
19 |
| 200 m | outdoor | 22 s 79 | Belgium Nivelles
|
19 |
| indoor | 24 s 92 | Belgium Ghent
|
20 | |
| 400 m | outdoor | 49 s 96 (NR) |  Hungary Budapest
|
21 |
| indoor | 51 s 62 (NR) |  United Kingdom Glasgow
|
02 | |
| 4 × 400 m relay | outdoor | 3 min 27 s 69 |  Germany Berlin
|
11 |
References[edit]
- ^ Cynthia Bolingo at World Athletics
- ^ "Cynthia Bolingo verpulvert Belgisch record op 400 meter: "Een bevrijding"". Sporza (in Dutch). 1 June 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- ^ "Bolingo and Vanderelst break Belgian records in Heusden". European Athletics. 5 July 2021.
External links[edit]
- Cynthia Bolingo at World Athletics
- Cynthia Bolingo at Diamond League
- Cynthia Bolingo at Olympics.com
- Cynthia Bolingo at Olympedia
- Cynthia Bolingo at Team Belgium (in Dutch)
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- 1993 births
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- Belgian female sprinters
- Belgian sportspeople of Democratic Republic of the Congo descent
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Belgium
- Olympic athletes for Belgium
- Olympic female sprinters
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Competitors at the 2017 Summer Universiade
- People from Uccle
- Athletes from Brussels
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 European Games
- European Games bronze medalists for Belgium
- European Games medalists in athletics
- Black Belgian sportspeople
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