Cynthia Bolingo

Cynthia Bolingo

Bolingo at the 2018 European Athletics Championships
Personal information
Full name	Cynthia Maduengele Bolingo Mbongo
Born	(1993-01-12) 12 January 1993 (age 29) 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 Women's athletics Representing  Belgium European Indoor Championships 2019 Glasgow 400 metres

Cynthia Maduengele Bolingo Mbongo (born 12 January 1993), known as Cynthia Bolingo, is a Belgian sprinter.^[1] She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in 400 m.^[2]

She 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.^[3] A month later, she broke it again, lowering it to 50.29 seconds.^[4]

International competitions[]

Cynthia Bolingo in the 2019 European Athletics Indoor Championship

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Belgium
2011	European Junior Championships	Tallinn, Estonia	5th	4 × 100 m relay	45.15
2013	European U23 Championships	Tampere, Finland	12th (h)	200 m	23.96
			–	4 × 100 m relay	DQ
	Jeux de la Francophonie	Nice, France	3rd	200 m	24.08
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	44.70
2015	European U23 Championships	Tallinn, Estonia	8th	400 m	52.82
	World Championships	Beijing, China	43rd (h)	200 m	23.45
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	63rd (h)	200 m	23.98
2017	Universiade	Taipei, Taiwan	22nd (h)	200 m	24.80
2018	European Championships	Berlin, Germany	16th (sf)	400 m	51.92
			4th	4 × 400 m relay	3:27.69
2019	European Indoor Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	2nd	400 m	51.62
			5th	4 × 400 m relay	3:32.46
2021	European Indoor Championships	Toruń, Poland	17th (sf)	400 m	53.74
	World Relays	Chorzów, Poland	3rd (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:28.27

Personal bests[]

Outdoor

• 100 metres – 11.28 (+1.1 m/s, Nivelles 2021)
• 200 metres – 22.79 (+1.2 m/s, Nivelles 2021)
• 400 metres – 50.29 (NR) (Tomblaine 2021)
• 100 metres hurdles – 13.97 (NR) (-0.6 m/s, Herve 2011)

Indoor

• 60 metres – 7.40 (Ghent 2017)
• 200 metres – 24.92 (NR) (Ghent 2011)
• 400 metres – 51.62 (NR) (Glasgow 2019)
• 60 metres hurdles – 8.38 (NR) (Ghent 2011)

References[]

External links[]

• Official website
• http://www.all-athletics.com/node/321343
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EhNEAogbOQ
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bUjZ_r5B04
• http://www.diamondleague.com/athletes/14360768.html
• Cynthia Bolingo at the International Olympic Committee
• Cynthia Bolingo at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

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