Manon Depuydt

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Manon Depuydt
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Depuydt at the 2019 Belgian Athletics Championships, where she won the 100 m and finished 2nd in the 200 m
Personal information
Nationality Flag of Belgium (civil).svg   Belgium
Born (1997-04-02) 2 April 1997 (age 27) [1]
Ostend, Belgium
Home town Klemskerke, De Haan, Ostend, Belgium [2]
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s) 60 metres, 200 metres
ClubACME [1]
Coached byMarie-Christine Caron
Philip Gilson [3]
Achievements and titles
National finals
Personal bests
  • 60m : 7.32 (2020)
  • 200m (indoor): 23.59 (2020)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
European Team Champs First Division
Bronze medal icon.svg 2017 Vaasa 4 × 100 m
Gold medal icon.svg 2019 Sandnes 4 × 100 m

Manon Depuydt (born 2 April 1997) is a Belgian sprinter. She is a three-time national champion outdoors and two-time indoor champion.

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Biography

Depuydt grew up in Klemskerke, a village in De Haan, Belgium within the arrondissement of Ostend. [2] Her first major competition was at the 2013 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival, where she finished 5th in the 200 m. Depuydt was exposed to high-level competition from a young age, having competed in the youth sections of the 2013 Memorial Van Damme and 2014 BAUHAUS-galan Diamond League meetings. [1]

Depuydt achieved her first senior national podium finish at the 2016 Belgian Athletics Championships, placing 3rd in the 200 m. The following year, she won the Belgian Indoor Athletics Championships 60 m. [1] Depuydt did particularly well in her debut at the 2017 European Team Championships First League, placing third in the 4 × 100 m. [1]

In 2018, Depuydt competed for the first time at the European Championships. In the women's 200 m, she advanced past the first round but was eliminated in the semifinals. [4]

Depuydt improved markedly in 2019 and 2020, setting personal bests at every sprint distance from 60 m to 400 m. [1] At the 2019 European U23 Championships, she advanced past the heats and semifinals of the 200 m to make her first international final, ultimately finishing 7th. [5] She won her first international championship title at the 2019 European Athletics Team Championships, where she helped the Belgian team to a First League victory in the 4 × 100 m. [6] At the 2019 World Athletics Championships, Depuydt was selected as part of the Belgian 4 × 400 m squad, but the Belgian team coach Carole Bam decided not to run her in the prelims or finals, saying that it was difficult to choose between her and Imke Vervaet. [7]

Statistics

Personal bests

EventMarkCompetitionVenueDate
60 metres (indoors)7.32 Ghent, Belgium 22 February 2020
200 metres (indoors)23.59 Ghent, Belgium 22 February 2020

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Manon Depuydt at Tilastopaja (registration required)
  2. 1 2 Vandenbussche, Tom (7 December 2022). "Spurtster Manon Depuydt (25) wil graag indoorseizoen afwerken: "Graag ooit nog eens naar het EK"". KW.be (in Dutch). Retrieved 14 November 2023.
  3. ↑ "Manon Depuydt en Chloë Beaucarne op het 60m-podium". hln.be (in Dutch). Retrieved 14 November 2023.
  4. ↑ "Euro d'athlétisme: pas de finale du 200m pour Manon Depuydt". Le Soir (in French). 10 August 2018. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
  5. ↑ "EK atletiek U23 - Kobe Vleminckx verovert zilver op 200m". Metrotime (in Dutch). 13 July 2019. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
  6. ↑ "Euro d'athlétisme par équipes - La Belgique 9e après la 2e journée à Sandnes". RTL Info (in French). 10 August 2019. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
  7. ↑ "Les Belgian Cheetahs finalement en 5ème position du 4x400 m". BX1 (in French). 7 October 2019. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
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