Léonie Pointet

Léonie Pointet (born 17 February 2001) is a Swiss sprinter. She is a multiple-time national champion over 200 metres.

Career
In February 2022, she won her first Swiss indoor 200 metres title in Magglingen, running 23.74 seconds. She represented Switzerland at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich.

In July 2023, she won her first outdoors Swiss Championship title in Bellinzona, running 23.27 seconds. Later that month, she was a European Athletics U23 Championships bronze medallist in the 4x100m relay in Espoo in 2023. 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.

In February 2024, she won her second Swiss indoor 200 metres title in St Gallen, running 23.35 seconds.

She was selected for the Swiss team for the 2024 World Athletics Relays in Nassau, Bahamas. As part of the 4x100m team she helped secure a place at the 2024 Paris Olympics. In May 2024, she set a new personal best running 22.96 seconds for the 200m in St Gallen.

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.

Personal life
She is from Jongny in the canton of Vaud.