Cynthia Bolingo

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.

Cynthia Bolingo
Bolingo at the 2018 European Championships in Berlin
Personal information
Full nameCynthia Maduengele Bolingo Mbongo
Born (1993-01-12) 12 January 1993
Uccle, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight54 kg (119 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)100 m, 200 m, 400m
ClubCABW
Coached byJean Pecher (–2012)
Carole Bam (2012–
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Belgium
European Indoor Championships
Silver medal – second place2019 Glasgow400 m
European Games
Bronze medal – third place2023 Kraków-Małopolska4×400 m mixed

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
Bolingo runs in the women's 4x400 m relay at the 2018 European Athletics Championships
Representing  Belgium
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
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
2022 European Championships Munich, Germany 7th 400 m 50.94
4th 4 × 400 m relay 3:22.12 NR
2023 European Games Chorzów, Poland 3rd 4 x 400 m mixed 3:12.97
World Championships Budapest, Hungary 5th 400 m 50.33

Records
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
  1. Cynthia Bolingo at World Athletics
  2. "Cynthia Bolingo verpulvert Belgisch record op 400 meter: "Een bevrijding"". Sporza (in Dutch). 1 June 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  3. "Bolingo and Vanderelst break Belgian records in Heusden". European Athletics. 5 July 2021.
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