Cynthia Bolingo

Cynthia Bolingo

Bolingo at the 2018 European Championships in Berlin
Personal information
Full name	Cynthia Maduengele Bolingo Mbongo
Born	(1993-01-12) 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 Women's athletics Representing Belgium European Indoor Championships 2019 Glasgow 400 m European Games 2023 Kraków-Małopolska 4×400 m mixed

Cynthia Maduengele Bolingo Mbongo (born 12 January 1993), known as Cynthia Bolingo, is a Belgian sprinter. She won the silver medal in the 400 metres at the 2019 European Athletics Indoor 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. A month later, she broke it again, lowering it to 50.29 seconds. 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

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
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
2024	World Indoor Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	4th	4 × 400 m relay	3:28.05

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

External links

• 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)