Noè Ponti
Swiss swimmer (born 2001)
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Noè Ponti (born 1 June 2001) is a Swiss swimmer and short course world record holder in the 50 m butterfly.[2] Representing Switzerland, he won a bronze medal in the 100 m butterfly at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and competed again in the 2024 Paris Olympics in the 100 and 200 meter butterfly placing fourth and fifth.[3][4]
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| Born | 1 June 2001 Locarno, Switzerland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Butterfly, Individual Medley | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | NC State Wolfpack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Braden Holloway (NCSU) Massimo Meloni (professional) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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2020 Tokyo Olympics
He represented Switzerland in the men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay at the 2020 Summer Olympics, where his team placed 14th with a time of 3:14.65. In the men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay, his relay team recorded a combined time of 7:06.12, a new Swiss record, placing sixth. Ponti swam a 1:46.63 for his relay leg.[5][6]
Ponti placed third in the 100-meter butterfly swim, winning a bronze with at time of 50.74 with Caeleb Dressel of the USA taking the gold with a time of 49.45. He swam a 1:55.37 in the 200-meter butterfly, placing tenth, not qualifying for the finals.[3]
2024 Paris Olympics
On 3 August 2024, he swam a fourth place 50.55 in the finals of the 100-meter butterfly at the Paris Olympics, and swam a 1:54.14 in the finals of the 200-meter butterfly to take fifth place on 31 July 2024.[4]
North Carolina State University
Following the olympics, Ponti enrolled at North Carolina State University and joined the NC State Wolfpack swimming & diving team under Head Coach Braden Holloway.[7] [8][9] He left university and returned to Switzerland to continue his professional training after one month in the United States.[10]
International competition
In August 2022, he won a silver medal in the 100-meter butterfly during the European Swimming Championships in Rome.[11]
Ponti set a new world record for the 50-meter butterfly in October 2024 at the World Aquatics Swimming World Cup in Shanghai.[12] On 11 December 2024, he swam a new world record for the same event during the 2024 Short Course World Championships in Budapest.[13] At the 2024 short course World Aquatics Ponti won three gold medals and set world records in the 50- and 100-meter butterfly events. [14]
