Allyson Ponson

Allyson Ponson
Ponson at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
NationalityAruban
Born (1995-12-04) 4 December 1995 (age 28)
Height165 cm (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Sport
SportSwimming
ClubStingray Swimming Team[2]
Coached byValerie Eman
Ismael Santiesteban[2]

Allyson Roxanne Ponson (born 4 December 1995)[3] is an Aruban swimmer. She holds the national record in 50 and 100 metre freestyle and 50 metre backstroke. In 2011, she was named Aruban Athlete of the Year.[2] She placed 45th in the 50 metre freestyle event at the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[1]

Ponson studied at the Fontys University of Applied Sciences in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, and in 2015 competed for the Dutch club PSV. Her sister Gabrielle is also an international swimmer.[2]

In 2019, she represented Aruba at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships held in Gwangju, South Korea.[3] She competed in the women's 50 metre freestyle and women's 100 metre freestyle events.[4][5] In both events she did not advance to compete in the semi-finals.[4][5]

In 2021, she competed in the women's 50 metre freestyle event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.[6] She was also one of two flag bearers for Aruba at the opening ceremony.[7]

  1. ^ a b "Allyson Ponson". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d Allyson Ponson[permanent dead link]. nbcolympics.com
  3. ^ a b "Entry list" (PDF). 2019 World Aquatics Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 July 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Women's 50 metre freestyle – Heats" (PDF). 2019 World Aquatics Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 July 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Women's 100 metre freestyle – Heats" (PDF). 2019 World Aquatics Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 July 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  6. ^ "Women's 50 metre freestyle – Heats" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 July 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  7. ^ Myers, Amy (24 July 2021). "2020 Tokyo Olympics: The Best and Worst Opening Ceremony Outfits". Outsider.