Allyson Ponson

Allyson Ponson

Ponson at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Nationality	Aruban
Born	(1995-12-04) 4 December 1995 (age 29)
Height	165 cm (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Club	Stingray Swimming Team[2]
Coached by	Valerie 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]

References

1. "Allyson Ponson". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
2. Allyson Ponson. nbcolympics.com
3. "Entry list" (PDF). 2019 World Aquatics Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 July 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
4. "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. "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.

External links

• Allyson Ponson at World Aquatics
• Allyson Ponson at SwimRankings.net
• Allyson Ponson at Olympedia

Olympic Games
Preceded by Nicole van der Velden	Flagbearer for  Aruba Tokyo 2020 with Mikel Schreuders	Succeeded by Chloë Farro Mikel Schreuders