Elise Mehuys

Elise Mehuys

Mehuys in 2022
Personal information
Nationality	Belgian
Born	(1995-11-01) 1 November 1995 (age 29)
Sport
Country	Belgium
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	60 metres, 100 metres, 200 metres
Club	Atletiekclub Lyra

Elise Mehuys (born 1 November 1995) is a Belgian sprinter.[1]

Career

2020

In February, Mehuys won the Belgian Indoor title 60 metres dash.[2]

2022

In August, Mehuys was part of the Belgian women's 4 x 100 metres relay team that qualified for the final of the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich, Germany with a seasons best time of 43.58 in the semi-final, before finishing sixth in the final.[3]

2024

In May, Mehuys ran as part of the Belgian 4 × 100 m relay team at the 2024 World Relays Championships in Nassau, Bahamas that failed to qualify in the Olympic Qualifying round for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[4]

She represented Belgium at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome in June 2024 [5] as a member of the Belgian 4 × 100 m relay team that qualified for the final and finished 6th.[6][7]

She represented Belgium at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France as a member of Belgium's women's 4 × 100 metres relay team that, having missed direct qualification at the World Relays Championships managed to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympic Games via the World Athletics Rankings.[8] The team was however disqualified in round 1 of the women's 4 × 100 metres relay when Mehuys passed the baton to Delphine Nkansa outside the takeover zone.[9][10]

Personal bests

Outdoor

• 100 metres – 11.29 * (+3.7 m/s Brugge 2023)
• 200 metres – 23.50 (+1.0 m/s Brussels 2023)

Indoor

• 60 metres – 7.31 (Gent 2020)
• 200 metres – 24.11 (Gent 2018)

References

1. "ELISE MEHUYS". Retrieved 17 October 2024.
2. "Elise Mehuys na Belgische titel: "Dit doet deugd na al die jaren tweede of derde te worden"" [Elise Mehuys after Belgian title: “This is nice after all these years being second or third”]. www.atni.be (in Dutch). 17 February 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
3. "Day for Belgian sprinters: Falcons and Rockets to European Championship final 4x100m". newswep.com.
4. "Women 4x100m Results - World Athletics Relays Championships 2024". World Athletics. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
5. "Belgium with 59 athletes to the European Athletics Championships, Cynthia Bolingo does not start individually". Nieuwsblad.be. 30 May 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
6. "European Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
7. "EK Rome – Sublieme Belgian Rockets slaan dubbeslag met virtuele kwalificatie voor Parijs en finaleplaats". www.atni.be (in Dutch). 11 June 2024. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
8. "Road to Paris 24". World Athletics. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
9. "Geen finale voor Belgian Rockets na diskwalificatie, ook Tibo De Smet en Pieter Sisk niet naar halve finales 800 meter" (in Dutch). Sporza. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
10. "WOMEN'S 4 X 100M RELAY ROUND 1 RESULTS". www.olympics.com. Retrieved 24 August 2024.

External links

• Elise Mehuys at World Athletics
• Elise Mehuys at European Athletics
• Elise Mehuys at Diamond League
• Elise Mehuys at Olympics.com
• Elise Mehuys at Team Belgium (in Dutch)