Leonie Beu
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| Born | 28 November 1998 Lae, Papua New Guinea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | Middle Tennessee State University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 165 cm (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Papua New Guinea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Sprints | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Leonie Beu (born 28 November 1998) is a Papuan track and field athlete who competes in sprinting. She represented Papua New Guinea in the women's 100 metres event at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Career
Beu competed in the 200 meters at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[1]
In 2023, Beu became the fourth woman from Papua New Guinea to run inside 24 seconds and the number 2 all-time in the 200 metres clocking 23.61 seconds in Denton, Texas, United States.[2] At the 2023 Oceania Athletics Cup in Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands, she helped Team Melanesia win the fourth Oceania Cup by winning a total of 28 points in the 100, 200, and 400 meters.[3]
Beu competed in the women's 100 metres event at the 2024 Summer Olympics, she ran a personal best time of 11.63 seconds during the preliminary round and qualified for round 1 of the competition.[4][5] She finished eighth in her Heat with a time of 11.73 seconds and did not progress to the semi-finals.[4][5]
References
- ^ "Women's 200m - Round 1 - Heat 2". Birmingham 2022. 4 August 2022. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
- ^ "Beu clocks PNG's second fastest time in women's 200m". The National PNG. 16 May 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
- ^ "PNG dominate at meet". The National PNG. 26 June 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
- ^ a b "Leonie Beu Thrilled to Race Against Olympic Medalist". www.oceanianoc.org. 5 August 2024. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
- ^ a b "PNG's Beu Shows Courage Among Top Athletes at Paris 2024 Olympics". One Papua New Guinea. 3 August 2024. Retrieved 19 August 2024.