Leonie Beu Explained

Birth Date:28 November 1998
Birth Place:Lae, Papua New Guinea
Height Cm:165
Education:Middle Tennessee State University
Country:Papua New Guinea
Sport:Athletics
Event:Sprints
Collegeteam:Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders

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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Women's 200m - Round 1 - Heat 2 . 4 August 2022. Birmingham 2022. 26 June 2023.
  2. Web site: Beu clocks PNG's second fastest time in women's 200m . 16 May 2023 . The National PNG. 26 June 2023.
  3. Web site: PNG dominate at meet . 26 June 2023 . The National PNG. 26 June 2023.
  4. Web site: 2024-08-05 . Leonie Beu Thrilled to Race Against Olympic Medalist . live . 2024-08-19 . www.oceanianoc.org . en.
  5. Web site: 2024-08-03 . PNG's Beu Shows Courage Among Top Athletes at Paris 2024 Olympics . live . 2024-08-19 . One Papua New Guinea.