Ilona Masson

Ilona Masson
Personal information
Born (2001-08-31) 31 August 2001
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
Triple jump
Achievements and titles
Personal bestTriple jump: 14.06 m (2025)

Ilona Masson (born 31 August 2001) is a Belgian triple jumper. A former national under-23 record holder, she is a multiple-time senior national champion, winning titles indoors and outdoors.[1]

Career

Masson won the senior Belgian Indoor Athletics Championships in February 2022, winning the triple jump in Louvain-La-Neuve with a jump of 12.91 metres.[2]

Masson won the senior Belgian Athletics Championships in 2023, winning the triple jump in Brugge with a jump of 13.40 metres.[3] That summer, Masson broke the Belgian under-23 record for the fourth time in two months when she jumped 13.69m at the Belgian U23 Championships.[4] The following year proved to be full of setbacks and a struggle with allergies, an ankle injury in competition, and months out with back problems.[5]

Masson won the Belgian Indoor Athletics Championships in February 2025, winning the triple jump in Ghent with a jump of 13.75 metres.[6] This improved her personal best coming into the year by 1cm.[5]

In June 2025, she jumped over 14 metres for the first time; initially at a meeting in Athens, Greece, without a legal wind measurement (14.31 metres,[5] before completing a new personal best jump of 14.06 metres whilst competing in Geneva, Switzerland.[7] It was the sixth time she had improved her personal best that year.[5] She represented Belgium at the 2025 European Athletics Team Championships Second Division in Maribor, Slovenia, placing fifth with a jump of 13.96 metres.[8]

Masson was selected for the Belgian team for the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, for her senior major championships debut, having qualified via her world ranking.[9][10] She jumped 13.79 metres at the championships, without advancing to the final.[11]

Masson jumped 13.77 metres to win the 2026 Belgian Indoor Championships.[12]

Personal life

She is from Hannut in the province of Liège, Belgium.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Ilona Masson". World Athletics. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
  2. ^ "Belgian Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 26 Feb 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
  3. ^ "Belgian Championships". World Athletics. 29 July 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
  4. ^ "BELGIAN CHAMPIONSHIP PROMISES AND JUNIORS: ANOTHER PROMISING TRIPLE JUMP RECORD FOR ILONA MASSON". Atletiek.be. 11 September 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
  5. ^ a b c d e Reyntjens, Michiel (June 26, 2025). "Ilona Masson, on doctor's advice to stop after World Cup qualifying? "Always keep believing in myself."". atni.be. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
  6. ^ "Belgian Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 23 Feb 2025. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
  7. ^ De Bock, Jolien (June 21, 2025). "This time Ilona Masson jumps past 14m with a valid tailwind, Nel Vanopstal impresses with an enormous PR on 800m". atni.be. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
  8. ^ "European Athletics Team Championships Second Division". World Athletics. 29 June 2025. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
  9. ^ "Belgian Athletics maakt volledige selectie WK Tokio bekend: Anne Zagré mee met Rockets". atni.be. 29 August 2025. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
  10. ^ "Final World Ranking earns Belgium seven extra places for World Championships". Belganewsagency. 27 August 2025. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
  11. ^ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 18 Sep 2025. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  12. ^ "Belgian Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 1 March 2026. Retrieved 3 March 2026.
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