Antonio Alkana
Appearance
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Born | Cape Town, South Africa[1] | 12 April 1990|||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 83 kg (183 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Track and field | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | 110 metres hurdles | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Marcel Otto | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Antonio Alkana (born 12 April 1990) is a South African hurdler.[3] He competed in the 110 metres hurdles event at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing narrowly missing the semifinals. In addition, he won the gold at the 2015 African Games. His personal bests are 13.11 seconds in the 110 metres hurdles (+1.8 m/s, Prague 2017) which is the African record and 7.76 seconds in the 60 metres hurdles (Portland 2016).
Competition record
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing ![]() | |||||
2015 | World Championships | Beijing, China | 25th (h) | 110 m hurdles | 13.63 |
African Games | Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo | 1st | 110 m hurdles | 13.32 | |
2016 | World Indoor Championships | Portland, United States | 17th (h) | 60 m hurdles | 7.76 |
African Championships | Durban, South Africa | 1st | 110 m hurdles | 13.43 | |
1st | 4×100 m | 40.04 | |||
Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro | 17th (sf) | 110 m hurdles | 13.55 | |
2017 | World Championships | London, United Kingdom | 16th (sf) | 110 m hurdles | 13.59 |
2018 | Commonwealth Games | Gold Coast, Australia | 5th | 110 m hurdles | 13.49 |
African Championships | Asaba, Nigeria | 1st | 110 m hurdles | 13.51 | |
2019 | World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 9th (sf) | 110 m hurdles | 13.47 |
References
- ^ 2018 CWG bio
- ^ "Antonio ALKANA - Olympic - South Africa". rio2016.com. 24 June 2017.
- ^ "Antonio Alkana". IAAF. 30 August 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
External links
Categories:
- 1990 births
- Living people
- South African male hurdlers
- World Athletics Championships athletes for South Africa
- Sportspeople from Cape Town
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 African Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of South Africa
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- African Games gold medalists for South Africa
- African Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 African Games
- African Championships in Athletics winners
- South African Athletics Championships winners