Antonio Alkana

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Antonio Alkana
Antonio Alkana at the 2020 Triveneto Meeting in Trieste.jpg
Antonio Alkana at the 2020 Triveneto Meeting in Trieste, Italy
Personal information
Born (1990-04-12) 12 April 1990 (age 35)
Cape Town, South Africa [1]
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) [2]
Weight83 kg (183 lb)
Sport
CountrySouth Africa
Sport Track and field
Event 110 metres hurdles
Coached byMarcel Otto
Medal record
Representing Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
All-Africa Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Brazzaville 110 m hurdles
African Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Durban 110 m hurdles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Durban 4 × 100 m
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Asaba 110 m hurdles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Mauritius 110 m hurdles

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. He also competed in the men's 110 metres hurdles at the 2020 Summer Olympics. [4]

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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

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
2015 World Championships Beijing, China 25th (h)110 m hurdles 13.63
African Games Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo 1st110 m hurdles 13.32
2016 World Indoor Championships Portland, United States 17th (h)60 m hurdles 7.76
African Championships Durban, South Africa 1st110 m hurdles 13.43
1st4 × 100 m relay 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 5th110 m hurdles 13.49
African Championships Asaba, Nigeria 1st110 m hurdles 13.51
2019 World Championships Doha, Qatar 9th (sf)110 m hurdles 13.47
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 22nd (h)110 m hurdles 13.55
2022 African Championships Saint Pierre, Mauritius 3rd110 m hurdles 13.59
2nd4 × 100 m relay 39.79
World Championships Eugene, United States 27th (h)110 m hurdles 13.64
2023 World Championships Budapest, Hungary 42nd (h)110 m hurdles 14.25

References

  1. ↑ "2018 Commonwealth Games profile". Archived from the original on 25 April 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  2. ↑ "Antonio ALKANA - Olympic - South Africa". Rio2016.com. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 24 June 2017. Archived from the original on 25 November 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
  3. ↑ "Antonio Alkana". IAAF. 30 August 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  4. ↑ "Athletics ALKANA Antonio". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
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