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. He also competed in the men's 110 metres hurdles at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[4]
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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 2018 CWG bio
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Antonio Alkana". IAAF. 30 August 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
- ^ "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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[edit]Categories:
- 1990 births
- Living people
- South African male hurdlers
- World Athletics Championships athletes for South Africa
- Athletes from Cape Town
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 African Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 African Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for 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
- Commonwealth Games competitors for South Africa
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- 21st-century South African sportsmen