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]
 Antonio Alkana at the 2020 Triveneto Meeting in Trieste, Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 12 April 1990 Cape Town, South Africa[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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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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
editReferences
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.
