Antonio Alkana Explained

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

Representing
2015	World Championships	Beijing, China	25th (h)	110 m hurdles	13.63
	African Games	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	bgcolor=gold	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	bgcolor=gold	1st	110 m hurdles	13.43
			bgcolor=gold	1st	4 × 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	5th	110 m hurdles	13.49
	African Championships	Asaba, Nigeria	bgcolor=gold	1st	110 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	3rd	110 m hurdles	13.59
			bgcolor=silver	2nd	4 × 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

Notes and References

1. https://results.gc2018.com/en/athletics/athlete-profile-n6009385-antonio-alkana.htm 2018 CWG bio
2. Web site: Antonio ALKANA - Olympic - South Africa. 24 June 2017. Rio2016.com. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 5 December 2016. 25 November 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161125232805/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/antonio-alkana. dead.
3. Web site: Antonio Alkana . IAAF . 30 August 2015. 30 August 2015.
4. Web site: Athletics ALKANA Antonio. dead. 2021-08-16. Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. en-us. https://web.archive.org/web/20210726052632/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1304882-alkana-antonio.htm . 26 July 2021 .