Antonio Alkana

Antonio Alkana
nation	South Africa
birthday	12th April 1990 (age 30)
place of birth	Cape Town , South Africa
size	183 cm
Weight	83 kg
Career
discipline	110 meter hurdles
Best performance	13.11 s
Trainer	Marcel Otto
status	active
Medal table
Africa Games 1 × 0 × 0 × African Championships 1 × 0 × 0 ×
Africa Games gold Brazzaville 2015 110 m hurdles  African Championships gold Durban 2016 110 m hurdles
last change: May 31, 2018

Antonio Alkana (born April 12, 1990 in Cape Town ) is a South African hurdler who has specialized in the 110-meter hurdles and has held the African record since 2017.

Athletic career

International experience accumulated Antonio Alkana at the World Championships in 2015 in Beijing , where he's with 13.63 in advance eliminated. He then won the gold medal in 13.32 s at the Africa Games in Brazzaville . In 2016 he was eliminated from the first round of the World Indoor Championships in Portland and then won the gold medal at the African Championships in Durban . He qualified for the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro , where he was eliminated with 13.55 s in the semifinals .

In 2017 he qualified again for the World Championships in London , where he reached the semi-finals with 13.59 seconds . In 2018 Alkana took part in the Commonwealth Games in the Australian Gold Coast for the first time and finished fifth there in 13.49 s.

In 2013, 2015, 2016 and 2018, Alkana was the South African champion in the 110-meter hurdles. He also won the national title with the 4 x 100 meter relay in 2013 and 2015.

Personal bests

• 100 meters: 10.27 s, May 8, 2015 in Potchefstroom
• 200 meters: 20.71 s, May 8, 2015 in Potchefstroom
• 110 m hurdles: 13.11 s (+1.8 m / s), June 5, 2017 in Prague ( African record )
  • 60 m hurdles (indoor): 7.76 s, March 19, 2016 in Portland

Web links

• Antonio Alkana in the database of World Athletics (English)