Meta antennas

Meta Antenen (born April 7, 1949 in Orpund , after marriage to Meta Matthys-Antenen ) is a former Swiss athlete , in the long jump , 100-meter hurdles , 100-meter run and pentathlon .

Life

At the age of 15, Antenen became the Swiss long jump champion for the first time in 1964. In the same year she took over the Swiss record in this discipline, later the Swiss records in the 100-meter hurdles, 100-meter run and pentathlon were added. In 1966 Antenen was voted Swiss Sportswoman of the Year .

In 1971 she took at the European Athletics Championships the silver medal in the long jump with 6.73 meters, three centimeters behind Ingrid Becker . This distance was only exceeded by Irene Pusterla in 2010 and was the Swiss record for 39 years. In the same year she jumped at the Swiss championships on 6.83 m. However, this record was subsequently revoked due to too much tailwind. In 1971 she was voted Swiss Sportswoman of the Year for the second time and received the UNESCO Fair Play Medal named after Pierre de Coubertin .

Antenen started for the LC Schaffhausen and was multiple Swiss champion in the long jump , 100-meter hurdles, 100-meter, pentathlon and high jump disciplines . With a height of 1.68 m, her competition weight was 56 kg.

After finishing her sports career, she married and had two children.

successes

1966: 8th place European Championships (long jump); 7th place European Championships (pentathlon)
1968: 8th place Olympic Games (pentathlon)
1969: 2nd place European Championships (pentathlon); 2nd place European Indoor Championships (60 meter hurdles); 3rd place European Indoor Championships (long jump)
1971: 2nd place European Championships (long jump); 5th place European Championships (100 meter hurdles)
1972: 2nd place European Indoor Championships (long jump); 3rd place in the European Indoor Championships (60-meter hurdles); 6th place Olympic Games (long jump)
1974: 1st place European Indoor Championships (long jump); 3rd place European Indoor Championships (60-meter hurdles)
1975: 3rd place European Indoor Championships (long jump)

Personal best

Long jump : 6.73 m, August 14, 1971 in Helsinki
- Long jump (indoor): 6.69 m, March 10, 1974 in Gothenburg , Swiss indoor record
100 meter hurdles : 13.35 s, August 13, 1971 in Helsinki
60-meter hurdles (indoor): 8.19 s, March 9, 1974 in Gothenburg
Pentathlon (100-meter hurdles, shot put , high jump , long jump, 200-meter run ): 5085 points, 3rd / 4th July 1971 in Zurich
100-meter run : 11.68 s, July 29, 1972 in Geneva

Web links

Meta antennas in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
Alain Gloor: Meta Antenen In: TagesWoche

Individual evidence

↑ Honors with the IBL needle in gold ( Memento from December 21, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 136 kB), accessed on September 9, 2012
↑ Photos with short descriptions , accessed on September 6, 2012
↑ NZZ: Long jump from Meta Antenen, 1971. Retrieved on July 16, 2019 .
↑ UNESCO : List recapitulative des prix UNESCO , accessed on August 17, 2014.

personal data
SURNAME	Antennas, meta
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss athlete
DATE OF BIRTH	April 7, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH	Orpund

[1] Honors with the IBL needle in gold ( Memento from December 21, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 136 kB), accessed on September 9, 2012

[2] Photos with short descriptions , accessed on September 6, 2012

[3] NZZ: Long jump from Meta Antenen, 1971. Retrieved on July 16, 2019 .

[4] UNESCO : List recapitulative des prix UNESCO , accessed on August 17, 2014.