Alex Antony is an Indian athlete who represented

India at the 2020 Summer Olympics India competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. India has appeared in every edition ...

Early life and education

Alex was born to a fisherman family and currently lives in

Thiruvananthapuram Thiruvananthapuram (; ), also known by its former name Trivandrum (), is the capital of the Indian state of Kerala. It is the most populous city in Kerala with a population of 957,730 as of 2011. The encompassing urban agglomeration populati ...

. He alongside his younger brother Anil often ventured into the high seas to assist his father. Alex studied at a local government school at Kanjiramkulam. In 2013, he received gold at the junior nationals and at the Inter-varsity athletic meet. Alex was one of the 26-member Indian contingent selected for the Tokyo Olympics 2020, which was later postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, due to the

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References

Living people Indian male sprinters People from Thiruvananthapuram district 1994 births {{India-athletics-bio-stub