Antonio Alkana (born 12 April 1990) is a South African

hurdler Hurdling is the act of jumping over an obstacle at a high speed or in a sprint. In the early 19th century, hurdlers ran at and jumped over each hurdle (sometimes known as 'burgles'), landing on both feet and checking their forward motion. Today, ...

. 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 The 11th African Games took place from September 4–19, 2015 in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo. This edition marked the 50th anniversary of the Games, as well as their return to Brazzaville, which hosted the first edition in 1965. Host aw ...

. He also competed in the men's 110 metres hurdles at the

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...

. 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).

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Alkana, Antonio 1990 births Living people South African male hurdlers World Athletics Championships athletes for South Africa Athletes from Cape Town Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 African Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for South Africa Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games African Games gold medalists for South Africa African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 African Games African Championships in Athletics winners South African Athletics Championships winners Commonwealth Games competitors for South Africa Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics