Antoine Adams

Antoine Adams
	Antoine Adams during 2013 World Championships in Athletics in Moscow.
Personal information
Full name	Antoine Xavier Adams
Nationality	Saint Kitts and Nevis
Born	31 August 1988 (age 35); Cayon, Saint Kitts and Nevis
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	79 kg (174 lb)
Sport
Sport	Running
Event(s)	100 metres, 200 metres
Achievements and titles
Personal best	100 m: 10.01 s (Basseterre 2013) 200 m: 20.08 s (Basseterre 2014)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Saint Kitts and Nevis
World Championships
Pan American Games
CAC Championships
	Updated on 23 December 2014.

Antoine Xavier Adams (born 31 August 1988) is a Saint Kitts and Nevis sprinter who specialises in the 200 metres. Adams helped win a bronze medal as a part of the 4 × 100 m relay team at the 2011 World Championships in Daegu, South Korea.^[1]

Born 31 August 1988, in Cayon Antoine Adams excelled in Track & Field in his early years leading up to high school. Upon graduating Cayon High School he attended The Clarence Fitzroy Bryant College but left after a couple months. Antoine decided to further his track career and registered for community college in Houston and later met his coach Eric Francis.^[2] In 2013 at the CAC Championships in Morelia, Adams broke the 200 National Record of St. Kitts and Nevis, bringing it down to 20.13s.

Personal bests[edit]

Event	Result	Venue	Date
Outdoor
100 m	10.01 s (wind: +2.0 m/s)	Basseterre	16 Jun 2013
200 m	20.08 s (wind: +1.6 m/s)	Basseterre	22 Jun 2014
Indoor
60 m	6.58 s	Houston, Texas	12 Feb 2016
200 m	20.93 s	College Station, Texas	13 Dec 2014

International competitions[edit]

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Saint Kitts and Nevis
2006	CARIFTA Games (U20)	Les Abymes, Guadeloupe	4th (h)	100 m	11.35 (-1.5 m/s)
2006	CARIFTA Games (U20)	Les Abymes, Guadeloupe	4th (h)	200 m	22.65 (+0.2 m/s)
2007	CARIFTA Games (U20)	Providenciales, Turks and Caicos	2nd	4 × 100 m	40.71
	Pan American Junior Championships	São Paulo, Brazil	8th (sf)	100 m	10.79 (+0.2 m/s)
			6th (h)	200 m	21.60 (0.0 m/s)
			6th	4 × 100 m	42.25
	NACAC Championships	San Salvador, El Salvador	5th	4 × 100 m	40.37
2010	NACAC Under-23 Championships	Miramar, Florida, United States	8th (h)	100 m	10.57 (+0.4 m/s)
	NACAC Under-23 Championships	Miramar, Florida, United States	5th	200 m	21.00 w (+2.8 m/s)
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico	15th (h)	100 m	10.49 (+1.4 m/s)
			14th (h)	200 m	21.14 w (+2.8 m/s)
			7th	4 × 100 m	39.43
	Commonwealth Games	Delhi, India	7th (qf)	200 m	21.69 (+0.1 m/s)
2011	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico	12th (h)	100 m	10.57 (-1.3 m/s)
			16th (h)	200 m	21.39 (+1.1 m/s)
			3rd	4 × 100 m	39.07
	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	3rd	4 × 100 m	38.49
	Pan American Games	Guadalajara, Mexico	10th (sf)	200 m	20.76 A (+0.2 m/s)
	Pan American Games	Guadalajara, Mexico	2nd	4 × 100 m	38.81 A
2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	21st (sf)	100 m	10.27 (+1.0 m/s)
			18th (h)¹	200 m	20.59 (-0.4 m/s)
			13th (h)	4 × 100 m	38.41
2013	BVI Twilight Invitational	Road Town, British Virgin Islands		100 m	10.28 (-0.2 m/s)
	BVI Twilight Invitational	Road Town, British Virgin Islands		200 m	20.87 (-0.3 m/s)
	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Morelia, México	1st	200 m	20.13 A (+0.5 m/s)
	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Morelia, México	6th	4 × 100 m	39.82 A
	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	16th (sf)	100 m	10.17 (+0.4 m/s)
			13th (sf)	200 m	20.47 (0.0 m/s)
			13th (h)	4 × 100 m	38.58
2014	World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	12th (B)	4 × 100 m	39.07
	World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	2nd	4 × 200 m	1:20.51
	Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, United Kingdom	4th	100 m	10.16 (0.0 m/s)
	Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, United Kingdom	16th (sf)	200 m	20.76 (+0.2 m/s)
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Xalapa, México	4th	4 × 100 m	39.35 A
2015	Pan American Games	Toronto, Canada	3rd	100 m	10.09
	Pan American Games	Toronto, Canada	16th (sf)	200 m	20.82
	NACAC Championships	San José, Costa Rica	3rd	200 m	20.47 (+1.8 m/s)
	NACAC Championships	San José, Costa Rica	6th	4 × 100 m	39.20
	World Championships	Beijing, China	31st (h)	100 m	10.23
	World Championships	Beijing, China	39th (h)	200 m	20.75
2016	World Indoor Championships	Portland, United States	16th (sf)	60 m	6.66
	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	54th (h)	100 m	10.39
			30th (h)	200 m	20.49
			15th (h)	4x100 m relay	39.81

¹: Disqualified in the semifinal.

References[edit]

^ "Usain Bolt leads Jamaica to record win". ESPN.com. 4 September 2011.
^ Cayon Church of God Honours Track Star and Olympian, Antoine Adams, on National Heroes' Day, SKNVibes, 20 September 2012, retrieved 23 December 2014

External links[edit]

Antoine Adams at World Athletics
Antoine Adams at Diamond League
Antoine Adams at Tilastopaja at archive.today (archived 23 December 2014)
Antoine Adams at Olympedia
Antoine Adams at Olympics.com
Antoine Xavier Adams at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
Antoine Adams at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
Antoine Adams at the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games
Antoine Adams at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games (archived)

Olympic Games
Preceded by Kim Collins	Flagbearer for Saint Kitts and Nevis Rio de Janeiro 2016	Succeeded by Amya Clarke Jason Rogers

[1] "Usain Bolt leads Jamaica to record win". ESPN.com. 4 September 2011.

[skn_01-2] Cayon Church of God Honours Track Star and Olympian, Antoine Adams, on National Heroes' Day, SKNVibes, 20 September 2012, retrieved 23 December 2014

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