Antonio Infantino
.jpg) Infantino in 2017 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Antonio Baldassare Infantino |
| National team | Italy: 5 caps (2016-2021) |
| Born | 22 March 1991 Welwyn Garden City, England |
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Italy |
| Sport | Track |
| Event | Sprint |
| Club | Athletic Club 96 Alperia |
| Coached by | Thomas Sparks |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal bests |
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Antonio Baldassare Infantino (born 23 March 1991) is an Italian sprinter who has won two national titles at the senior level. He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in 200 m.[1]
Career[edit]
Born in England to Italian parents, Infantino trains at the Lee Valley Athletics Center in London, where he grew up sporting.[2] He participated in one edition of the European Athletics Championships in 2016, one of the World Athletics Championships in Doha 2019 and one World Athletics Relays Championships in 2021. In 2021 he made his first Olympic Games, qualifying for both the 200m and 4x100m relay.
In April 2022 he was suspended for three years for a doping violation.[3]
National titles[edit]
- Italian Athletics Championships
- 200 metres: 2019, 2020
See also[edit]
- Italian all-time lists - 200 metres
- List of eligibility transfers in athletics
- Naturalized athletes of Italy
References[edit]
- ^ "Athletics INFANTINO Antonio". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 20 September 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
- ^ "Antonio Infantino biography" (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
- ^ "Il velocista azzurro Antonio Infantino squalificato per 3 anni: positività al doping". rainews.it (in Italian). 15 April 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
External links[edit]
- Antonio Infantino at World Athletics
- Antonio Infantino at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
- Antonio Infantino at Olympics.com
- Antonio Infantino at Olympedia
- Antonio Infantino at the Italian National Olympic Committee (in Italian)
