Antonio Baldassare Infantino (born 23 March 1991) is a British-Italian sprinter who has won two national titles at the senior level. He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in 200 m.[1]
.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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Career
editBorn in England to Italian parents, Infantino trains at the Lee Valley Athletics Center in London, where he grew up sporting.[2] For competition purposes, he transferred his country of allegiance from Great Britain to Italy in June 2016.[3] Infantino 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 4 × 100 m relay.
Doping violation
editIn April 2022 Infantino was issued with a three-year ban backdated to December 2021 for an anti-doping violation in relation to presence and use of a banned substance.[4][5][6] The nature of the substance or details of the judgement were not publicly disclosed by the Italian Anti-Doping Organization. His results from June 2021 onwards were disqualified.
National titles
edit- Italian Athletics Championships
- 200 metres: 2019, 2020
See also
editReferences
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.
- ^ "Transfers of Allegiance June 2016". IAAF. 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
- ^ "Antonio Infantino suspended for doping". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
- ^ "Atletica, Antonio Infantino squalificato 3 anni per doping: è stato azzurro nei 200 metri a Tokyo" (in Italian). La Repubblica. 15 April 2022. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
- ^ "Victoria Ohuruogu: British sprinter cleared of anti-doping violation for prohibited association". BBC News. 21 March 2024. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
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)
