Antonio Infantino

Antonio Infantino

Infantino in 2017
Personal information
Full name	Antonio Baldassare Infantino
National team	Italy: 5 caps (2016-2021)
Born	(1991-03-22) 22 March 1991 (age 33) 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	100 m: 10.26 (2019) 200 m: 20.41 (2019)

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]

Career

Born 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

In 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

• Italian Athletics Championships
  • 200 metres: 2019, 2020

See also

• Italian all-time lists - 200 metres
• List of eligibility transfers in athletics
• Naturalized athletes of Italy

References

1. "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.
2. "Antonio Infantino biography" (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
3. "Transfers of Allegiance June 2016". IAAF. 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
4. "Antonio Infantino suspended for doping". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
5. "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.
6. "Victoria Ohuruogu: British sprinter cleared of anti-doping violation for prohibited association". BBC News. 21 March 2024. Retrieved 15 December 2024.

External links

• Antonio Infantino at World Athletics
• Antonio Infantino at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
• Antonio Infantino at Olympics.com
• Antonio Infantino at the Italian National Olympic Committee (in Italian)
• Antonio Infantino at Olympedia