Antonio Infantino Explained

Full Name:	Antonio Baldassare Infantino
Nationality:	Italian
National Team:	Italy 5 caps (2016-2021)
Sport:	Track
Event:	Sprint
Club:	Athletic Club 96 Alperia
Birth Date:	1991 3, df=yes
Birth Place:	Welwyn Garden City, England
Coach:	Thomas Sparks
Height:	1.76 m
Weight:	73 kg
Pb:	100 m: 10.26 (2019) 200 m: 20.41 (2019)

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

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 December 2021 he was provisionally for a doping violation.^[3] This was upgraded to a full three year ban in April 2022.^[4]

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Athletics INFANTINO Antonio. dead. 2021-09-19. Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. en-us. https://web.archive.org/web/20210920232730/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1299097-infantino-antonio.htm . 2021-09-20 .
2. Web site: Antonio Infantino biography. fidal.it. italian. 31 July 2019.
3. Web site: Antonio Infantino suspended for doping. Athletics Weekly. 27 July 2024.
4. Web site: Il velocista azzurro Antonio Infantino squalificato per 3 anni: positività al doping. it. rainews.it. 15 April 2022. 17 August 2022.