Antoine Adams

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Not to be confused with Anthony Adams (disambiguation).
Antoine Adams
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Personal information
Full name Antoine Xavier Adams
Nationality  Saint Kitts and Nevis
Born (1988-08-31) 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(s) 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
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Daegu 4×100 m relay
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 2011 Guadalajara 4×100 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Toronto 100 m
CAC Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Morelia 200 m
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Mayagüez 4×100 m relay
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 August 31, 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

Event Result Venue Date
Outdoor
100 m 10.01 s (wind: +2.0 m/s) Saint Kitts and Nevis Basseterre 16 Jun 2013
200 m 20.08 s (wind: +1.6 m/s) Saint Kitts and Nevis Basseterre 22 Jun 2014
Indoor
60 m 6.60 s United Kingdom Birmingham 16 Feb 2013
200 m 20.93 s United States College Station, Texas 13 Dec 2014

Achievements

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)
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)
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)
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 2nd 100 m 10.28 (-0.2 m/s)
2nd 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)
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
2nd 4 × 200 m 1:20.51
Commonwealth Games Glasgow, United Kingdom 4th 100 m 10.16 (0.0 m/s)
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
16th (sf) 200 m 20.82
NACAC Championships San José, Costa Rica 3rd 200 m 20.47 (+1.8 m/s)
6th 4 × 100 m 39.20
World Championships Beijing, China 31th (h) 100 m 10.23
39th (h) 200 m 20.75
2016 World Indoor Championships Portland, United States 16th (sf) 60 m 6.66

1: Disqualified in the semifinal.

References

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