Seraphino Antao

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games • Other
SexMale
Full nameSeraphino•Antao
Used nameSeraphino•Antao
Nick/petnamesGazelle
Born30 October 1937 in Mombasa, Mombasa (KEN)
Died6 September 2011 in London, England (GBR)
Measurements180 cm / 75 kg
NOC Kenya

Biography

Seraphino Antao had the following podium finishes at major championships: 1st in the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games 100 yards, 1st in the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games 220 yards. In the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games he was eliminated in the quarter-finals of the 220 yards and in the heats of 100 yards as well as of the 4×110 yards relay (with Bartonjo Rotich, Kibet Boit, and the non-Olympian Samuel Chemweno). At the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Antao finished fifth with 4×440 yards relay team (with Kimaru Songok, Peter Francis, and Wilson Kiprugut).

Personal Bests: 100 – 10.3 (1961); 200 – 20.4y (1964); 110H – 14.3y (1960).

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1960 Summer Olympics Athletics KEN Seraphino Antao
100 metres, Men (Olympic) 6 h2 r3/4
200 metres, Men (Olympic) 4 h2 r2/4
110 metres Hurdles, Men (Olympic) 5 h1 r1/4
1964 Summer Olympics Athletics KEN Seraphino Antao
100 metres, Men (Olympic) 4 h6 r1/4
200 metres, Men (Olympic) 8 h1 r2/4

Other participations

Games Role NOC As
1964 Summer Olympics KEN Seraphino Antao

Special Notes