Antoine Adams

Antoine Adams
Personal information
Full nameAntoine Xavier Adams
Nationality Saint Kitts and Nevis
Born (1988-08-31) 31 August 1988 (age 36)
Cayon, Saint Kitts and Nevis
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight79 kg (174 lb)
Sport
SportRunning
Event(s)100 metres, 200 metres
Achievements and titles
Personal best100 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 31 August 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.

  1. ^ "Usain Bolt leads Jamaica to record win". ESPN.com. 4 September 2011.
  2. ^ Cayon Church of God Honours Track Star and Olympian, Antoine Adams, on National Heroes' Day, SKNVibes, 20 September 2012, retrieved 23 December 2014