Meta Antenen

Meta Antenen

Meta Antenen c. 1972
Personal information
Born 7 April 1949 (1949-04-07) (age 67)
Orpund, Switzerland
Height 168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight 56 kg (123 lb)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Women's pentathlon
Club Leichtathletik-Club Schaffhausen Basel
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) 80 mH – 10.78 (1968)
100 mH – 13.0 (1974)
100 m – 11.4 (1970)
LJ – 6.73 m (1971)
Pentathlon – 4848 (1968)[1]

Meta Antenen (born 7 April 1949) is a retired Swiss pentathlete. Between 1969 and 1975 she won nine medals at the European championships, mostly in the long jump and hurdles. She competed at the 1968 and 1972 Olympics in four events in total and placed eighth in the pentathlon in 1968 and sixth in the long jump in 1972. Antenen was selected as the Swiss Sports Personality of the Year in 1966 and 1971. Her husband Georges Mathys is an Olympic Swiss field hockey player.[2]

References

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