Meta Antenen

Meta Antenen

Meta Antenen c. 1972
Personal information
Born	7 April 1949 (1949-04-07) (age 72) 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]
Medal record Representing   Switzerland European Athletics Championships 1969 Athens Pentathlon 1971 Helsinki Long jump European Athletics Indoor Championships 1969 Belgrade 50 m hurdles 1969 Belgrade Long jump 1972 Grenoble Long jump 1972 Grenoble 50 m hurdles 1974 Gothenburg Long jump 1974 Gothenburg 60 m hurdles 1975 Katowice Long jump

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]

International competitions[]

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing   Switzerland
1966	European Indoor Games	Dortmund, West Germany	9th (sf)	60 m hurdles	8.7
			6th	Long jump	5.83 m
	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary	14th (h)	80 m hurdles	11.21
			8th	Long jump	6.23 m
			7th	Pentathlon	3815 pts
	European Junior Games	Odessa, Soviet Union	1st	80 m hurdles	11.1
			1st	Pentathlon	4609 pts
1967	European Indoor Games	Prague, Czechoslovakia	6th	50 m hurdles	7.2
			5th	Long jump	6.11 m
1968	European Indoor Games	Madrid, Spain	6th (sf)	50 m hurdles	7.16
			6th	Long jump	6.08 m
	Olympic Games	Munich, West Germany	14th (h)	80 m hurdles	10.9
			8th	Pentathlon	4848 pts
1969	European Indoor Games	Belgrade, Serbia	2nd	50 m hurdles	7.3
			3rd	Long jump	6.15 m
	European Championships	Athens, Greece	12th	Long jump	6.13 m
			2nd	Pentathlon	4210 pts
1970	European Indoor Championships	Vienna, Austria	8th (sf)	60 m hurdles	8.7
			6th	Long jump	6.36 m
1971	European Indoor Championships	Sofia, Bulgaria	4th	60 m hurdles	8.3
			4th	Long jump	6.33 m
	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	7th (h)	100 m	11.791
			5th	100 m hurdles	13.35
			2nd	Long jump	6.73 m
1972	European Indoor Championships	Grenoble, France	4th	50 m hurdles	7.05
			2nd	Long jump	6.42 m
	Olympic Games	Munich, West Germany	17th (h)	100 m hurdles	13.612
			6th	Long jump	6.49 m
1973	European Indoor Championships	Rotterdam, Netherlands	4th	60 m hurdles	8.27
			5th	Long jump	6.08 m
1974	European Indoor Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	3rd	60 m hurdles	8.19
			1st	Long jump	6.69 m
	European Championships	Rome, Italy	8th	Long jump	6.33 m
1975	European Indoor Championships	Katowice, Poland	6th	60 m hurdles	8.60
			3rd	Long jump	6.28 m
1976	European Indoor Championships	Munich, West Germany	9th (h)	60 m hurdles	8.59
			7th	Long jump	6.22 m

¹Did not start in the semifinals
²Did not finish in the semifinals

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