Swiss pentathlete (born 1949)
Meta Antenen
Meta Antenen c. 1972
Born 7 April 1949 (1949-04-07 ) (age 75)Orpund , Switzerland Height 168 cm (5 ft 6 in) Weight 56 kg (123 lb) Sport Athletics Event Women's pentathlon Club Leichtathletik-Club Schaffhausen Basel 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]
International competitions [ edit ]
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
11.2 1
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
11.79 1
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
13.61 2
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
1 Did not start in the semifinals
2 Did not finish in the semifinals