{"id":28182,"date":"2024-03-06T17:40:35","date_gmt":"2024-03-06T15:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/6d182b16-8403-4487-aaac-9ffcbebae5e9"},"modified":"2024-05-28T23:54:50","modified_gmt":"2024-05-28T21:54:50","slug":"antonio-serrat-seoane-background-career-highlights-quotes","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/220triathlon\/rss_feed\/antonio-serrat-seoane-background-career-highlights-quotes\/","title":{"rendered":"Antonio Serrat Seoane: Background, career highlights, quotes"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Published: Wednesday, 06 March 2024 at 15:40 PM<\/p>

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A very solid and consistent performer, the top step of the podium continues to beckon the Spaniard. But who is Antonio Serrat Seoane and what has he achieved to date? Let’s find out\u2026 <\/strong><\/p>

Who is Antonio Serrat Seoane?<\/h2>

When the two greatest triathletes your country has ever produced have won no fewer than eight world titles between them, you know you\u2019ve got tough running shoes to fill. <\/p>

But the extraordinary achievements of Javier G\u00f3m<\/a>e<\/a>z<\/a><\/strong> and Mario Mola<\/a><\/strong> don\u2019t seem to daunt their fellow Spaniard Antonio Serrat Seoane. If anything, it spurs him on, inspired to share a little of their limelight.\u00a0It’s fair to say that Antonio has some way to go to be talked of in the same breath as these giants, though. At this stage of his career (he\u2019s still on the sunny side of 30), he\u2019s yet to win a race in the WTCS. <\/p>

Indeed, he\u2019s only stepped on one of its podiums on a single occasion. That said, the man from Galicia has still packed plenty of successes into his career, including two world titles (both in the mixed relay, at junior and U23\/junior level), plus numerous podium appearances at European championships, World Cup and European Cup races, the Mediterranean Games and national championships.\u00a0It’s just that Antonio has never really developed the winning habit that his compatriots G\u00f3mez and Mola encountered so effortlessly. <\/p>

But after enjoying a heavily decorated season in 2021, anything is possible and that particular streak of fine form could well repeat \u2013 and even better \u2013 itself in 2024 while others are distracted by the prospect of passing into Olympic legend.<\/p>

How old is Antonio Serrat Seoane?<\/h2>

Antonio Serrat Seoane was born on 24 January 1995, making him 29 years of age.<\/p>

Antonio Serrat Seoane\u2019s career highlights<\/h2>
Antonio Serrat Seoane exits the swim at the 2023 Sunderland WTCS race. (Credit: George Wood\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>

June 2014: A world duathlon champ at 19<\/h3>

Having been a familiar face on junior podiums at national championships and World Cup races, Antonio claims his first major medals when he lines up at the duathlon world champs in Pontevedra in his home region of Galicia. <\/p>

After bagging silver in the junior men\u2019s race, gold follows 24 hours later in the junior mixed relay.<\/p>

June 2014: European silver<\/h3>

Three weeks later, and back in triathlon competition at the European championships in Kitzb\u00fchel, Antonio earns another major medal, taking the junior men\u2019s silver behind the Frenchman Raphael Montoya.<\/p>

April 2015: First appearance on an elite podium<\/h3>

Competing in the autonomous Spanish city of Melilla on the North African coast, Antonio surprises many when he takes second place in a European Cup race behind Britain\u2019s Gordon Benson.<\/p>

May 2016: European Cup silver in Madrid<\/h3>

Home advantage continues to favour Antonio as he takes a second European Cup silver, this time in the Spanish capital behind future Olympic champion Kristian Blummenfelt<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>

September 2016: If the world crown fits\u2026<\/h3>
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The Spanish U23\/junior mixed relay team celebrate winning gold at the 2016 ITU World Champs in Cozumel, Mexico. (Credit: Janos Schmidt\/ITU)<\/figcaption><\/figure>

At the ITU Grand Final in Cozumel in Mexico, the Spanish mixed U23\/junior relay team, with Antonio among their number, take the world title, holding off the challenges of Britain and Australia to take a slender victory by four seconds.<\/p>

September 2017: A first World Cup podium<\/h3>

In Weihai, in the Chinese province of Shandong, Antonio takes bronze in a World Cup event behind compatriot Uxio Abuin Ares and Mexico\u2019s Rodrigo Gonzalez.<\/p>

June 2018: Silver in Catalonia<\/h3>

Following a couple of form-sharpening European Cup podiums earlier in the season, Antonio takes second place at the Mediterranean Games in Tarragona, down the coast from Barcelona.<\/p>

August 2020: National champs silver<\/h3>

After a middling 2019 season that didn\u2019t yield a single podium appearance, and following the sport\u2019s enforced suspension due to the pandemic, Antonio is officially the second-best sprint triathlete in Spain, taking silver at the national championships behind Fernando Alarza.<\/p>

June 2021: First WTCS top 10<\/h3>
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L-R: Kristian Blummenfelt, Hayden Wilde, Alex Yee and Antonio Serrat Seoane on the run leg of the 2021 Leeds WTCS race. (Credit: Tommy Zaferes\/World Triathlon)<\/figcaption><\/figure>

Antonio finally breaches a particular barrier \u2013 namely breaking into the top 10 of an WTCS race \u2013 when he finishes eighth in Leeds. In doing so, he leads home local hero Jonny Brownlee<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>

June 2021: Euro champs silver<\/h3>

If his performance in Leeds signalled a definite breakthrough, Antonio couldn\u2019t have been prepared for what would occur 12 days later in Kitzb\u00fchel. <\/p>

Here he takes silver at the European sprint champs, missing out on the golden gong by six seconds to Switzerland\u2019s Max Studer.<\/p>

August 2021: Maiden WTCS top-five finish<\/h3>
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Antonio Serrat Seoane and Vincent Luis racing for position at the 2021 WTCS Montreal race. (Credit: Wagner Araujo\/ World Triathlon Media)<\/figcaption><\/figure>

In Montreal, a super-sprint eliminator format of races is \u2013 to some eyes, controversially \u2013 introduced into the WTCS series. <\/p>

Antonio appears not to be one of the dissenting voices, grabbing fifth place to score his best-placed finish in the series so far.<\/p>

September 2021: Another WTCS top five<\/h3>
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Antonio Serrat Seoane runs home for fifth at the 2021 Abu Dhabi WTCS event. (Credit Tommy Zaferes\/World Triathlon)<\/figcaption><\/figure>

In Hamburg, Antonio continues his fine 2021 form by taking another WTCS fifth, this time over the sprint distance. A podium place is just three agonising seconds away. <\/p>

Another fifth place is notched up in Abu Dhabi in November.<\/p>

September 2021: Bronze in the Euros<\/h3>

In what has comfortably been Antonio\u2019s finest season yet, he snaffles bronze at the European championships in Valencia, finishing between his compatriots Robert S\u00e1nchez Mantec\u00f3n and Sergio Baxter Cabrera.<\/p>

July 2022: Pontevedra podium<\/h3>

Climbs his first podium of the year at the Spanish World Cup race behind compatriot Sergio Baxter Cabrera.<\/p>

November 2022: A maiden WTCS podium place<\/h3>
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L-R: Antonio Serrat Seoane (silver), Vincent Luis (gold) and Roberto Sanchez Mantecon (bronze) on the podium of the 2022 WTCS Bermuda race. (Credit: Tommy Zaferes\/World Triathlon)<\/figcaption><\/figure>

In the penultimate race of the WTCS season, Antonio registers his best finish yet, coming home behind Vincent Luis<\/a><\/strong> to take silver in Bermuda. The result helps him to seventh overall at season\u2019s end, one place higher than 12 months earlier.<\/p>

July 2023: National Champs bronze <\/h3>

After a difficult start on the international stage (11th in Abu Dhabi, lapped in Yokohama, 23rd Cagliari, 23rd Montreal) he performs better nationally by taking bronze in A Coru\u00f1a. <\/p>

Sunderland at the end of the month reaps better rewards with a ninth in the individual race and a fifth in the mixed relays. <\/p>

October 2023: Ends the year with silver<\/h3>

At the Brasilia World Cup, Brazil, Seoane finishes a solid second. <\/p>

Antonio Serrat Seoane in quotes<\/h2>

On winning his first-ever World Triathlon medal in Bermuda 2022:<\/strong> \u201cI don\u2019t really believe it yet, it\u2019s been so many years trying to reach this moment. I wasn\u2019t feeling so well on the bike and it was impossible hitting the front with the Norwegians pushing the pace, so I thought it was time to focus on my run. I just held my pace then took my moment. I couldn\u2019t catch Vincent but now I\u2019ll enjoy this moment and continue with the work.\u201d<\/p>

What\u2019s next for Antonio Serrat Seoane?<\/h2>

With only one WTCS podium appearance to his name, plus the Spanish mixed relay squad not being as strong as those of other nations, Antonio is very much an outside bet for an Olympic medal this summer. <\/p>

However, as others focus intently on Paris, he could take advantage and prosper when it comes to the WTCS series. His highest overall finish is seventh; improving on that is very much achievable, as is a possible first race victory in the series.<\/p>

Top image credit:<\/strong> Wagner Araujo\/World Triathlon<\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n

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