{{Short description|Irish high jumper (b/1975)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}} {{Use Irish English|date=February 2022}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Antoine Burke | image = <!-- name.jpg --> | image_size = <!-- only when absolutely necessary --> | alt = | caption = | nationality = Irish | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|07|20}} | birth_place = Limerick, Ireland | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = | sport = Athletics | event = High jump | club = }} '''Antoine Burke''' (born 20 July 1975) is an Irish retired athlete

== Biography == Born in Limerick, Burke attended University College Dublin on an athletics scholarship and also studied at the University of Limerick.{{citation needed|date=July 2025}} He had an eclectic athletic career representing Ireland as a senior athlete at the high jump, long jump, 400 metres and 400 metre hurdles.{{citation needed|date=July 2025}}

He was runner up at the 1994 World Junior Championship in the high jump and four years later jumped a personal best of 2.24 metres. Burke competed for some years both in the high jump and other events. Whilst some observers of Irish athletics mused that 6&nbsp;ft 4 tall Burke who was in and around fourteen stone could have fond his ultimate forte as a decathlete, his success in this field would have been uncertain and it was a path he chose not to pursue.{{citation needed|date=July 2025}}

As a high jumper he also finished nineteenth at the 1992 World Junior Championships, and thirteenth at the 1998 European Indoor Championships.<ref>[http://www.maik-richter.de/results/indoor/europe/1998/m98_21.html 1998 European Indoor Championships, men's high jump final]</ref> He was a member of the Irish {{nowrap|4 × 400 m}} Relay team who were 5th place finalists at the 2002 European Championships. He also finished third behind Brendan Reilly and Geoff Parsons at the British 1994 AAA Championships.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=6 July 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=6 July 2025}}</ref>

In the late 1990s he moved to Liverpool to train with renowned UK high jump coach Mike Holmes. The training group was a who's who of UK high jump talent. Antoine joined such stars as Olympic bronze medalist Steve Smith, Irish record holder Brendan Riley and multi-title holder Danny Graham.{{citation needed|date=July 2025}}

== Achievements == {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |- !colspan="6"|Representing {{IRL}} |- |1992 |World Junior Championships |Seoul, South Korea |19th |High jump |2.00 m |- |1994 |World Junior Championships |Lisbon, Portugal |bgcolor=silver| 2nd |High jump |2.20 m |- |1997 |European U23 Championships |Turku, Finland |10th |High jump |2.15 m |- |1998 |European Indoor Championships |Valencia, Spain |13th |High jump |2.22 m |}

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== External links == *{{World Athletics}} *http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaai.htm

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