Nicholas Percy
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Personal information | |
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Born | Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom[1] | 5 December 1994
Education | University of Nebraska–Lincoln |
Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[2] |
Weight | 125 kg (276 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | Discus throw |
College team | Nebraska Cornhuskers |
Club | Shaftesbury Barnet[3] |
Coached by | Raymond Scovell (–2010) John Hillier (2012–2013) William Bushnell (2011–2011) Vésteinn Hafsteinsson (2014–2020) Zane Duquemin (2020–) |
Nicholas Percy (born 5 December 1994) is a Scottish athlete specialising in the discus throw.[4] He represented Great Britain at the 2017 World Championships without reaching the final. He won a silver medal at the 2013 European Junior Championships.
His personal best in the event is 63.38 metres set in Helsingborg in 2016.[5]
He became British champion for the fourth time when winning the discus throw event at the 2020 British Athletics Championships with a throw of 59.74.[6]
International competitions
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Great Britain and Scotland | |||||
2011 | World Youth Championships | Lille, France | 7th | Discus throw (1.5 kg) | 58.95 m |
Commonwealth Youth Games | Douglas, Isle of Man | 2nd | Discus throw (1.5 kg) | 62.96 m | |
3rd | Hammer throw (5 kg) | 64.96 m | |||
2012 | World Junior Championships | Barcelona, Spain | 8th | Discus throw (1.75 kg) | 57.79 m |
2013 | European Junior Championships | Rieti, Italy | 2nd | Discus throw (1.75 kg) | 62.04 m |
2014 | Commonwealth Games | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 13th (q) | Discus throw | 56.71 m |
2017 | World Championships | London, United Kingdom | 29th (q) | Discus throw | 56.93 m |
2019 | Universiade | Naples, Italy | 7th | Discus throw | 60.92 m |
2022 | World Championships | Eugene, United States | 14th (q) | Discus throw | 63.20 m |
European Championships | Munich, Germany | 14th (q) | Discus throw | 61.26 m |
References
- ^ Nebraska Cornhuskers bio
- ^ EAA profile
- ^ Power of 10 profile
- ^ Nicholas Percy at World Athletics
- ^ All-Athletics profile
- ^ "Results list". British Athletics.
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